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Thursday, Jul 2
Lingcod is open outside Seward but closed inside Resurrection Bay
Lingcod season is open outside Seward, where fishing should be hot — but inside Resurrection Bay you can't even cast for one. And bring 'em back whole.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Alaska's kings are down almost everywhere — here's the picture
From the Yukon to Kodiak to Prince William Sound, Alaska is closing or tightening king salmon fishing nearly statewide — a slow-motion decline now measured in decades, not seasons.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago3 min read
A new logjam on the Beaver Creek float wants your boat. Here's how to dodge it.
The 100-mile Beaver Creek float is pure Alaska wilderness — but a new debris-choked channel will grab your boat if you let it. Line or portage past it, BLM says.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Volunteers wanted to rebuild the Ermine Hill Trail to Kesugi Ridge
Alaska Trails wants a weekend crew to fix a footbridge on Ermine Hill, one of the best routes up Kesugi Ridge. Steep hiking, big Denali views, bring gloves.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Alaska's development bank meets behind closed doors on the Arctic Refuge, a mining road, and a port
Alaska's state investment bank meets privately July 8 on its biggest bets — Arctic Refuge oil, the Ambler mining road, Port MacKenzie — with public money on the line.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago3 min read
The road rebuild behind Spenard's makeover
Anchorage is planning to rebuild Chugach Way — the road running through the heart of Spenard's revival, where old strip clubs and gas stations are becoming new housing.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
ConocoPhillips is finding new oil in the Kuparuk field, in rock decades of drilling missed
The Kuparuk field has fallen 80% since its 1992 peak, but ConocoPhillips is reviving it by tapping Coyote and other reservoirs that older drilling technology overlooked.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago2 min read
Anchorage hunters can zero rifles at free sight-in day July 8
Alaska Fish and Game hosts a free rifle sight-in day July 8 at Rabbit Creek Shooting Park, 4 to 8 p.m., with a gunsmith and chronograph on site.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
More from Alaska
A Knik Arm bridge easement survives — and so does the debate
Anchorage kept a Knik Arm Crossing easement on a port plat — a small vote that keeps alive a long-debated bridge backers call vital resiliency and skeptics call unfunded.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
A new federal water-testing rule could check rural Alaska for 'forever chemicals' — if it reaches us
An EPA rule would test drinking water for 30 contaminants, including the PFAS Alaska already has in its water. The catch: whether it reaches the state's small, rural systems.
by Alaska News4mo ago2 min read
Passenger injures Trooper during Cooper Landing traffic stop
A passenger kicked an Alaska State Trooper on the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing on Wednesday evening while resisting placement in a patrol vehicle during a sobriety stop.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
Kawerak's mentors help Bering Strait students through the leap to college
Kawerak pairs new college students from Bering Strait villages with mentors who've made the same leap — celebrating small wins and, for one, a chance to study in Japan.
by Melinda Communities.News4mo ago2 min read
Nome Airport Crossing Permit
A dull state permit reveals something distinctly Alaskan: a Nome resident wants to taxi his plane from his own yard onto the airport — the kind of access rural life runs on.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Martha Fire near Soldotna contained at 5 acres
Firefighters contained the Martha Fire near Soldotna at 5 acres Wednesday evening, protecting homes within two hours of the first report
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
Anchorage let federal grant recipients off the hook, audit finds
An audit found Anchorage didn't penalize grant recipients who missed goals — one repaired 1 of 20 promised homes — just as the city moved to route millions more through the same office.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Wasilla woman charged after stabbing pedestrian on hood of moving vehicle
A Wasilla woman was charged with domestic violence assault after stabbing a pedestrian's hand while they clung to the hood of her moving vehicle on Meadow Lakes Loop Wednesday
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
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About Alaska
Alaska is a United States state spanning Arctic, subarctic and coastal regions. Its communities range from Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau to Kodiak, the North Slope and villages such as McGrath and Adak that sit off the road system.
The Legislature, the governor's office and state agencies set policy on oil and gas, fisheries, transportation and public lands, and state boards such as the Board of Fisheries and the AIDEA board decide on catch rules, loans and investments. Cities and boroughs keep their own budgets, taxes, liquor licenses and planning decisions.
Questions that recur across the state include local budgets and tax rates, fishery catch limits, air service and ports for remote communities, and decisions on state land. Federal agencies and courts also shape life in Alaska, from air service contracts for rural towns to the certification of statewide election results.
More from Alaska
Wednesday, Jul 1
A federal cyber rule could lock small Alaska firms out of survey work
The Army Corps wants $9.5M in Alaska survey work — but a new federal cybersecurity mandate could disqualify the small, rural firms that would otherwise compete for it.
by Alaska News4mo ago2 min read
In Cordova, a slow salmon season squeezes everything — even the Fourth of July
A slow Copper River season and a state funding veto are squeezing Cordova's budget — putting the pool, the museum and even the Fourth of July on the table.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago3 min read
Cordova's fishermen are getting a new dock — and losing "the slowest crane in harbor"
Cordova cleared the way for a new offloading dock at Camtu's Alaska Wild Seafoods — retiring what one council member called "the slowest crane in harbor."
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Inside a bootlegging pipeline into dry Alaska
Troopers say they broke up a major bootlegging operation smuggling thousands of pounds of alcohol into the Bethel region — where booze is banned, so smuggling it is big business.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago2 min read
Sullivan opens his Senate race with a $2.2M ad blitz
Sullivan is dropping $2.2M on ads before Alaska's primary — an early sign of how much money is about to flood one of the country's most competitive Senate races.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
A Juneau artist beads a warrior, a relative, and a record
A Tlingit artist told a Juneau audience her beaded robe is more than art — it's at.óow, a clan relative with spirit, carrying an ancestor's story to generations she'll never meet.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
The West Coast halibut fleet left most of its quota for the July 7 opener
The West Coast halibut fleet caught just 27% of its quota in the first opener, so about 191,000 pounds are still up for grabs when boats head back out July 7.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
A gravel permit, and how North Slope oil is built on gravel
ConocoPhillips wants to expand a gravel pad at its Kuparuk field. It's a routine permit — but a small look at how North Slope oil is literally built on imported gravel.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago1 min read
Alaska now makes Dall sheep hunters pass a perfect-score test
Alaska now makes full-curl sheep hunters ace a 20-question quiz before hunting — because the herd is down 40 to 70 percent and every misjudged ram counts.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Sitka's Fourth of July party is back — just leave the car behind
Sitka's Fourth brings a parade, a Coast Guard rescue demo, and a firefighters-vs-Coast Guard water fight — but downtown streets close July 3–5, so plan to walk.
by Alaska News4mo ago1 min read
Anchorage cuts a top City Hall job it just created
Anchorage is scrapping a senior City Hall post it created two years ago — the administration says it fixed the broken operations the job was invented to fix, so the job can go.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Kawerak hauls 4,000 pounds of e-waste out of Nome
Nome shipped 4,000 pounds of old electronics to the Lower 48 — because rural Alaska's unlined landfills can't safely hold the poison inside them, so the only option is to haul it out.
by Alaska Newsadded 4mo ago2 min read
Alaska's minimum wage hits $14 — the raise voters ordered
Alaska's minimum wage rose to $14 on July 1 — step two of the raise voters passed in 2024, which also handed every worker in the state paid sick leave.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
French anthropologist reframes Tlingit foodways as living relational system, not subsistence
A visiting anthropologist echoed what many Alaska Native people say: "subsistence" misses the point. Tlingit traditional foods are about connection, not calories.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Crash closes New Seward Hwy southbound at Rabbit Creek Rd
Two people died Wednesday morning when three vehicles crashed into Potter Marsh on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage, closing the road for hours.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Bethel rewrites its animal code to fight the diseases that actually threaten its dogs
Bethel's animal code was built for rabies — but parvo and distemper are the bigger dog killers in rural Alaska. A draft ordinance would finally cover them.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
America's taxi capital is a roadless Alaska town
Bethel, Alaska has more taxis per capita than anywhere in the U.S. — because in a roadless tundra town, cabs are the bus, and this week the city's weighing what a ride should cost.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
Anchorage conditionally protested four Fred Meyer liquor-license renewals over unpaid taxes
The Anchorage Assembly approved a conditional protest of four Fred Meyer package-store license renewals on July 7. The action concerned unpaid municipal taxes; it did not seize existing licenses.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
One Bethel gym burns through $419,000 a year in energy. An audit says it doesn't have to.
A single Bethel fitness center spends $419,000 a year on energy, mostly heating oil at $5.77 a gallon. An audit found it could save $51,000 a year for almost nothing.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Alaska's Medicaid self-audit deadline lands amid a fraud crackdown
Alaska is telling Medicaid providers to audit their own billing and repay overpayments — weeks after charging 15 people with about $1.83M in Medicaid fraud.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
Ship Creek closes for 10 days as a king shortfall hits the hatchery
Anchorage's Ship Creek closes to all fishing July 3–13. A weak king return isn't meeting hatchery broodstock goals that supply fisheries across Southcentral, not just the creek.
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
After a lawmaker's mom lost $8,000, Alaska cracks down on crypto scam kiosks
Alaska's new law cracks down on the crypto machines scammers use to drain seniors — inspired by the sponsor's own mother, who lost $8,000 in minutes. Victims can now seek refunds.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Alaska school districts could lose unspent federal money if they don't spend it fast
Some Alaska districts have unspent federal education money — and they'll lose it for good if it's not spent by Sept. 30. Notices don't go out until mid-July.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
A stranger's call got a weaving driver off the Steese
A driver saw a truck weaving on the Steese and called it in — leading troopers to an allegedly impaired Fairbanks man, a gun, and a release violation.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
