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Kodiak's silver salmon are stacking up at the Buskin, waiting for rain
Kodiak's silver salmon are piling up at the mouth of the Buskin River, waiting for rain to move upstream — with only about 500 counted so far this season.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Matanuska Electric posts its list of $451,000 in unclaimed capital credits
Matanuska Electric says more than $451,000 in capital credits sit unclaimed by current and former members, with one owed roughly $15,000.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
The public dock at King Salmon Airport would stay open five more years
The public boat and floatplane dock at King Salmon Airport would stay open under the Bristol Bay Borough for another five years under a state extension.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Three UAA hockey teams become the first teams in the Hall of Fame
Three early-1990s Seawolf hockey teams will be the first teams ever inducted into UAA's Hall of Fame, which has honored only individuals since 2001.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Troopers find drugs on an inmate at the Fairbanks jail
Troopers found drugs on an inmate being booked into the Fairbanks jail Wednesday, the third such investigation there this year.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
An Anchorage housing ordinance does more than its title says
Anchorage's shop-house ordinance would also shrink the minimum commercial lot to about 2,700 square feet. The city says it outgrew its own title.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Red Dog's port has carried a top-tier air violation for years with no penalty
The port shipping Red Dog's ore has carried a top-tier EPA air-pollution violation for dust for nearly six years, with no formal state enforcement.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Unalaska eases yearly audit requirement for its small nonprofit grantees
Unalaska's small nonprofits won't have to pay for a yearly audit to keep their city grants anymore — a cost that ate up about 13% of one group's award.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
Alyeska wants the pipeline on state land until 2064
Alyeska asked the state to renew the pipeline lease through 2064, eight years early. Its own letter argues the commissioner is required to approve it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Ninety-two Alaska water systems are listed as serious violators
Ninety-two Alaska water systems are federal serious violators, close to three times the national rate. The state has not brought a formal action since 2020.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly has one meeting left before a transit safety deadline
Anchorage has one meeting left before a federal deadline to fix its transit safety plan. Assaults involving security staff rose by half last year.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
AT&T's parking lot at the Anchorage port could stay until 2041
AT&T's parking and storage yard at the Anchorage port could stay through 2041, though rent has only been set for the first five of those 15 years.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Juneau harbor board weighs charter passenger fee of $7.50, up from $2.05
Juneau's port director wants to raise the charter passenger fee at Statter Harbor to $7.50 per person, up from $2.05, to help fund harbor expansion.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A third of Anchorage's buses are past their federal life span
A third of Anchorage's full-size bus fleet is past its federal useful life. The Assembly votes Sept. 15 on replacing six of the 26 aging buses.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak is replacing hospital power switches nobody makes parts for anymore
Kodiak is replacing four 27-year-old power switches at the hospital that no longer have available parts, spending $151,155 on design work before construction begins.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A $2 fix could cut $49,944 a year off Bethel's fitness center energy bill
Two dollars. That is what Bethel would have to spend to cut nearly $50,000 a year off the fitness center energy bill, according to an audit.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
The roof went on wrong at Bethel's gym expansion and has to come off
The roof and walls went on wrong at Bethel's gym expansion. They come back off at no cost to the city, and nobody has set a new completion date.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kenai Peninsula assembly president proposes rewrite of rules for filling assembly vacancies
Kenai Peninsula Assembly President Ryan Tunseth is proposing to rewrite the rules for filling vacant assembly seats, with a public hearing set for Oct. 20.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kenai Peninsula mayor's ordinance would regulate weather modification
The Kenai Peninsula Borough would regulate cloud seeding on its land and ask the state to consider banning weather modification.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage weighs $2.8M state payment, most of it for winter shelter
Anchorage cut $1 million in contracted surge shelter beds when alcohol tax revenue fell short. State money would put them back ahead of winter.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
10 Kuskokwim Delta villages named in flood outlooks for Friday
High water coming down the Kuskokwim meets storm surge pushing up it at Friday's high tide. Ten western Alaska villages could see flooding or erosion.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Four of seven Kodiak Assembly seats are on the Oct. 6 ballot
Four of the seven Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seats are on the Oct. 6 ballot, all elected borough-wide. Early voting runs Sept. 21 to Oct. 5.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage candidates would need signatures to get on the city ballot
Anchorage candidates would need voter signatures to make the ballot. It would take 63 in one Assembly district and 162 in another about the same size.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Massachusetts firm seeks study permit for a 66-pod undersea data center in Cook Inlet
A Delaware company formed in January wants to put 66 data center pods and 350 tidal turbines on the floor of Cook Inlet. Comment closes Nov. 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A Fox placer miner asked to move Treasure Creek. The state's public notice says equipment and an operator.
A miner near Fox wants to move part of Treasure Creek, but the state's public notice describes the request in eight words and never mentions the creek.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly ordinance restores parking permit rule its planning commission voted 8-0 to cut
Anchorage's planning commission voted unanimously to drop a parking lot restriction. The Assembly sponsors put it back in and will take it up Oct. 20.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Kenai beautification panel floats $700,000 tennis and pickleball court rebuild
Rebuilding Kenai High's tennis courts into two tennis and four pickleball courts would run about $700,000, the parks director told a commission.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Sand Point salmon fishery gets 131-hour opening in Stepovak sections
Sand Point salmon fishery opens for 131 hours Thursday through Tuesday in five Stepovak sections for purse seine and set gillnet permit holders.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Southeast geoduck season set at 264,000 pounds, first opening planned Oct. 7
Alaska cut Southeast geoduck harvest to 264,000 pounds this season, down 40% from last year, with the first opening set for October 7 pending toxin tests.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Wind watch upgraded to warning for the Western Arctic Coast and Shishmaref
National Weather Service raised Western Arctic Coast wind gusts to 65 mph from late Wednesday through Friday, with high surf and beach erosion expected.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
High wind warnings for the northwest coast as Arctic logs warmest summer since 1950
The Arctic had its warmest summer since 1950, and the water off Alaska's northwest coast still ran cold. That coast now gets gusts to 65 mph.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Cordova commission backs sealed proposals for Davis Avenue hillside lot
Cordova Planning Commission voted to recommend sealed bids for a 6,740-square-foot city lot above Davis Avenue, requiring 30 days of public notice if the City Council approves.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Troopers seek red Subaru driver in Fairbanks hit-and-run at Farmers Loop
Alaska State Troopers are looking for the driver of a red Subaru after a hit-and-run at Farmers Loop and Tanana in Fairbanks on the morning of Sept. 5.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
Pollock official puts bycatch impact on Western Alaska runs at 1.9%
Pollock fishing in the Bering Sea reduces Western Alaska salmon returns by 1.9% on average, but a proposed cap on chum bycatch won't take effect until 2028 and tribal groups say it's still not enough.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections
Alaska's education department is moving to cut whole chapters of rules for libraries, museums and archives — over a public that mostly asked to keep them.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago3 min readAI
Parent tells Mat-Su officials bus cancellations fall to parents
A parent told Mat-Su officials that repeated bus cancellations are forcing families to arrange their own rides, calling it unacceptable after five years of a Durham contract.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
State review of Mt. Edgecumbe wraps up, recommendations to come
A state review of Mt. Edgecumbe High School, prompted by safety complaints, wraps up Wednesday, but families won't see its recommendations until later.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Five Alaska legislators and candidates amend financial disclosures in two days
Five Alaska legislators and candidates amended financial disclosures this week, adding two Anchorage houses, nonprofit board seats, and a spouse's name to their filings.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage weighs who decides when cold-weather shelter opens
An Anchorage ordinance up Sept. 15 would let the health director decide when emergency shelter opens, replacing the current 45-degree trigger.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A conservative group sues Alaska's judicial council for diversity records
A national conservative group founded by Stephen Miller is suing the Alaska Judicial Council for records on how it weighs diversity in picking judges.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI