Alaska

Serve Alaska seeks AmeriCorps planning grant applications by Dec. 1

Serve Alaska is taking AmeriCorps planning grant applications through 5 pm Dec. 1. Grants of $50,000 to $60,000 fund a 12 month design period for groups seeking 2027-28 AmeriCorps program money.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min read

Bethel offers free bus rides to the Cultural Center polling place on Election Day

Bethel is offering free bus rides Tuesday to and from the Cultural Center polling place. The posted schedule's last stop there is 6 pm; polls close at 8.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Wright Air keeps Lake Minchumina flights for two more years, with a bigger federal subsidy

Wright Air will keep flying Lake Minchumina's federally subsidized route to Fairbanks for two more years. The feds picked it a day before its contract ran out.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

McGrath's air service contract expires Nov. 30, and the feds haven't named a carrier

McGrath's subsidized air service contract expires Nov. 30, and the feds haven't named a carrier from four bids of about $529,000 to $2.4 million a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

State proposes new wastewater mixing zones for Pacific Seafood's Kodiak plants

State regulators propose new wastewater dilution zones for Pacific Seafood's two Kodiak plants in Near Island Channel. Public comment runs through Dec. 2.

by Alaska News1w ago2 min read

Alaska Railroad recruits Anchorage high schoolers to train as tour guides

Alaska Railroad wants Anchorage juniors and seniors for its King Tech tour guide class, applications due Dec. 3. Finishing it can lead to a paid summer job on the railroad.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Graphite One pushes Graphite Creek mine near Nome to 2030, a year later than planned

Graphite One pushed its Graphite Creek mine near Nome to 2030 and its Ohio battery plant to late 2028, about a year later on both, without saying why.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Juneau residents can compost pumpkins free at Juneau Composts through Nov. 30

Juneau's jack-o'-lanterns can skip the landfill. Juneau Composts takes undecorated pumpkins free, 24/7, through Nov. 30, in the program's sixth year.

by Alaska News1w ago1 min readFrom Oct 28

Two new members join Alaska's disabilities council, leaving two seats open

Alaska's disabilities council appointed Don Clack and Dave Berube to its Special Education and Advocacy seats. Two seats, a self-advocate and an aging commission rep, stay open.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Borough presentation says Soldotna Elementary rebuild stays within voter-approved bond

Borough officials are set to tell the Kenai school board Nov. 2 that the Soldotna Elementary rebuild stays within its voter-approved bond.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Kenai Peninsula schools run 258 students short in the count used for state funding

Kenai Peninsula schools were running 258 students under projections late in the state count used for funding, in a district already projecting a shortfall.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Tribal and federal crews tag about 1,300 fur seal pups on St. Paul and St. George

Tribal and federal crews on St. Paul and St. George tagged about 1,300 fur seal pups in September to track survival, and freed one pup from a rubber gasket.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

AIDEA board weighs Wrangell shipyard loans and a stake in Augustine geothermal

AIDEA's board weighs lending Wrangell up to $22.8M for a shipyard and buying up to $10M of a company chasing geothermal power on Augustine volcano.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago3 min read

Troopers arrest Palmer man on DUI charge after pickup hits moose in Wasilla

Troopers arrested a Palmer man for DUI after his pickup hit a moose on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway bridge Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Palmer planners deny downtown BBQ parking variance on two 3-3 ties

Palmer's planning commission split 3-3 and sank the parking variance Bear Naked BBQ needs downtown. The owner has until Wednesday to appeal.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 15

Hilcorp seeks renewal of its oil spill plan for 12 Cook Inlet platforms

Hilcorp wants the state to renew its oil spill plan for 12 Cook Inlet platforms and two Kenai Peninsula fields. Public comments are open through Dec. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Halibut survey's bait price jumps 70% as scientists try again to reach Adak

No boat bid to survey halibut near Adak this year. Commission staff want to try again in 2027, even with bait up 70% and the survey losing money.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State drafts renewal of Westward Seafoods' wastewater permit for Captains Bay plant

DEC drafted a permit that would let Westward Seafoods keep discharging screened wastewater into Captains Bay. The company reviews it first, then the public.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Bush Caucus endorses Kreiss-Tomkins as Wasilla group registers to oppose Menard

Bush Caucus unanimously backs Kreiss-Tomkins for governor. • Wasilla group registers to oppose Menard over unproven stolen valor claim. • Senate race sees new PAC spending for and against Sullivan and Peltola.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Assembly weighs using $400,000 in Girdwood reserves for Ruane Road culvert

The Anchorage Assembly votes Wednesday on using $400,000 in Girdwood reserves to match a federal grant. This money funds a $2 million project to replace aging culverts with a fish-friendly design.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider $1.9 million for police unit targeting impaired drivers

Anchorage police could get about $2.6 million, mostly from the state, to go after impaired drivers, speeders, street racers and distracted drivers.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

State regulators approve APA's takeover of Badami pipelines on the eastern North Slope

State regulators OK'd APA's takeover of the Badami pipelines, part of a $70 million North Slope buy APA expects to support its drilling starting this winter.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage police seek man who walked away from Parkview Center

Anchorage police got a felony escape warrant for a 36-year-old man who walked away from the downtown Parkview Center reentry facility and want help finding him.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Trump defends DOJ's Alaska Senate suit as the department appeals its dismissal

Trump called DOJ's Alaska Senate suit "one of the most meritful things" the same day a judge tossed it. DOJ filed notice it will appeal to the 9th Circuit.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

State estimates more legal-size king crab in Southeast, but the catch limit barely moved

The state says Southeast has 25% more keeper-size red king crab this year. The catch limit barely budged and still just clears the bar for a season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readFrom Sep 11

Pittsburgh museum plans to return Tlingit Raven Hat to Tlingit & Haida as soon as Nov. 23

A Pittsburgh museum plans to return a Raven Hat, Yéil S'áaxw, to Tlingit & Haida after nearly three decades on display in its hall of American Indian cultures.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readFrom Oct 22

Bethel has 36 of 121 city jobs open, including most of its water and sewer haulers

Bethel has 36 of 121 city jobs open, including 14 of 19 on the crew that trucks water and hauls sewage. Police and dispatch are short-handed, too.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State disability council committee to discuss Dunbar bill as it narrows priorities

Alaska's disability council is picking fewer causes for the next session to push harder on each. Its committee takes up Sen. Forrest Dunbar's bill Nov. 12.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Kansas Guard engineers raise Cordova staging pad 18 feet for a future deep-sea port

Kansas Guard engineers raised a work pad 18 feet and cut trails in Cordova this year for a planned deep-sea port, working with the Native Village of Eyak.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readFrom Aug 7

Ketchikan borough manager proposes paying less for city library as deal nears end

Ketchikan borough manager wants to cap the city's library payment below the city's request. Assembly votes Monday, with the current deal ending Dec. 31 and access unclear after that.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

NOAA clarifies more of Europe's new seafood export paperwork

NOAA updated its guidance on Europe's seafood export paperwork Friday, from shellfish to shipments to Norway. The EU is Alaska seafood's top direct buyer.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Kodiak weighs two plans to rebuild Trident Basin seaplane base around a new dock

A Kodiak floatplane dock shows signs of sinking. The airport board reviews two plans Wednesday to rebuild the Trident Basin seaplane base around a new one.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage road plan keeps contested Seward Highway and downtown rebuilds

Anchorage's draft road plan keeps a $1.6 billion Seward Highway rebuild and a lane-cutting 5th and 6th redo, counting on federal money above the usual share.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago4 min read

Kodiak borough manager asks Assembly to reject landfill bear hazing contract

Kodiak's borough manager wants the Assembly to reject a $250,000 overnight bear-hazing contract at the landfill, saying the state no longer requires it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Kodiak Assembly to vote on trash deal raising some business rates up to 43%

Kodiak's only bidder for trash service would charge some businesses up to 43% more and raise bulk pickup from $20 to $50. The Assembly votes Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Draft deal would renovate Haines' preschool building and give it to the tribe

A draft Haines deal would spend a $1 million federal grant fixing up the borough's preschool building, then hand it to the tribe. Two other groups want it too.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readFrom Oct 27

Homer planners approve cabins and commercial buildings with stormwater plans required

Homer planners OK'd eight Lake Street cabins and two Ocean Drive buildings, with stormwater plans required. A neighbor says a planned ditch was never built.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Museums in Wisconsin and Alabama plan to return 10 cultural items to Utqiagvik's tribe

Two museums, in Wisconsin and Alabama, plan to return 10 cultural items to Utqiagvik's tribal government, among them a doll, a horn ladle and harpoon points.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 16

Troopers arrest man, 24, accused of attempted sexual assault, gunfire at Wasilla party

Troopers arrested a 24 year old man accused of trying to sexually assault a juvenile at a Wasilla Halloween party, then firing a gun inside the home.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Federal judge dismisses DOJ's bid to hold up Alaska's Senate certification

A judge tossed DOJ's bid to delay certifying Alaska's Senate race if Sullivan loses, days before the vote. She said no fix exists that wouldn't expose how Alaskans voted.

by Alaska News1w ago3 min read

Follows: Judge fast-tracks Peltola campaign's bid to dismiss DOJ's Alaska Senate suit