Alaska

Kenai attorney says city owns underground space the state wants to lease for gas storage

Kenai's city attorney says the city owns the underground space the state wants to lease to ENSTAR for gas storage, and that ignoring that could delay it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Follows: State proposes giving ENSTAR, not Hilcorp, a lease to store natural gas beneath Kenai

Anchorage Assembly set to honor veterans and Purple Heart recipients in November

The Anchorage Assembly is set Wednesday to recognize Veterans Day and Purple Heart Month. About 1 in 10 Alaskans has served, its resolution notes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Richardson Highway ramp to Mitchell Expressway closes Sunday morning in Fairbanks

DOT will fully close the Richardson Highway ramp to the Mitchell Expressway in Fairbanks Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 am to 1 pm. The corridor carries up to 21,800 vehicles a day.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

DOJ confirms criminal probe tied to Daniel J. Sullivan’s candidacy days before election

Four days out, DOJ says a criminal probe tied to the second Dan Sullivan is underway. In a civil case, it wants sworn answers from Peltola's campaign.

by Alaska News2w ago5 min read

Multiple crashes in Turnagain Pass slow Seward Highway traffic Friday

Several crashes and poor road conditions in Turnagain Pass on the Seward Highway brought emergency crews and delays Friday afternoon, Alaska 511 said.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Bristol Bay red king crab move farther west in warmer years, satellite study finds

NOAA satellite tags show Bristol Bay red king crab shift farther west in warmer years. That could reshape how fixed trawl closure zones protecting the crab are managed.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

State asks judge to reconsider Tagle ruling, saying it would also reach Taylor

The state asked a judge to rethink her ruling disqualifying a House candidate, warning that her reasoning would also reach Treg Taylor's run for governor.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Follows: Judge rules Dahlstrom couldn't override APOC on Tagle, a move she also made for Taylor

Anchorage's new Muni.org is live, but some old links now lead nowhere

Anchorage swapped its early-2000s Muni.org for a phone-friendly redesign Friday. It's paid the builder about $44,000 so far. Some old links now lead nowhere.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Scammers stage fake hearings to take money from Spanish-speaking workers, state warns

Scammers posing as lawyers are staging fake hearings with fake judges to squeeze "court fees" from Spanish-speaking workers, Alaska's labor department warns.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

LaFrance asks residents to help decide what Anchorage keeps as a 2028 gap looms

Anchorage's mayor asked residents to help decide which city services to keep and how to pay for them, with a roughly $30 million gap projected for 2028.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage mayor proposes 2027 budget that relies on one-time money, warns of 2028 fiscal cliff

Planners back rezone that would let two Anchorage homes be replaced with duplexes

Planners back letting two Ivan Drive homes become duplexes. Current zoning bars duplexes on lots that small, the owners say. The commission weighs in Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Multi-vehicle crash shuts roads near West Tanana Drive before UAF police give all-clear

UAF police shut roads near West Tanana Drive Thursday night after a multi-vehicle crash, then gave the all clear. It capped a third straight day of icy-road warnings in Fairbanks.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

UIC approves a second 2026 payment for its shareholders

UIC shareholders get a second payment this year. The Utqiaġvik corporation now shares amounts only with shareholders. Much of its revenue is federal work.

by Alaska News2w ago2 min read

Alaska workers who retire before 65 face nearly $3,000 a month for family health care

Alaska public workers in the defined contribution plan who retire before 65 will pay up to $2,990 a month for family health coverage in 2027, all of it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Alaska starts updating the 2005 math behind hospital and clinic expansion approvals

Alaska is updating the 2005 math it uses to decide whether hospitals and clinics can build or expand, and on Thursday it started asking providers what to change.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Repeal of Alaska's rules for religious objectors to public unions takes effect Nov. 8

The state labor agency's repeal of its rules for public employees who object to unions on religious grounds takes effect Nov. 8. The law behind them stays.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Fish board plans a second vote on Cook Inlet drift limits that never took effect

The fish board voted in March to rein in Cook Inlet's drift fleet. The rules never took effect, and now it'll vote on them again, likely in January.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

High oil prices put $26 million in contingent state projects within reach

Lawmakers tied $26 million in projects to oil averaging $80 through December. It's averaged $97 so far, so crude would need to crater to miss the mark.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readFrom Oct 1

Interior adds flight hours to Tok company's work for Tetlin refuge

Interior added flight hours to a Tok company's on-call plane work for Tetlin refuge, the one drivers skirt for 65 miles right after crossing into Alaska.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Kenai Peninsula graduates 84.1% of Class of 2026, but slides use last year's state rates

Kenai Peninsula schools graduated 84.1% of its Class of 2026, topping the state's 80.52% rate. Its presentation compares district data to last year's state rates, not this year's.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Tracking device leads troopers to political sign reported taken in Wasilla

Someone took a political sign from a Wasilla roadside. Its owner had hidden a tracker on it. Troopers followed it, got the sign back and referred charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Bering Straits Native Corporation board appoints Shaktoolik teacher to vacant seat

The Bering Straits Native Corporation board appointed Shaktoolik teacher Silas Paniptchuk to a vacant seat. He will serve the remainder of the term through 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Follows: Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders elect three directors, reelect two

Alaska oil nears its highest price since 2008, far above what the state budgeted

Alaska built its budget on $75 oil. North Slope crude hit $129.71 Wednesday, and if prices stay high the state could take in about $1.7 billion extra.

by Alaska News2w ago3 min read

State proposes 320-acre Dalton Highway gravel site near the Ambler road's start

The state wants to open a 320-acre gravel site at Dalton Highway Milepost 165, about four miles from where the Ambler road would start. DOT gets the first load.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Champi's remnants bring high wind warnings to the Alaska Range and Delta Junction

Champi's remnants are pushing gusts up to 85 mph through the Alaska Range, and the weather service added Delta Junction to its high wind warning Thursday.

by Alaska News2w ago3 min read

Outside spending in Alaska's U.S. House race runs nearly 2 to 1 in Hill's favor

Outside groups have reported about $21 million in Alaska's House race, nearly 2 to 1 for Hill over Begich. The Senate race has drawn about five times as much.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Dunleavy says signing off on a Peltola Senate win depends on his investigation

Asked whether he’d sign off on a Peltola Senate win, Dunleavy wouldn’t commit, saying his new investigation could affect whether the winner is seated.

by Alaska News2w ago3 min read

Contractor barged in whole plants to repair King Salmon's military airfield

No road to King Salmon, so a North Pole contractor barged in its own asphalt, concrete and rock-crushing plants to repair the military side of the airport.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Outside groups have reported more than $100 million in Alaska's Senate race

Outside groups have reported over $100 million in Alaska's Senate race, split nearly evenly, mostly on attacks. Peltola's campaign had more cash at last count.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min read

Alaska's state farmland auction draws 55 bids on 19 parcels

Bidders offered $1.17 million for 17 state farm parcels near Nenana and Anchor Point. Now they have five years to make half the cropland farmable, or no title.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Forest Service gives shipyards another week to bid on its Tongass floating barracks

The Forest Service gave shipyards until Nov. 6 to bid on hauling out and repainting the Misty, a 1979 floating barracks. It needs hull work every five years.

by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min read

Ketchikan weighs $63,750 more to design a tank for Ravenwood's low water pressure

Ketchikan's assembly votes Monday on $63,750 more for a Ravenwood water tank design, mostly a control panel. The project was first identified around 2006.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Kodiak mayor won't rush a rule change that could seat assembly winner Jeremy Williamson

Kodiak's mayor won't fast-track a rule change that could seat winner Jeremy Williamson. For now, a winner with a borough services contract must pick one.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Regulators let Alaska Power Company waive reconnection charges after natural disasters

Regulators approved letting Alaska Power Company waive reconnection fees and months of back charges for customers whose power a natural disaster knocked out.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Fairbanks mayor proposes waiving school district's pool fee to keep kids learning to swim

Fairbanks' mayor wants to drop the school district's $2-a-student pool fee this year when it brings its own lifeguards, calling swimming a critical skill.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Skagway Assembly weighs handing clinic's federal grant to its nonprofit by 2028

Skagway wants to stop sharing its clinic's federal grant. A resolution Thursday would hand it to the nonprofit by 2028; the borough aims to keep the building.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readFrom Oct 22

Kodiak wins $26 million for St. Herman Harbor but is still $45 million short

Kodiak won about $26 million to rebuild part of St. Herman Harbor, where 1982 floats are failing. It's still about $45 million short of a new harbor.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Three out-of-state donors have given Kreiss-Tomkins $480,000, including $120,000 Tuesday

Three out-of-state donors gave Kreiss-Tomkins $40,000 apiece Tuesday, bringing them to $480,000. Voters' new $4,000 cap doesn't kick in until after the election.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Federal managers close subsistence elk hunt on Afognak refuge lands for the season

Federal managers closed Afognak refuge elk hunting for the rest of 2026 after harvest hit 15% of the Waterfall Lake herd.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Muldoon pot shop's renewal file holds state citations and a glass allegation

A Muldoon pot shop up for renewal was cited this year over inventory tracking and over-limit sales. A former worker also alleged glass got into joints.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read