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Anchorage paid to expand the crime center, then put off the rules
Anchorage funded a $598,998 crime center expansion the same night it postponed the public hearing on rules meant to govern that center.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kaktovik leaders back 1002 Area development and press AIDEA to weigh local knowledge
Kaktovik leaders told AIDEA board members that oil and gas decisions in the Arctic refuge's 1002 Area must include local residents and traditional knowledge, not just outside voices.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
NWS forecasts up to 1.5 inches of rain in the Chena River basin
Up to 1.5 inches of rain will drench the Chena River basin over the next 48 hours, pushing rivers higher, though NWS Fairbanks says flooding is not expected unless the heaviest rain shifts east.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Alaska put a price on crisis beds the Legislature created in 2022
Alaska proposed Medicaid rates for crisis mental health facilities: $1,833 a day for adults and $2,197 for adolescents, the highest on the state's chart.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kenai parks staff helped the middle school start pickleball in gym class
Kenai parks staff spent Thursday helping the middle school start pickleball in gym class. The school has paddles, nets and one court taped to the floor.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Juneau Hydropower asks FERC for two more years to start Sweetheart Lake dam
Juneau Hydropower asked federal regulators to delay the Sweetheart Lake dam completion deadline by two years, to September 2031.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027
NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak salmon fishing extended into Sunday across multiple districts
Alaska Department of Fish and Game extended Kodiak commercial salmon fishing into Sunday across multiple districts, with closing times varying by area between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Montana Creek topped flood stage in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley, with advisories into Tuesday morning
Montana Creek rose over the low-water crossing on Montana Creek Road this week. Another foot of water would put it into yards along Mendenhall Loop Road.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
DOT&PF opens bidding to resurface Glacier Highway from Juneau's ferry terminal to South Lena
Alaska DOT&PF opened bidding to resurface 2.4 miles of Glacier Highway between Juneau's ferry terminal and South Lena, with $8.8 million in federal funding and work planned to start in August.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
NOAA maps out how new tools enter Alaska's fish surveys
Bering Sea fish have moved 19 miles north since the 1980s. NOAA has published a plan for updating the surveys that set Alaska's catch limits.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged
Alaska's count of missing Alaska Native and American Indian people fell by eight. None of the drop came from the cases nobody can explain.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
Tanana Chiefs holds first culture camp for K-6 students
Tanana Chiefs Conference held its first culture camp for K-6 students in Fairbanks, teaching Athabascan languages, potlatch dancing and traditional skills, with plans to repeat annually.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Free school supplies and dinner at Nome's Back-to-School Bash
Nome families got free backpacks, school supplies and pizza at a community Back-to-School Bash — a welcome hand in a year of tight budgets and $10 milk.
by Alaska Newsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal
Alyeska seeks early renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline permit with a faster review. Cordova wants a shorter term and money set aside to decommission aging infrastructure.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Cordova raises its tax on rooms, rentals and alcohol to 14 percent
Cordova raised its tax on hotel rooms, alcohol, tobacco and rentals to 14 percent, and pulled boat rentals into it. Collections are running behind last year.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Washington bought into Ambler. The payoff depends on the road being built
The federal government will own about 10 percent of Trilogy Metals, but cannot cash in most of its stake until the Ambler road is built.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min readAI
Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his land
A Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his property to avoid a 50-foot buffer — and dug up that buffer without permission.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter
Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter. Frozen lines hit triple the usual number, and thawing them is the customer's expense.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Three Sterling streets end at the river, and the neighbors have had enough
Three Sterling streets dead-end at the Kenai River on public easements, and neighbors report trespass, human waste and an armed confrontation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Mat-Su cut school walking paths from its short-term road list
Mat-Su dropped walking path projects at two elementary schools from its short-term transportation list, replacing them with road reconstruction and paving.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Northrim's Oregon deal is on the record. The approvals are not.
Northrim's $167.3 million Oregon bank purchase is on the record, and none of the four regulatory approvals it needs has surfaced publicly.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
A power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs would nearly triple
The fuel surcharge on Manley Hot Springs electric bills would nearly triple under a new filing, while state rural power assistance stays where it is.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A Koch-backed group spent the same for Sullivan as against Peltola in one filing
Outside money keeps landing on Alaska's Senate race. A Koch-funded group spent the same amount for Dan Sullivan as it did against Mary Peltola.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Alaska weighs dropping the required training course for marijuana handlers
Alaska may drop the required training course for marijuana handler permits, swapping a class and test for a background check — saving workers up to $500.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for six seats
Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for its Oct. 6 municipal election, with six seats on the ballot and registration closing Sunday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
One donor has supplied two-fifths of what a progressive Alaska fund raised this year
One Anchorage physician has supplied two-fifths of a progressive independent expenditure fund's money this year. Alaska caps no such gift.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
TCC will hold a November summit on what villages told it this summer
Tanana Chiefs Conference will hold a November summit on priorities its chief gathered during summer visits to seven Interior villages.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A fourplex would install no landscaping under this Anchorage ordinance
A builder putting four homes on an Anchorage lot would install no landscaped buffer under an ordinance up for public hearing Oct. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan
Trump says he is coming to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan. Mary Peltola outpolled Sullivan by more than 13,000 votes in the August primary.
by Alaska News2w ago2 min readAI
Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year
Kenai voters decide in November on a homeowner tax exemption worth about $326 a year. It would cost the city roughly $434,000 annually in revenue.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage police force falls hardest on Alaska Native residents
A review found Anchorage police use force disproportionately on Alaska Native residents, more than comparable cities — and likely overstated what they've fixed.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min readAI
The paperwork behind 65 villages' share of the Bering Sea is up for renewal
Sixty-five Western Alaska villages hold a share of the Bering Sea. Keeping the paperwork current takes 36 hours a year, and it is up for renewal.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Extending the Coastal Trail north may take a land deal, not an easement
Anchorage wants to extend the Coastal Trail north across Eklutna land. The corporation would rather sell or trade than grant an easement, citing trespassers.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Clay Koplin will lead Matanuska Electric starting in January
Clay Koplin, who has run Cordova Electric for nearly 20 years, takes over Matanuska Electric Association in January as Tony Izzo retires.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly keeps a non-binding housing resolution moving
The Anchorage Assembly refused to delay a housing resolution that, by its own sponsor's account, does not require anyone at all to do anything.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Alaska joins an EMS licensure compact, but it won't take full effect until 2027
Alaska is joining a compact letting out-of-state paramedics and EMTs work here without a separate license — but it won't really kick in until 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Alaska seafood headed to Europe needs a new certificate starting today
Alaska seafood bound for Europe needs a new health certificate as of today, declaring no antibiotics were used for growth and none reserved for human medicine.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A gravel company can dig below the water table on Beaver Loop
A gravel company can dig two pits below the water table on Beaver Loop Road, over a neighbor's objections about his wells and the noise.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land
You own the house and a trust owns the ground under it, and you pay $50 a month for the ground. Cordova is weighing whether that math works.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min readAI