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Assembly candidate Berga discloses North Slope job, Kenai Fish stake
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate Nathan Berga disclosed North Slope oilfield income and ownership of a Soldotna fishing business in a financial filing Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Alaska schools fight FCC proposals that could cut their internet lifeline
Alaska schools rely on $200 million a year in discounted internet through E-Rate, and education groups are fighting FCC proposals that could cut it back.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
ENSTAR raised its gas line relocation estimates and Mat-Su road budgets absorb the cost
ENSTAR nearly doubled its estimates on eight Mat-Su road projects. The borough has to absorb it, and there is no other gas utility it could call.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Mat-Su Assembly rejects lowering its property tax cap to 7 mills
Mat-Su's Assembly rejected lowering its tax cap to 7 mills after the borough warned it would force $22 million in cuts — schools and ambulances included.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Mat-Su sets aside Zero Lake Road land for a future shooting range
Mat-Su set aside land for a shooting range over a year of neighbor objections. One cabin owner's structure sits about 1,000 feet downrange.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Kenai will pay a high school pool's utility bills to keep it open another year
Kenai will pay $46,400 of a high school pool's utility bill to keep it open one more year. The swim club's hourly rate more than doubles.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing
Juneau's Aug. 13 glacial flood was the mildest yet, damaging 12 homes — officials credit the barriers but say upkeep may cost more than the city planned.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Tanana subsistence chum fishing reopens while coho stays closed
Tanana subsistence fishers can take chum around the clock again. Coho stay closed, with the run projected near a third of its historical average.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Sitka requires appointments for large scrap loads and vehicles at Gary Paxton yard
Sitka's scrap yard now requires appointments for loads larger than a dump truck or for large vehicles, citing limited space and shipping container shortages.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor, after APOC found his financial disclosure was not timely.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage tax appeal hearings continue into September, past the board's stated season
Anchorage property owners appealing their 2026 assessments face a backlog that could stretch to mid-November, with the Board of Equalization handling a record 1,953 appeals.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Juneau airport's control tower to get its first new roof since 1987
Juneau's airport control tower is finally getting a new roof — the original one's been up since 1987. The FAA covers most of the roughly $1 million tab.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage's rewritten emergency plan adds six annexes, voids all earlier versions
Mayor LaFrance signed a rewritten emergency operations plan that replaces all earlier versions and meets national standards. The Assembly reviews it Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Cook Inlet Housing Authority chief backs Anchorage housing code changes his projects use
Cook Inlet Housing Authority's chief backed Anchorage's housing code changes Tuesday, crediting them for enabling his organization's Nest project.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Alaska seniors get free Summit on Aging seats, but must register in advance
Seniors 65+ and Alaskans with intellectual or developmental disabilities get free registration at the Oct. 15-17 Statewide Summit on Aging in Anchorage if they sign up in advance.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Free one-hour EMS session Sept. 2 on Alaska's new fingerprint rules
Alaska EMS clinicians must switch to fingerprint background checks starting Sept. 20 under a new multistate compact, with the state briefing providers on Sept. 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A Fairbanks firm runs Boston's Moakley Courthouse under a $31.6 million agreement
A company owned by four villages on the Koyukuk River keeps a Boston federal courthouse running, gulls on the roof included. It just added a water station.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
HunaTek takes a State Department order worth up to $6 million
A Juneau company owned by Huna Totem Corporation will staff the State Department's Western Hemisphere bureau, in an order that could reach $6 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
AlaskaCare retiree town halls went from twelve a year to four. The last of 2026 is Oct. 15.
AlaskaCare retiree town hall calls drop from monthly to four times a year starting in 2026, with the next call Oct. 15.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Right lane closes on E Tudor Road eastbound Monday for drainage work
The westbound Tudor lane closed since July reopens Monday. Savor it. A bigger dig near Lake Otis starts Sept. 12 and closes lanes in all directions.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Alaska has drawn $15.7 billion in federal money this year
Alaska drew $15.72 billion in federal awards through August, ranking 45th among states and territories, with about $21,000 per resident so far this fiscal year.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
Homer Spit seafood plant lease passes to Silver Bay at unchanged $69,877 rent
Homer City Council approved a lease transfer of the seafood processing plant on the Homer Spit to Silver Bay Seafoods-Valdez, LLC, keeping the annual rent at $69,877 through 2036.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Circle man arrested on first-degree murder charge in shotgun death
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Circle man on a first-degree murder charge after a fatal shotgun shooting at a residence Friday evening.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Man shot and killed in East Anchorage, the third death investigation there since July
A man was shot and killed late Saturday in East Anchorage, the third death investigation in the area since July. Police say no one is being sought.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Sitka man to be paid $419,840 to put boats under Coast Guard helicopters
A Sitka man will collect $419,840 to park boats under Coast Guard helicopters so crews can practice hoisting people off the water. Only one company bid.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
Marijuana board chair's own store violation goes before the board they chair Sept. 2
Marijuana board chair Bailey Stuart faces a violation notice on their own retail store at the meeting they chair Wednesday, raising questions about whether they will step aside.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A grower denied renewal in June is still listed as active, owing $664,440
An Anchorage marijuana grower owes $664,440 in unpaid excise taxes and still appears active on state records months after the Marijuana Control Board denied its license renewal in December.
by Alaska Newsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Trooper fires at armed man outside his Wasilla home after false report
A trooper fired at an armed man outside a Wasilla home Sunday after responding to a false 911 assault report, striking no one. The caller was intoxicated and had not been assaulted.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Alaska has no marine radio examiner, so UAS is asking to become one
No one in Alaska can give the marine radio license exam in person. UAS has asked the FCC for permission to do it at its Ketchikan training center.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Unalaska keeps awarding more grant money than its formula produces
Unalaska's grant program keeps awarding more than its funding formula produces. The council eased the audit rules and left the formula alone.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Begich endorses Wilson for governor, calls on other Republicans to drop out
Rep. Nick Begich endorsed Bernadette Wilson for governor and asked the other Republicans to drop out. Dave Bronson had already said he is staying.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Frost advisory for Anchorage and the Mat-Su early Tuesday
Cover your plants Monday night. Frost is expected early Tuesday in colder pockets of Anchorage and the Mat-Su, a few days ahead of the usual first chill.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
An Anchorage firm will guard a federal satellite archive in South Dakota
An Anchorage company owned by Ahtna Athabascan shareholders will guard a federal satellite data archive in South Dakota for five years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025, state data show
Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025. The Anchorage Assembly takes up a resolution Tuesday marking Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly weighs $305,000 more for South Goldenview road repairs
South Goldenview wants $305,000 for erosion repairs, the largest request yet from the Hillside neighborhoods that pay for their own roads.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Auditors found no central list of Anchorage's state agreements
Anchorage has taken on $17.2 million in state work over five years without a central list of the agreements, its internal auditors found.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August
Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak salmon fishing ends Monday evening in Eastside and Northeast districts
Kodiak's east side closes Monday while the west and north hold through Wednesday. Karluk's king escapement last year was the second lowest on record.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage marks preparedness month after housing 655 evacuees
Anchorage took in 655 evacuees from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong. The Assembly recognizes September as National Preparedness Month on Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Unalaska approves airport gate power line, with the state covering the cost
Unalaska City Council approved a power line extension to supply new airport access gates, with work due by August 2027 at an estimated cost of $1 million to $2.5 million.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2w ago1 min readAI