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Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study
Fairbanks will study Geist Road and Chena Pump Road with a $545,820 federal grant to identify safety improvements on a corridor flagged for high crash rates and pedestrian-bicycle conflicts.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below
Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, for the aircraft passing above them and the boats passing below. The whole project costs $170,000.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up
Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up — a faster fix in a city with thousands of acres of wetlands.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Juneau loses two months of fishing to a 2020 landslide
Juneau loses the north end of Gastineau Channel to all fishing for two months. A 2020 landslide cut hatchery production and the coho aren't returning.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall
Kenai River anglers won't get the usual bump to three coho on Sept. 1 — the limit stays at two through November as silver runs look weak across Cook Inlet.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Hecla is hiring for six jobs at the Greens Creek mine near Juneau
Hecla is hiring for six jobs at Greens Creek, the round-the-clock silver mine on Admiralty Island near Juneau — from mining engineer to mill operator.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes early
Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes more than two weeks early, with the area's 17-bull quota set to fill.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
A vehicle fire shut a Richardson Highway lane Thursday morning
A burning vehicle shut a lane of the Richardson Highway near mile 349 Thursday morning, drawing police and ambulance crews inside an active work zone.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Alaska says 4,264 fewer K-3 students ended the year reading at the lowest level
Alaska ended the school year with 4,264 fewer K-3 students in the lowest reading category. The figures compare fall to spring, not year to year.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
AIDEA commits $25 million to drill under the West Susitna road
AIDEA committed up to $25 million to drill under a road with no buildable design yet, and its resolution names the three resource projects it would serve.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Alaska superintendents ask FCC not to cut school internet subsidy
Alaska superintendents told the FCC that districts reachable only by plane or boat would lose the discount that makes school internet affordable.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Resident king salmon limit near Petersburg is three a day in state waters
Anglers around Petersburg can keep more king salmon now after a low harvest and strong hatchery return — but the fish are few and far between.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage's new emergency plan still has no chapter for disease outbreaks
Anchorage's new emergency plan has no communicable disease appendix. The plan lists 34 changes; the memo to the Assembly itemizes none of them.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks's chum salmon fishery reopens on the Tanana on Friday
Fairbanks-area households can fish for chum salmon on the Tanana again starting Friday, after a strong Yukon run — but coho must be released and limits apply.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
NANA opens the Hunter Building with five subsidiaries under one roof
NANA opens the Hunter Building in Anchorage on Friday, bringing five subsidiaries under one roof. They will cut a length of qupak instead of a ribbon.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
In Anchorage, SNAP recipients now face work requirements
Anchorage SNAP recipients now have to meet federal work requirements, while the rest of Alaska is covered by a waiver through October 2026.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
New Alaska Medicaid work rules start in January 2027 — with broad exemptions
Starting January 2027, some Alaska Medicaid recipients 19 to 64 must work, study, train or volunteer 80 hours a month to keep coverage, though many are exempt.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
A Wasilla company sweeps a Detroit dock and runs five border ports
A Wasilla company is getting $3,419 to sweep a Detroit loading dock. It also cleans four federal buildings there and runs five border ports in California.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Three Merbok-damaged stretches of the Nome-Council Highway are finally getting permanent repairs
Federal grants totaling $2.4 million will repair three stretches of the Nome-Council Highway damaged by ex-typhoon Merbok in 2022, with work running through April 2028.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
An Interior Alaska village company maintains a Boston courthouse
A company owned by four Koyukuk River villages maintains a federal courthouse in Boston. This month it fixed the boilers, a heat pump and the drains.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Federal Judge threw out Trump's offshore drilling without deciding the question
A judge dismissed the challenge to Trump's offshore reopening on standing, without ruling on whether he had the authority. The groups can refile.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
Sea ice loss has swamped El Niño's grip on Arctic autumns
El Niño used to cool Arctic autumns, but sea ice loss has swamped that signal — just as forecasters expect a possibly record-strong El Niño this fall.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
UAA patents insulation grown from Alaska birch sawdust and a native fungus
A UAA team has patented insulation you can grow from Alaska birch sawdust and a native wild mushroom — a biodegradable answer to the foam that never rots.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
Bronson takes the last spot on Alaska's four-way November governor ballot
Dave Bronson, the former Anchorage mayor, advanced from Alaska's August governor primary to the November ranked-choice general election, joining three other candidates in the top-four system.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Rural health transformation program set as keynote topic at Anchorage disability employment conference
Alaska's $272 million Rural Health Transformation Program will be the keynote topic at the Oct. 12-13 Employment First Conference in Anchorage, drawing employers and disability employment providers.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's transmission tariff would grandfather 11 existing agreements
Alaska created a body to end the tolls utilities charge each other for moving power. Its plan would leave 11 existing agreements in place indefinitely.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Chugach wants another cent for the gas it sells to itself
Chugach wants to raise the price it charges itself for its own gas to $8.14. It was $2.73 in early 2021, and surcharges are driving the climb.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago1 min readAI
Four killed in Piper crash in Seldovia Slough; NTSB investigating
All four people aboard a small plane died Wednesday when it crashed into the water near Seldovia, the second fatal plane crash in Alaska in less than a week.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Chugachmiut is hiring a lead for nearly $7 million in Indigenous education work
The Chugach region's Native nonprofit is seeking a contractor to lead nearly $7 million in Indigenous education work, from language revival to youth programs.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Yukon families get chum back, but only in the tributaries
Yukon families can take chum again, but only in the tributaries. The mainstem carries the Canadian-origin run, projected far below its border goal.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask
The trans-Alaska pipeline's owners want another 30 years on federal land, seven years before they need to ask. Scoping comment closes Sept. 10.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Three Afognak sections close as Kodiak gets a 102-hour opening
Three Afognak sections closed Wednesday evening while the rest of Kodiak got periods of up to 102 hours. The Chinook nonretention rule still stands.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage's drone report leaves out the one thing the code requires
Anchorage police have flown drones hundreds of times since 2022. City code says the report must note search warrants. The report has no warrant column.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAI
Utqiagvik council weighs finance and executive director appointments
The Utqiagvik City Council will vote Thursday on new appointments for two top administrative offices, a finance director and an executive director, with no explanation given in the agenda for the changes.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
The Anchorage Assembly may audit every member's spending
The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on auditing every member spending account back to 2023. The review seeks to identify potential inconsistencies in how members use their annual budgets.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
As the Chena's king salmon collapse, Fairbanks debates how wide a riverfront buffer to require
Fairbanks is rewriting its Chena riverfront plan, weighing how wide a streamside buffer to require — as the river's kings collapse and property owners watch.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Utqiaġvik hears a marijuana tax rise from 8% to 10% tonight, and voters decide Oct. 6
Utqiaġvik City Council hears a proposal tonight to raise the marijuana sales tax from 8% to 10%, with voters deciding Oct. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
A Juneau task force wants congestion data to support limiting cruise calls
A Juneau task force wants a congestion study, partly to support a case for limiting cruise ship port calls. A cap ordinance is already pending.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
Juneau task force weighs reviving 2001 heliport study that projected 6,037 homes out of noise corridors
Juneau's Visitor Industry Task Force will decide Thursday whether to update a 2001 study that found moving helicopter tours could remove 6,037 homes from noise corridors.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
A Native corporation's cleanup arm is monitoring a fuel spill in the Sound
A cleanup arm of Alaska Native corporation Calista won an FAA contract to monitor a former diesel spill and buried dump site in Prince William Sound.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI