Alaska

Troopers cite Nikiski man over out-of-season moose and missing harvest ticket

Troopers cited a Nikiski man over a spike bull moose they say he took out of season, without the free harvest ticket the state requires for general hunts.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Wrongful death lawsuit against Mountain Village concerns 2024 police station fire

A wrongful death suit against Mountain Village concerns Lawrence Chiklak, 39, who died in a 2024 fire at the police station while police were detaining him.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 15

tate restarts historic review of Cowles Street rebuild after adding buried power lines

Fairbanks' Cowles Street rebuild got bigger, so the state is redoing its historic homework on a corridor with 31 cataloged sites and four Register listings.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Revised Chugach access board plan would bar CASA from taking over existing road upkeep

Anchorage Assembly leaders rewrote their Chugach access board plan again, barring the park access tax from taking over road upkeep. The hearing got bumped.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kodiak baby-gear company wins eighth design patent, this time for a bottle warmer

A Kodiak baby-gear company patented the look of its bottle warmer Tuesday. That's eight design patents, after five teethers, a noise machine and a milk warmer.

by Alaska News3w ago2 min read

Sitka cellphone callers can't reach 911; city gives direct numbers for police and fire

Cellphone callers in Sitka can't reach 911 or the police and fire lines. The city posted direct numbers to use until carriers fix it. Landlines still work.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

State and FEMA offer free training for Alaska's local floodplain officials

The state and FEMA will train newer local floodplain officials for free in Anchorage Dec. 1-4. Their rules are what keep federal flood insurance available.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Alaska districts have until Nov. 15 to recertify more than 15,000 migratory children

Alaska counted more than 15,000 children as migratory last year, a program built largely on fishing for food. Districts must recertify them by Nov. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Alaska's private sector added 2,200 jobs in a year as federal jobs fell nearly 9%

Alaska's private employers added 2,200 jobs over the year, and government shed 1,900, mostly federal. Net gain for the state by September: a modest 300.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Alaska Railroad among 231 railroads granted longer driving hours for track emergencies

Railroad drivers rushing to a derailment or washout can again drive into their 17th hour on duty. In Alaska, separate federal rules already allow the 20th.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Feds move more Western Gulf cod from trawlers to pot boats, second time this month

Feds moved 200 more tons of Western Gulf cod from trawlers to pot boats Wednesday, the second shift in eight days. Trawlers aren't catching it. Pot boats are.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer Electric bills rise about $8 a month as power cost charge climbs

Homer Electric raised its power cost charge Oct. 1, adding about $8 to an average monthly bill. It expects 117 days off the larger grid in the coming year.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read

Anchorage School Board will pick interim superintendent from within ASD, vote in November

Want to be Anchorage's interim superintendent? You'd better already work for ASD. The board is taking internal applicants only, through Oct. 30.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 16

Follows: ASD Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt says he will leave for Virginia district

South Tongass fire crews move back into rebuilt Station Four in Ketchikan

South Tongass fire crews moved back into rebuilt Station Four on Sept. 21, more than two years after an April 2024 fire destroyed it. The blaze destroyed four vehicles including two engines and an ambulance, with a second ambulance suffering serious smoke damage.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Central Peninsula Hospital gets OK for an ear, nose and throat clinic in Soldotna

Central Peninsula Hospital plans an ear, nose and throat clinic, likely in 2027. A doctor warned that once the area's ENT retires, it's Anchorage or bust.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Sealaska Heritage sets Celebration 2028 for June 7-10, names Kake dance group to lead

Sealaska Heritage set Celebration 2028 for June 7 to 10 in Juneau, with Kake's Ḵéex̱' Ḵwáan dance group leading. The biennial festival pumps about $2 million into Juneau's economy.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Ketchikan viaduct repairs slip to 2030, the second delay since August

Ketchikan viaduct repairs slid from 2027 to 2028 and now 2030, and a draft state plan would spend $10.25 million designing a partial Water Street replacement.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit over voter list sent to DOJ

Anchorage judge Adolf Zeman let a lawsuit over Alaska's voter list sent to the DOJ move forward, weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 16

Anchorage's water utility could own the rights to most of the city's tap water in 2055

Most of Anchorage's tap water comes from a lake whose water rights belong to the hydro owners. A deal OK'd 12-0 lets the city's water utility own them in 2055.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage weighs Eklutna water deals after utilities decline to back its bid for a vote

Anchorage ordinance would make candidates disclose residency dates and tax exemptions

An Anchorage ordinance would make candidates for mayor, Assembly and School Board disclose home move-in dates and tax exemptions claimed.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage drops landfill injection well plan and turns to an evaporator for leachate

Anchorage's landfill trucks about 118,000 gallons of leachate a day to the sewer. Plan B for a 2028 state deadline: evaporate some of it with landfill gas.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Waterspout spins over Turnagain Arm hours after heavy wet snow hits Eagle River

A waterspout twirled over Turnagain Arm for 10-plus minutes Tuesday, after wet snow piled nearly 6 inches near Eagle River and barely stuck in west Anchorage.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Bethel hires a Louisiana firm to audit local businesses for unpaid city taxes

Bethel hired a Louisiana firm, without bidding, to audit local businesses for unpaid city taxes. It meets the Finance Committee Monday. Final price: not public.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Juneau task force nears a whale-watch cap and a new helicopter noise study

Juneau's tourism task force, declaring 'the status quo is not sustainable,' is close to urging a whale-watch cap and a redo of 2001 helicopter noise work.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau task force to review draft rules that could license and cap whale-watching boats

Anchorage would give tax-exempt property owners 90 days to recertify instead of March 15

Anchorage wants tax-exempt property owners to recertify within 90 days of a request, not by March 15. A 2026 review of 60 found one that no longer qualified.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Whittier council will discuss culvert lawsuit in closed session before Nov. 17 meeting

Whittier council will discuss its culvert lawsuit against Eric Fleming in closed session before the Nov. 17 meeting. Fleming says the dispute has cost over $100,000.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Whittier council votes to seek federal block grant for a fire tender truck

Whittier's council voted 6-0 to seek up to $850,000 in federal block grant money for a fire tender truck, after a resident asked them to reopen the town poll.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly amends proposed police surveillance rules, then runs out of time

The Assembly agreed an administrative warrant isn't enough to share surveillance data the rules bar, made it easier to pause a tool, then ran out of clock.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago4 min read

Follows: Warrant rule for sharing police camera data splits Anchorage Assembly surveillance drafts

Downtown business leaders ask Anchorage Assembly to make police foot patrol permanent

Downtown business groups asked the Assembly to make APD's foot patrol permanent. The bed tax money paying for it is nearly gone, and the 2027 budget has none.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Follows: Anchorage's 2027 budget leaves out money for downtown police foot patrols

Fairbanks-area draft transportation plan and its air pollution test are open for comment

FAST Planning wants comment by Oct. 30 on its $1.6 billion draft Fairbanks transportation plan and air pollution test.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Outside groups report $67.4 million in Alaska Senate race, most of it against a candidate

Outside groups spent $67.4 million on Alaska's US Senate race, $25.8 million in just two weeks. Both Peltola and Sullivan face more attack ads than support ahead of Nov. 3.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Outside groups report nearly $13 million in Alaska Senate spending in one week

Mat-Su manager tallies $386 million in outside grants, led by $249 million rail award

Mat-Su Borough is getting $386 million in outside grants, led by $249 million to finish the Port MacKenzie rail extension.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

USDA asks fishermen for fuel cost data for $8 billion relief program, sets no payment

USDA asked fishermen to send in fuel cost data for its new $8 billion fuel relief program. Sullivan says Alaska fishermen are eligible. Nobody's said how much.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Juneau's summer sales tax is official: 6% from April through September

It's official: Juneau shoppers pay 6% sales tax April through September starting in 2027. The money is meant for recreation, but the Assembly decides.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Anchorage School Board votes to raze Abbott Loop, return Westpark on a nonbinding pledge

The school board will spend $3.96 million to knock down Abbott Loop and hand the city three properties. The Westpark payback is a pledge, not a guarantee.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago4 min read

Follows: Anchorage mayor's office wants closed Abbott Loop Elementary demolished, school officials say

Anchorage School Board asks Assembly to reject electing most members by district

The Anchorage School Board voted 6-1 to ask the Assembly to kill a plan to elect most board members by district before voters ever get a say.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Follows: Anchorage Assembly members question plan to elect School Board by district

Alaska VA seeks psychologists to evaluate its police applicants and officers each year

The Alaska VA wants a psychologist to vet its Anchorage police: two tests, a life history and 10 traits from integrity to impulse control. Then yearly checkups

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

High surf advisories, storm watches cover Arctic coast from Point Hope to Utqiagvik

The coast from Point Hope to Utqiagvik is under high surf advisories for Friday's storm, with waves up to 5 feet above high tide and 65 mph gusts at Point Hope.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Mat-Su Assembly accepts $2.5 million to refrigerate the ice at Big Lake's rink

Big Lake's rink waits on cold weather to make ice. The Mat-Su Assembly took $2.5 million from the Mat-Su Health Foundation to make its own instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Mat-Su Assembly weighs $2.5 million grant to refrigerate the ice at Big Lake rink

Air Force Reserve pilots on bush-flying course shut off fuel leak at overturned Super Cub

Air Force Reserve pilots training in bush flying landed near an overturned Super Cub on an Alaska river sandbar and shut off its leaking fuel.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read