Alaska

Kenai plans to spend $50,000 replacing damaged holiday decorations along the Spur Highway

Kenai plans to replace worn Spur Highway holiday light decorations using $50,000, favoring repeated designs over many unique ones.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Sep 8

Wisconsin-based super PAC reports $710K urging Alaskans to leave Sullivan blank

A Wisconsin super PAC with no named donors spent $710,000 telling Alaskans to rank Republican Gerald Heikes first and leave Sen. Dan Sullivan blank.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer voters will decide on the road tax, a council race and an Assembly seat Nov. 3

Homer votes Nov. 3 on keeping its road tax, a City Council race and a borough Assembly seat. The mayor's race has exactly one name on the ballot.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Anchorage proposal would let clerk start mandatory recounts before elections are certified

Anchorage wants close races recounted before anyone takes the oath, so the Assembly never swears in one winner and then has to swear in another.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage 18-year-old jailed after 100 mph pursuit on Parks Highway in Wasilla

An 18-year-old Anchorage man was arrested after a 100 mph chase on Wasilla's Parks Highway, stopped by spike strips. He faces six charges, including DUI, and is jailed without bail.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Ketchikan Assembly to certify results electing Bolling, Ortiz and Arntzen Tuesday

Ketchikan Borough Assembly meets Tuesday to certify Oct. 6 election results, seating Bolling, Ortiz and Arntzen. The library takeover measure failed outside city limits, so it did not pass.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Driver strikes and kills woman crossing Muldoon Road in Anchorage

A driver struck and killed Bertha Nesbit, 62, as she crossed Muldoon Road in Anchorage. No charges have been filed, and police are still investigating.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Petersburg voters approve up to $3.3 million to finish a backup diesel generator

Petersburg voters OK'd up to $3.3 million, 709 to 366, for a backup diesel generator the borough says it needs before standby power falls short.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Kodiak physician indicted on federal tax evasion charges covering five years

A federal grand jury indicted a Kodiak physician on five counts of tax evasion, one for each year from 2018 to 2022. Prosecutors allege he hid cash income.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Diabetes program funding 22 Alaska tribal health groups faces a Dec. 31 deadline

A federal diabetes program pays for prevention and treatment at 22 Alaska tribal health organizations. Its authorization ends Dec. 31 unless Congress acts.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Nov 9, 2021

Kotlik man charged with attempted murder after reports he pointed a shotgun at two people

Alaska State Troopers arrested a 21-year-old Kotlik man on two counts of attempted murder and 14 other charges after reports he pointed a shotgun at two people.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Helicopters will keep a remote Unuk River gage running below British Columbia mines

Interior ordered helicopter flights to service a USGS gage on the Unuk River, which watches the water coming down from three British Columbia mining projects.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Helicopters will service the Seward Peninsula's snow stations as the first snow arrives

The feds hired Bering Air to fly technicians to the Seward Peninsula's automated snow gauges, just as the first snow of the season shows up on them.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 14

Girdwood street crews could get long-term control of their storage yard

Girdwood road crews have had a storage yard on a 3.3-acre lot for nearly 20 years. Anchorage may give them control, but the sewer plant next door may need it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Lease extension to 2094 would let Chugiak senior project add rentals open to all ages

The Anchorage Assembly holds a hearing Tuesday on extending a Chugiak nonprofit's land lease for housing. The deal could last until 2094 if developers hit every construction milestone.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

State plans to destroy abandoned skiff on Wasilla's Seymour Lake unless its owner claims it

A 24-foot skiff whose registration ran out in 2012 is headed for the scrap heap on Seymour Lake, unless its owner shows up and pays the state's bill.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kodiak's floatplane base needs a new dock, and engineers will offer two ways to build it

The dock where every visiting floatplane parks at Kodiak's Trident Basin is sinking. Engineers will show the city two ways to rebuild it Wednesday.

by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Kodiak's proposed path to Bells Flats makes the state's draft plan, with design money only

A proposed 10-mile path from Kodiak toward Bells Flats made the state's draft transportation plan. The $2.6 million in it is mostly for design, not building.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Homer mayor proposes changing the rules for how the city writes its budget

Homer Mayor Rachel Lord proposed changes to the city's budget code, up for council discussion Oct. 26. A public hearing and possible adoption vote is set for Nov. 9.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read

Kodiak moves $20 million from bank and pool accounts into managed investments

Kodiak moved $20 million from bank and pool accounts into managed investments this fall, reaching 71% of an $82 million target.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak invests $10 million and uses transfers to shrink $1.7 million General Fund shortfall

Cordova tribe's company gets $2.1 million NIH order for population health statistics

A company owned by the tribe in Cordova will crunch numbers for an NIH division that studies pregnancy and child health, under a $2.1 million order.

by Melinda Communities.News4w ago2 min read

Anchorage School District sues state retirement division and demands a jury trial

Anchorage School District sued the state retirement division Oct. 14, demanding a jury trial. It may relate to a 2024-25 outage that delayed retirement contributions statewide.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Gravina Island sea cucumber divers get two hours as the area's cap nearly runs out

Divers have nearly hit the sea cucumber cap off Gravina Island's west shore in two weeks, so the state is giving them two hours there Tuesday.

by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Follows: Southeast Alaska sea cucumber dive fishery opens with a 1.4 million-pound cap

Callers posing as troopers are demanding gift cards and crypto to clear warrants

Real troopers don't call for gift cards. Someone posing as one has been phoning Alaskans demanding gift cards or crypto to clear fake warrants, troopers say.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Fish and Game closes Yakutat commercial set gillnet fishery for the rest of the season

Fish and Game closed Yakutat's commercial set gillnet fishery for the season on Oct. 15, matching the usual mid-October closing date.

by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Follows: Yakutat set gillnetters get another opening, but still can't keep king salmon

Narwhal Exploration seeks state approval to drill up to three wells in West Harrison Bay

Narwhal Exploration wants to drill up to three oil wells from ice pads in Harrison Bay this winter, a year later than first planned. Comments are due Oct. 30.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Ketchikan Assembly to vote Tuesday on Ward Cove substation disaster declaration

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly votes Tuesday on keeping its Ward Cove substation disaster declaration in force. Repairs could cost up to $1.59 million, more than KPU and the city have on hand.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Utqiagvik mayor proposes having online sellers collect city taxes, ending vaping tax

Utqiagvik's mayor wants online sellers and booking sites to collect city taxes, and wants to stop taxing vaping products. The council takes it up Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Sullivan and Peltola got key facts wrong in a heated Senate debate, records show

Nine uses of "lie" in one hour. The record backs some of their punches and knocks down others, from a 2008 gas line vote to who's outspending whom.

by Alaska News4w ago20 min read

United Tribes of Bristol Bay offers schools up to $5,000 for top voter turnout

United Tribes of Bristol Bay is offering up to $5,000 to schools in the Bristol Bay communities with the best Nov. 3 turnout. Voters themselves get nothing.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

State moves to finalize Juneau sewage plant permit despite years out of compliance

Juneau's downtown sewage plant was out of federal compliance in 12 of 13 quarters. The state is about to renew its Gastineau Channel permit anyway.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

After-hours online protective order petitions now count as filed the next business day

Alaska courts now count after-hours online protective order filings as filed the next business day, matching eviction filing rules. Filing before 11:59 pm Alaska time still counts as that same day.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Appeals court upholds conviction for threat during Ketchikan bail hearing

Alaska Court of Appeals upheld Michael Henderson's conviction for threatening a witness during his son's Ketchikan bail hearing. The jury found the threat real, and he's serving 18 months.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

RGA-funded PAC spends $1.5 million backing three Republicans and opposing Kreiss-Tomkins

Kodiak PAC, funded by the Republican Governors Association, spent $1.5 million backing three GOP tickets and opposing Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins before Alaska's Nov. 3 governor's race.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Huna Totem asks Juneau planners to approve a scaled-down Áak'w Landing uplands plan

Huna Totem asks Juneau planners Oct. 27 to shrink Áak'w Landing's uplands plan, cutting retail space from 50,000 to about 31,000 square feet.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Park Service proposes ATV access across Gates of the Arctic for Anaktuvuk Pass residents

Anaktuvuk Pass hunters could drive off-road vehicles across Gates of the Arctic under a proposed rule ending a 1986 ban rooted in dictionary definitions.

by Alaska News4w ago4 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider study of building rules in high-hazard earthquake zones

Anchorage's earthquake hazard maps trace back to 1979. New ones are due this year, and the Assembly may ask city staff what they should mean for building rules.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read

Homer council to vote Oct. 26 on spending $60,000 to audit its volunteer fire department

Homer residents spent early 2025 telling the council its fire department was short on volunteers. Now the city may spend $60,000 on an audit to take a look.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Federal judge orders ICE to release man detained as he left Anchorage Wellness Court

A federal judge ordered ICE to release Honorio Latyr Pereira Barreto, detained leaving Anchorage Wellness Court in June. His bond hearing used the wrong legal standard and denied him due process.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read

Troopers say Anchor Point man fired handgun during argument on Anchor Point beach

An argument on Anchor Point beach ended with a handgun fired and a 40-year-old man in the Homer Jail, troopers say. He wasn't allowed to have the gun.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read