Alaska

Antimony refinery developer Nova Minerals says its cash won't fund a year of plans

The company building a military antimony refinery at Port MacKenzie says it lacks the cash for another year of plans, after losing $25.6 million last year.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min readFrom Sep 30

Fairbanks-area draft 20-year transportation plan totals more than $1.6 billion

Fairbanks' draft 20-year transportation plan runs $1.6 billion. Airport Way topped the survey's ugliest-road picks; FAST says 2018 fixes haven't advanced.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

AGDC managers ask board for $1.28 million to support its 25% stake in Alaska LNG

The state's gas line corporation owns a quarter of Alaska LNG and wants $1.28 million to oversee its stake, including readiness for a possible clawback.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Troopers arrest Houston man on assault charges after Big Lake firearm disturbance

Troopers arrested a 57-year-old Houston man Wednesday after a firearm disturbance near Big Lake. He faces third-degree assault and two counts of assault in the presence of a child.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Planners say Anchorage's capital budget isn't strongly tied to its growth plan

Anchorage planners say the city's capital budget isn't strongly tied to its growth plan. Since 2017, 1% of Bowl development landed where the plan wanted most.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's $725.7 million cash pool earned $4.4 million last quarter, report shows

Anchorage parks $725.7 million with three money managers until it needs it. Last quarter it earned $4.4 million; the managers cost about $1 million a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Bethel council elects mayor Tuesday after election brings in Joseph Klejka

Bethel's council picks its mayor by secret ballot Tuesday, two weeks after about 7% of the city's voters returned three incumbents and replaced a fourth.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Bethel City Council to certify Oct. 6 election and swear in new members

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

Downtown Anchorage's police foot patrols ran on hotel-tax overtime money this year. The 2027 budget leaves that money out. One option floated: a special levy.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alaska's disabilities council seeks feedback after writing a plan to guide it through 2031

Alaska's disabilities council wants to know how it's doing. Its next five-year plan got 84 public comment responses. Staff call its wording intentionally broad.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

State ends maintenance on the Taylor and Top of the World highways and McCarthy Road until May

The state stops maintaining four remote roads Thursday, including the only road into McCarthy. Until May, the traffic is snowmachines and dog teams.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Draft study backs regional co-ops for rural Alaska tank farms, comments due Friday

A draft study says rural Alaska tank farms should team up in regional co-ops to save money. Comments are due Friday, so speak now or hold your diesel.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Up to 5 inches of snow and 40 mph gusts forecast for Dalton and Steese summits

Up to 5 inches of snow and 40 mph gusts on the Dalton, Elliott and Steese summits through Saturday morning. Winter is clocking in for the haul road.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

State renews Usibelli's Healy coal permit, raises cleanup bond to $7.7 million

Two Bull Ridge's coal pits near Healy are nearly done. The state renewed the permit for five years and bumped the cleanup bond 42%, to $7.7 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Wasilla certifies Rubeo's record win and starts filling her council seat

Wasilla certified Rubeo's record 67.2%, Ledford ran her last meeting, and the council hopes to fill Rubeo's old seat before the holidays get going.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Alina Rubeo wins Wasilla mayor's race with 67% of the vote, avoiding a runoff

Official results confirm Utqiagvik voters raised marijuana sales tax to 10%

Utqiagvik voters approved raising the city's retail marijuana sales tax from 8% to 10%, final results confirm, 473 to 303.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

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

Anchorage tied its Eklutna water deals to Chugach and MEA backing its bid for a hydro vote. They declined, and the mayor wants the deals approved without it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

State gives DOT Matanuska riverbed to armor the Old Glenn near Palmer

The Matanuska keeps eating the bank along the Old Glenn near Palmer, so the state gave DOT 65 acres of river bottom to fight back with rock. Indefinitely.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kenai commission rejects family RV campground permit on Tundra Rose Lane, 4-1

Kenai's planning commission voted 4-1 to deny Nicole and David Smith a permit for a family RV park on Tundra Rose Lane, citing traffic and neighborhood character concerns.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readFrom Sep 23

Haines trail group and State Parks seek federal money for a Chilkat State Park cabin

A cabin halfway down Chilkat State Park's coastal trail would give Haines families and elders a roof for the night, if federal trail money comes through.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readFrom Sep 30

Three Northwest Alaska advisory committees elect members, weigh caribou cuts

Show up and you can help pick who speaks for your region on caribou, moose and wolf rules before the Board of Game meets in Kotzebue in January.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Board of Game proposals would cut Western Arctic caribou limits further as the herd declines

Flood watches and gusts to 55 mph hit southern Southeast as an atmospheric river arrives

Southern Southeast faces up to 6 inches of rain and gusts to 55 mph Thursday into Friday, with flood watches from Ketchikan up to Petersburg.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage planners back an 8-foot Girdwood fence near the Holtan Hills entrance

A Girdwood homeowner wants an 8-foot fence where code allows 4, citing Holtan Hills construction traffic. City planners say yes. A neighbor worries about moose.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Southcentral Foundation seeks business zoning for 4.3 acres on Alaska Native Health Campus

Southcentral Foundation wants two Tudor Centre Drive lots on the Native health campus rezoned for business. It says no redevelopment is planned.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Borough to decide on merging 17 Salcha lots a planner ties to a possible resort

A landowner wants to turn 17 Salcha lots into one 38-acre parcel, and a borough planner says the land is understood to be headed for "some sort of resort."

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Air Guard rescues pilot with minor injuries after plane crash near Friday Creek

The Air Guard has flown four pilots out of crashes north of Anchorage since Sept. 10, two of them near Friday Creek, which is having a rough fall.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly member proposes writing police surveillance limits into city charter

Anchorage Assembly member Keith McCormick wants police surveillance limits locked into the city charter, where only voters could change them, including warrant rules for tracking and biometric data.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Kenai planners approve two Woodland Subdivision short-term rentals, one 3-2

Kenai OKs two Airbnbs in the Woodland Subdivision. Ash Avenue neighbors of 41 years lost 3-2, and one says she'll be back to oppose every permit.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

North Slope voters reelect Patkotak and approve all 11 bonds worth about $1.55 billion

North Slope voters gave Mayor Josiah Patkotak another term and the borough permission to borrow up to $1.55 billion for water, power, schools and more.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kodiak jury convicts former jail corrections officer of sexually assaulting a prisoner

A Kodiak jury found a 27-year-old former Kodiak Jail corrections officer guilty of third-degree sexual assault against a female prisoner. Sentencing is Feb. 8, 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Denali Borough fire chiefs to meet every other week on Cantwell winter coverage

Denali Borough fire chiefs will huddle every other week to keep Cantwell's fire and EMS going this winter while the borough chases federal rural health money.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

BLM pushes White Mountains winter season to Nov. 1 for lack of snow

BLM delayed the switch to winter snowmobile-only rules in the White Mountains and Steese to Nov. 1, citing low snow. Wheeled OHVs stay legal 17 extra days.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Chugach shareholders return former CEO Kompkoff to the board and reelect two directors

Chugach Alaska shareholders returned former CEO Gabriel Kompkoff to the board and reelected Violet Yeaton and Connie Hedrick at Saturday's annual meeting.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Many boats in the central Gulf must throw back Pacific ocean perch through December

Many central Gulf boats must throw back any Pacific ocean perch they catch through December. The 2,800 tons set aside for incidental catch is about used up.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Dunleavy proclaims Charlie Kirk Day for a second year and Employment First Awareness Week

Dunleavy proclaimed Charlie Kirk Day for a second year Wednesday, two days after naming this Employment First Awareness Week for Alaskans with disabilities.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Bronson stays in governor's race, disputing Trump's account of deal to quit

Trump says Bronson agreed to quit the governor's race. Bronson says they remember the calls differently, and he is staying in.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Trump endorses Wilson

Gasoline pushes U.S. prices up as Alaska diesel runs 61% above a year ago

U.S. prices rose 0.6% in September, more than half of it from gas. In Alaska, the bigger number is diesel: $2.48 a gallon more than a year ago.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Social Security checks for about 123,000 Alaskans will rise 3.6% starting in January

Social Security checks rise 3.6% in 2027, about $75 a month for the average retiree, before Medicare takes its cut. About 123,000 Alaskans collect.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Craig certifies uncontested city election after 9.7% turnout

Every Craig candidate ran unopposed, turnout was 9.7%, and the council counted the 13 absentee ballots by hand at the table. Democracy, small-town edition.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Northeast Anchorage council urges "thorough and independent" study of Assembly spending

A Northeast Anchorage community council voted 19-0 to back the Assembly's spending study, and asked members and staff to skip the "half-hearted compliance."

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Giessel says free AIDEA land transfer takes over the Legislature's appropriation power

Giessel says giving 20,000 acres near Houston to AIDEA free takes the Legislature's power of the purse. Her math: a lease could bring in $14 million a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read