Alaska

Dillingham council votes Thursday on exempting Tribal land from property tax

Dillingham's council votes tonight on exempting land owned outright by federally recognized tribes from city property tax. Commercial buildings stay taxed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Federal regulators approve Norton Sound group's trade of unused flatfish quota for 900 tons of rock sole

Nome-based NSEDC traded unused flathead and yellowfin sole quota for 900 more metric tons of rock sole, so its community quota fleet can keep fishing.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Residential fires killed 14 Alaskans in 2025, governor's proclamation says

Residential fires killed 14 Alaskans in 2025, injured 32 others and 28 firefighters, and caused about 45.2 million dollars in property loss.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Boater swims to Admiralty Island after fishing vessel sinks, rescued by Coast Guard a day later

His fishing boat sank near Murder Cove, his life raft leaked, so he swam to Admiralty Island in a survival suit. A Coast Guard helicopter found him a day later.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Calista Education and Culture gets $900,000 to pay 16 young adults for village-based internships

Calista Education and Culture will pay 16 young adults from the Middle Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon for village-based internships with a $900,000 federal grant.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Platting Board to consider combining industrial lots and vacating unused rail easement

An industrial lot in South Anchorage wants to shed a railroad easement that never saw a train and some extra street. The Platting Board takes it up Oct. 7.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

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

Juneau may license whale-watching boats the way it licenses marijuana shops, and cap how many can run. A city task force takes up the idea Oct. 10.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan Borough Assembly weighs removal process for appointed board members

Ketchikan's Planning Commission voted 6-0 to censure Darlene Dollimont-Svenson and ask her to resign over remarks about KIC. She apologized but didn't resign.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Follows: Ketchikan planning commission to consider censuring commissioner over remarks about Ketchikan Indian Community

Juneau committee to review bid to list Telephone Hill as national historic district

A historical group wants Juneau's Telephone Hill named a national historic district. The city plans to tear down its seven homes for new housing.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Juneau's Alaska Shoppe seeks wider Front Street entrance in historic Blomgren Building

Alaska Shoppe wants to widen its Front Street door in Juneau's historic Blomgren Building. The city's preservation committee reviews the plan Wednesday.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Senate vote to advance data center utility cost bill fails 57-43

Senate blocked a bill asking states to consider making big data centers pay for grid upgrades. Alaska's senators voted yes; most Democrats called it optional.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Senate confirms Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41

Senate confirms Keith Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41, with Alaska senators Murkowski and Sullivan voting yes.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

What the Senate permitting bill would change in Alaska, section by section

The 417-page Senate permitting bill names Alaska once. The parts that don’t, from review clocks to court remedies, would reach most of the state.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago7 min read

Up to 11 inches of snow expected on Richardson Highway through Isabel Pass

Up to 11 inches of snow is headed for Isabel Pass, and forecasters say it could be the snow that sticks around all winter. Take it slow on the Richardson.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Skagway wind advisory runs until 1 p.m. Thursday, gusts near 40 mph

Skagway gets a wind advisory for Thursday morning, with gusts near 40 mph. Tie down loose gear, and ferry riders may want to check before heading to the dock.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage names police Lt. Brian Fuchs municipal Employee of the Year

Anchorage police Lt. Brian Fuchs won Employee of the Year for leading homeless outreach units that answered 3,300 crisis calls and cut unsheltered homelessness by nearly 30%.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Trump calls Alaska's second Dan Sullivan a 'fraud' at gas line event

Trump called a Petersburg man running as Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race a fraud, but courts upheld his ballot eligibility.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Kenai City Council postpones vote on Mission Street bluff erosion contract until Oct. 7

Kenai's council was set to award a bluff erosion contract a day after bids closed. It punted to Oct. 7 instead, and nobody said why on the record.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kenai's council will award a bluff erosion contract the day after bids close

Federal managers weigh permit letting a Bering Sea trawler donate halibut it now must discard

One Bering Sea trawler could give food banks the halibut it now has to throw overboard, under a federal permit open for comment through Oct. 16.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Registration permits open Friday for Chugach mountain goats after drawing hunt falls short of quota

Chugach goat hunters who struck out in the drawing get another shot: Unit 14A registration permits open Friday after drawing hunters took just 7 of 12 goats.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan Gateway Borough staff propose allowing housing on commercial waterfront land

Ketchikan Gateway Borough staff want to let housing onto commercial waterfront land and relabel seven parcels. The Planning Commission picks it back up Oct. 13.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Trump says South Korea will finance $50 billion of Alaska LNG; Seoul hasn't committed

Trump says South Korea will put more than $50 billion into the Alaska gas line. Seoul says the project still has to prove it can make money before it commits.

by Alaska News1mo ago3 min read

MEA bills drop about $5 a month, giving back part of summer increase

MEA power bills drop about $5 a month starting Thursday. Good news, sort of: it gives back a little over a third of the increase that hit in July.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Mat-Su power bills climb about $15 a month, with more increases expected

Two Assembly members propose requiring voter signatures for Anchorage candidates to get on the ballot

Two Assembly members want Anchorage candidates to gather 50 or 250 voter signatures to get their names on the ballot. The proposal is just being introduced.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Online series helps families of youth with disabilities plan for adulthood

Families of young people with disabilities can get help planning for adult services in an online series that starts tonight and runs through April.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage proposal would reduce required election notices and shorten post-certification livestreaming

Two Assembly members propose cutting Anchorage's required newspaper election notices from two to one and letting the Election Center livestream end sooner.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

North Slope Borough mayor candidates clash over roads and litigation

Mayor Josiah Patkotak and challenger Harry Brower Jr. faced off ahead of the Oct. 6 North Slope Borough election. • Brower pushed for immediate road construction to cut costs. Patkotak touted $600 million in projects and a property tax waiver starting in 2027. • Both emphasized local control over oil and gas development and tackling drugs in villages.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spends about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates

The Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spent about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates, according to its latest state filing.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers say driver fled at over 100 mph on Sterling Highway, switched seats before arrest

Troopers say a driver fled at over 100 mph on the Sterling Highway, took two PIT maneuvers to stop and swapped seats with his passenger just before the end.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Written comments on Willow drilling and injection rules are due Tuesday unless a Nov. 4 hearing is held

BLM wants to approve some NPR-A oil sites in 60 days by doing the big review once, up front. Here's what that means, and where Nuiqsut and others stand.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago4 min readFrom Sep 21

Kodiak City Council meets in closed session to discuss potential litigation

odiak's City Council met in closed session with its attorney about a potential claim involving a former employee. Details weren't discussed in public.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Pollock trawlers shut out of central Bering Sea area after hitting herring bycatch limit

Pollock fleet hit its herring bycatch cap, so part of the central Bering Sea closes to pollock trawling until March 1. Last year it closed five days earlier.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Touchmark breaks ground on 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage

A private Oregon company broke ground on a 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage, with help from a city property tax break that can last up to 28 years.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

State gets new federal grant to oversee monitoring at Amchitka nuclear test site

The state has a new federal grant to keep watch over Amchitka, where the U.S. set off its biggest underground nuclear test. So far, it's $41,000 for five years.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Super PAC reports $815,000 more against Peltola as outside spending grows on both sides of Alaska Senate race

Last Frontier PAC reported another $815,000 against Peltola, while groups opposing Sullivan reported more than $1.5 million last week. The ads keep coming.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Federal grant puts $18.2 million toward Seppala Drive rebuild in Nome

Nome's long-planned Seppala Drive rebuild now has $18.2 million in federal highway money committed, and the water line under it could be replaced next summer.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage police seek man wanted on escape warrant after he left transitional housing

Anchorage police are looking for a 24-year-old man they say walked away from transitional housing Sept. 25. He's wanted on a felony escape warrant.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 25

Anchorage Assembly to hold hearing on keeping three advisory boards from dissolving

Three Anchorage advisory boards dissolve Oct. 14 unless the Assembly saves them. City auditors say keep all three, though notice and staffing need work.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 1

Anchorage Assembly to consider two Port of Alaska corrosion-protection contracts worth up to $2 million each

Salt water and steel don't mix. Two firms could each earn up to $2 million keeping the Port of Alaska's pilings and pipelines from rusting away.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 29

Some noncitizens in Alaska could lose full Medicaid coverage as federal rules take effect Oct. 1

Starting Thursday, some noncitizens in Alaska could lose full Medicaid under new federal rules. In 2027, some adults face work rules and six-month reviews.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read