Alaska

Federal grant funds eating disorder training for 30 tribal health providers in Alaska

Alaska has no dedicated eating disorder care for an estimated 65,000 people. A federal grant will train 30 tribal providers to help them out.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Payless would pay more than $500,000 over document fees under proposed settlement

More than 5,000 Alaskans paid a $499 fee that was not in the online price. They are getting $100 back, and the state says that is on purpose.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

MEA seeks new power supply as its Hilcorp gas contract winds down

MEA is shopping for new power supply before its Hilcorp gas contract ends in 2029, and asking members how they feel about data centers arriving.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

EPA Rule Would Drop Discharge Permits for 65 Alaska Trawlers

EPA wants to delete six words from a rule. If it does, 65 Alaska factory trawlers lose the permit that keeps their fish waste away from sea lions.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 4

The Lake Clark subsistence commission meets Oct. 3 to review federal wildlife rules

Sockeye is more than 60 percent of everything Port Alsworth and Nondalton take. The commission that advises on those rules meets on Oct. 3.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Pile burning starts Friday at three White Mountains cabin sites

Crews will burn slash piles at three White Mountains cabin sites starting Friday. If you see smoke out there this week, it's supposed to be there.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Palmer's plan to test whether its two main wells can produce more clears state review

Palmer's plan to study and possibly expand Wells 4 and 5, which supply 90 percent of the city's water, cleared state environmental review. The city has requested a $1.5 million state loan for it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Cook Inlet gas storage at 69.5% as winter nears, with one field shut in for maintenance

Southcentral's gas storage fields are still filling and sending nothing out, at 69.5 percent full with winter coming and Enstar 3 Bcf short.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Southcentral's gas storage is two-thirds full with winter coming

Man dies entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks

A man died after becoming entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks, Alaska State Troopers said.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A Kodiak crab quota lease would guarantee boats Unalaska-level prices

Kodiak's fisheries association would lease its crab processing quota to Royal Aleutian, on the condition that Kodiak boats get paid Unalaska prices.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

The Alaska Court System awarded a $5.25 million contract to expand the Palmer Courthouse

The Legislature gave Palmer a fifth superior court judge this summer. The courthouse did not have room for the four judges it already had.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read

Alaska's universities fall outside parts of an advancing college sports bill

A college sports bill is moving in the Senate with both Alaska senators behind it. UAA and UAF play Division II, so only some of it would reach them.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Follows: Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Murkowski's bill would extend a rural maternity program Alaska never used

Alaska has never won a grant from the rural maternity program Murkowski's new bill would keep funded. The same bill has died three times before.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Copper River responders will learn to start addiction treatment in the field

One paid ambulance crew and 20 volunteers cover an area bigger than West Virginia. A $300,000 grant will train them to reverse overdoses in the field.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Knik Tribe awarded $199,482 for Palmer fingerprinting site and mobile units

Fostering a child in Mat-Su can mean a long drive to get fingerprinted. Federal money is buying the Knik Tribe a station and two portable units.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Rob Mathis accepts full-time Whittier fire chief job

Whittier made Rob Mathis its permanent fire chief eight days after he ran the cruise terminal fire response as the interim. That's one way to interview.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Alaska may stop requiring liquor license applicants to buy newspaper ads as required public notice

Alaska liquor license applicants have to buy three weeks of newspaper or radio advertising. A draft rule would end that requirement entirely.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 1

Wasilla commissioner asks if city should pause commercial development

A Wasilla commissioner floated halting commercial development over road funding. The chair noted commerce is what pays the city's share of road projects.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Wasilla's road plan expired on a population forecast 38 percent too high

Nome's utility is five years behind on audits and borrowing costs more

Nome's utility hasn't finished an audit since 2021, and its manager says the delay is probably raising the interest rate on its annual fuel loan.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A wind advisory covers Ketchikan and Metlakatla until 2 pm Tuesday

Ketchikan and Metlakatla are getting gusts of up to 40 mph through Tuesday afternoon, and the Alaska Range could see 70 mph by Friday morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Hiker injured by bear on Jones Point Trail in Haines

A hiker attacked by a bear on the Jones Point Trail got herself out. It is the second bear attack in Haines in under a month, and both bears are loose.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A teen moose hunter was flown to a hospital after a tree stand fall near Fairbanks

A teenage moose hunter fell from a tree stand southeast of Fairbanks and was flown out by trooper helicopter along with his father. Injuries weren't described.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

The King Cove road is under construction, but the refuge corridor is still blocked

Bulldozers are on the first 2.8 miles of the King Cove road. The 10.5 miles through the refuge that would finish it are still blocked by a judge.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 16

Federal rules leave some village homes out of water projects

Homes in Alaska villages are left out of federally funded water projects because a spouse or grandparent who owns them is not a tribal member.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Nov 1, 2025

The Supreme Court will rule on Dunleavy's agriculture department after he's gone

The Supreme Court will decide after the election whether Dunleavy could create an agriculture department by order. He'll be gone by the time it matters.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A Palmer barbecue restaurant's parking variance waits another month after neighbors object

A Palmer barbecue joint with zero parking spots says it counted 698 nearby on Google Earth. A dozen neighbors said that's not how this works.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development

At an industry forum, Alaska's four candidates for governor all backed more resource development. Where they differed was on what the state should pay for it.

by Alaska News1mo ago5 min read

Halibut scientists report whale losses and a shift in when females mature

Halibut scientists told their advisers this week they still cannot count what whales take, and that females are maturing younger than the models assumed.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alaska takes final 2026 public input Wednesday on child care grant rules

Alaska's child care office wraps up its year of public sessions Wednesday with one on the grant program that pays licensed providers.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

An outside group has spent $3.77 million on Alaska's Senate race

Americans for Prosperity Action has put $3.77 million into the Alaska Senate race. More than half of it landed in just the last three weeks.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Juneau moves to ban electric motorcycles on nearly all public property

Juneau would ban electric motorcycles on nearly all public property, with exemptions for Montana Creek Trail and the off-road vehicle park.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

MEA surveys members on potential data center development

MEA is polling members about data centers while the state weighs handing 20,000 acres in its territory to AIDEA for a plan that lists data centers.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

A police drone searched south Anchorage for a brown bear before dawn

Anchorage police flew a drone over a south Anchorage neighborhood before dawn looking for a brown bear. Whether they found it is not public.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Mat-Su bans license plate readers before the borough owns any

Mat-Su banned borough use of license plate readers before owning any, with the sponsor calling himself a brick wall against Anchorage's surveillance push.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago4 min read

Follows: Mat-Su considers banning plate readers before it has them

Left lane closed on O'Malley Road northbound until 4 p.m. Tuesday

One northbound lane of O'Malley Road is closed until 4 pm Tuesday for guardrail and fence repair. The road itself stays open the whole time.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Alaska lifts 500-day hiring and regulation freeze, no reason given

Alaska's 500-day freeze on state hiring, travel and new regulations is over. The order ending it runs four sentences and gives no reason at all.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

One black rockfish a day in Kodiak and Afognak waters

Kodiak anglers can keep five rockfish a day but only one black and one yelloweye. Fish deeper and off the rock piles to fill the rest of the bag.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats

Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats, and the early proxy deadline is 5 pm Wednesday. Final deadline is Oct. 14.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 17

A Spokane man gets 25 years for mailing fentanyl that killed two men

A Spokane man was sentenced to 25 years for mailing about 150 fentanyl pills to Skagway, a shipment that killed two men within about a day.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Three Homer Electric generators failed at once, and hydro covered the gap

Three of Homer Electric's generators failed at once in August. It bought hydro to cover, from a dam whose lines cannot carry its full output.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read