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Suicide Basin levels drop, signaling a possible new release above Mendenhall
Suicide Basin's water level dropped sharply Tuesday, possibly signaling another release. Nothing is flooding, and secondary releases run far smaller.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks woman, 68, fell from horse into Wood River and died; cause under investigation
Debra Waugaman Curnow, 68, of Fairbanks died Monday after falling from her horse while crossing the Wood River near Snow Mountain Gulch.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Former Ketchikan church elder pleads guilty to federal child sexual abuse material charge
A 74-year-old former Ketchikan church elder pleaded guilty to possessing over 1,000 images of child sexual abuse material and faces at least 10 years in federal prison
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
Kodiak's silver limit drops as its king limit rises
Kodiak's silver salmon limit dropped to one a day this week, while the king limit rose back to two after a spring of tight restrictions.
by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Native corporations keep 8(a) status as individuals face a new test
Alaska Native corporations keep their place in the federal 8(a) contracting program under a new rule, but individual Native applicants now face a tougher test.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min readAI
Mat-Su considers banning plate readers before it has them
Mat-Su votes Tuesday on banning license plate readers it doesn't own — the same night Anchorage debates regulating the ones it already has.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Seafood exports to Türkiye are frozen, though little Alaska product moves there
U.S. seafood can't be certified for export to Türkiye because American plants aren't on its approved list. The blocked edible trade is about $160,000.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
NOAA funds Alaska work on what stranded marine mammals ate
A stranded Alaska killer whale died of sepsis after swallowing three kinds of fishing hooks. NOAA is paying the state to keep examining these animals.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min readAI
AIDEA will discuss the Ambler road in Kotzebue, with the public out
AIDEA's board will talk about the Ambler road in Kotzebue next week, behind closed doors. The public portion covers meeting dates and a conference.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 4d ago1 min readAI
Two Southeast geoduck beds stay closed until biomass recovers past 30% threshold
Two Southeast geoduck beds stay closed after surveys found less than a third of the clams left. Sea otters are eating them, and the quota fell 40 percent.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
A Wasilla workshop will walk job seekers through federal applications
State staff will help job seekers with federal applications Thursday in Wasilla — as Alaska's federal job market shrinks and resumes get capped at two pages.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Judge upholds federal permit for mining access inside Lake Clark National Park
A judge upheld the permit for a road, airstrip and tunnel inside Lake Clark park. The test was whether the Corps was arbitrary, not whether it was right.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Seventeen foreclosed Fairbanks properties sold, 25 drew no bid
Fairbanks sold 17 tax-foreclosed properties last month. One of them, assessed at $146,019, went for $12,120 — a hundred dollars over the minimum.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min readAI
Alaska Supreme Court declines emergency bid to open Fairbanks charter school
Fairbanks said no to a charter school. The state said yes anyway. The Supreme Court declined to referee, and 352 enrolled kids were left in limbo.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min readAI
A Bering Sea storm brings flooding and high winds to the Y-K Delta
A Bering Sea storm is bringing coastal flooding and damaging winds to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including Kipnuk, still rebuilding from last year's typhoon.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Federal board extends FM1106 subsistence moose hunt by two days
Federal officials added two days to a Copper Basin moose hunt and closed 1,300 square miles of Interior river corridors to outside hunters. One group objects.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks companies seek a year-round water right for the pool at Circle Hot Springs
Two Fairbanks companies want a year-round water right at Circle Hot Springs — about 8.6 million gallons a day, on an application pending since 2020.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Three Southcentral villages get visiting primary care this week
A doctor is in Chenega Bay through Monday, in Nanwalek through Friday. Tyonek got one day, and sees a primary care provider every two months.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Three Alaska disaster declarations have no Federal Register notice
Three Alaska disaster declarations have no federal notice, though rules require one. For the Mat-Su storm, the finished notice has sat unfiled since April.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Denali opens 30 miles of road to private vehicles starting Friday
Starting Friday you can drive 30 miles into Denali, twice the summer limit — though snow and ice can shrink that stretch without much notice.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Park Service warns of ice collapse and tsunami waves at Aialik Glacier
National Park Service warns that unstable ice at Aialik Glacier terminus in Kenai Fjords can collapse without warning and trigger tsunami waves capable of causing severe injury or death.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Alaska would drop its claim to 480 acres for three Native Vietnam veterans
Alaska is giving up its claim to 480 acres near Haines so that three Alaska Native Vietnam veterans can get the allotments they applied for.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
The state's analysis of Alaska's first crab hatchery says it would add little
Alaska's first crab hatchery wants a permit. The state's own analysis says the crab it releases would likely make no measurable difference to the fishery.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago5 min readAI
Anchorage approves a bigger paved lot at the Basher Trailhead
Anchorage approved replacing the Basher Trailhead's 16-space gravel lot with a paved 52-space one, ending a year-long fight over its size.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage weighs making its 49 neighborhood plans advisory only
Anchorage's 49 neighborhood plans carry the force of law today. The Assembly wants to know if they should just be advice — 70% have never been updated.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Falling rock rerouted the Root Glacier trail, and helicopters are coming
Falling rock closed the main Root Glacier trail in July. The reroute is still in place, it runs across talus, and the park wants you in traction devices.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Juneau youth board reviews $3,605 in travel requests from two teen athletes
Two Juneau teenagers earned spots at competitions Outside and are asking the city for airfare. The fund they are asking from ended last year with $1,237 left.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage named a day for Dolly Parton three weeks after her death
Anchorage kids get more than 73,000 free books a year in the mail. The Assembly named Sept. 25 for the woman behind it, three weeks after her death.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Anchorage's new-home tax break would reach pricier houses under a revision
Anchorage's proposed tax break for first-time buyers of new homes would reach pricier houses under a revised version up Tuesday, ending a cutoff at the average.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Students wait for the bus on the shoulder of Rabbit Creek Road
Kids wait for school buses on the shoulder of Rabbit Creek Road, where traffic runs 52 in a 45. The state is studying whether to build them a path.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min readAI
Afognak Native Corporation buys majority stake in Weaver Bros. trucking companies
Weaver Bros. has hauled freight in Alaska since 1946. Its new majority owner is a Kodiak village corporation whose people lost their village in 1964.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min readAI
Juneau Assembly votes 6-2 to table nonprofit sales tax ordinance indefinitely
Juneau Assembly voted 6-2 Monday to table a nonprofit sales tax ordinance indefinitely, blocking a measure that would have narrowed tax exemptions starting January 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Juneau aging commission chair asks Assembly to fix or cancel paratransit contract
Juneau seniors and wheelchair riders are missing paratransit pickups under Ground Transportation Solutions. The aging commission chair asked the Assembly to fix or cancel the contract before winter.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
A 2024 crash near Denali came down to windshear and a short strip
Federal investigators have explained a 2024 crash near Denali: windshear off a 600-foot strip, and no room to climb. The pilot walked away.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
House passes Begich bill to open treaty talks with Japan over Alaska Native handicrafts made with bird parts
Alaska Native artists can use feathers from 27 bird species in work they sell. A House bill would open the door to more, by way of talks with Japan.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Juneau's city-owned ski area has carried EPA's most urgent water violation for six months
Juneau's city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area has carried the EPA's most urgent drinking water violation for six months, with no record of it being resolved.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
A Wainwright corporation will sweep Energy Department offices for bugs
A Wainwright village corporation's subsidiary will sweep Energy Department offices for hidden microphones and cameras, under a $2.35 million contract.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min readAI
Wasilla council commits to planning a regional dispatch center outside city limits
Wasilla agreed to help plan moving its emergency dispatch center out of town. The reason for the hurry is a fire station going up on Bogard Road.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Wasilla council pulls airport master plan from introduction, delays public hearing
Wasilla's council postponed but didn't drop a plan to nearly double its airport runway, from 3,700 feet toward 6,000, at an estimated $279 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Seward council approves five-year lease moving food pantry to senior center
Seward City Council approved a five-year lease moving He Will Provide Food Pantry from City Hall Annex to the senior center starting Jan. 1, 2027, gaining more space and a better kitchen.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI