Alaska

A Dena'ina artist's work is headed for downtown Anchorage's signs

Dena'ina artist Sebastian Garber's MOA50 designs reach downtown Anchorage's wayfinding signs next year, drawing on Indigenous quillwork patterns.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

The FCC review that could end E-Rate is filed under children and screens

The federal review that could end E-Rate is filed under a docket about children and screens. The program does not pay for a single screen at all.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Federal library grants open to qualifying Alaska Native tribes and corporations

Qualifying Alaska Native entities offering library or archival services can seek $6,000 to $150,000 from IMLS by Nov. 13.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Three students share the Anchorage Assembly's youth representative seat

Anchorage Assembly Chair Anna Brawley appointed three high school students to share the youth representative seat through April 2027, a nonbinding advisory role open to residents ages 16 to 19.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Childcare center at downtown Anchorage church set to open Oct. 1 with municipal funding

Alaska's first worker-run childcare center opens in downtown Anchorage next month, with room for 82 kids and $200,000 in marijuana tax money behind it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

ConocoPhillips' Disclosed Alaska Royalties Fell 58% in Two Years

ConocoPhillips paid $37.97 million in royalties on its federal Alaska leases last year, down 58 percent from 2023, partly on lower oil prices.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage police launch phased pre-arrest deflection pilot Sept. 23

Anchorage's deflection pilot begins Sept. 23. Police make the referral, True North handles navigation and community providers deliver treatment.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Low water slows Seward's youth coho fishery, open through Oct. 5

Kids have four more weeks to catch a silver at Seward Lagoon, where low water has been holding the fish outside waiting on enough rain to get in.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fish and Game suspends ice house registration in the Copper Basin

Ice anglers in the Copper Basin won't have to register their fishing shelters this winter, after the state found there's no way to do it online.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Kodiak Island Borough warns of wire transfer scam targeting zoning applicants

Scammers are posing as Kodiak zoning officials and demanding wire transfers. Nobody in history has ever been this eager to collect a permit fee.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound noncommercial shrimp fishery will not reopen in 2026

Prince William Sound shrimpers got about five weeks this year and the commercial fleet got none. The state hasn't published a reason for the closure.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

BBNC seeks permanent Bristol Bay protections as Alaska challenges EPA's Pebble restrictions

BBNC wants Congress to protect Bristol Bay permanently as Alaska challenges the EPA's narrower Pebble restrictions in a consolidated federal case.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A House committee cited Alaska while advancing a drilling bill for elsewhere

A House committee voted to drop federal drilling permits on 4 million acres. None are in Alaska, but the chairman held up Alaska as the model.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

House committee advances bill treating hatchery fish as wild under Endangered Species Act

House committee voted to require federal agencies to consider hatchery fish alongside wild ones in Endangered Species Act consultations, a shift with major economic implications for Alaska's salmon industry.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Alaska joins the EMS compact Sunday, with several steps still required

Alaska joins the EMS compact on Sunday, but nobody can just show up and start working. The state is not in the national database yet either.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Two Anchorage men patented a plier jaw built to stop slipping

Two Anchorage men just patented a plier jaw with V-shaped teeth meant to stop tools slipping off rounded hardware. No company, no product, just the patent.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

Migratory students lose ground moving between Alaska districts; the state's new alert is an email

Alaska says a new in-state alert tells districts when migratory students move between them. Its own 2026-27 district manuals describe no such alert.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Ice risk on the Dalton Highway and Arctic Coast until noon

Freezing rain and snow could make roads slippery on the Beaufort Sea Coast and Arctic Plains through noon Wednesday, National Weather Service warns.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Remains of at least 10 and an 1895 mortuary pole can return to Sitka Tribe after Oct. 16

Tongass National Forest cleared remains of at least 10 Native individuals for return to Sitka Tribe of Alaska starting October 16, including a mortuary pole held since 1895.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Soldotna council candidate Conner refiles disclosure on the last day to file

Soldotna council candidate Nicholas Conner refiled his financial disclosure Tuesday, the last day of the filing period, after listing the wrong municipality on his original form.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Cook Inlet Tribal Council runs free career classes toward certification

Cook Inlet Tribal Council runs free 90-minute career classes at its Anchorage campus, each counting toward its ARCTIC Workforce Certification, with Developing a Leadership Mindset repeating at noon Sept. 22 and Sept. 29.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

State approves 183-acre Heceta Island clearcut with 300-foot beach buffer

Alaska approved clear-cutting 183 acres on Heceta Island with a 300-foot beach buffer, rejecting the state's own habitat biologist's recommendation for 1,000 feet to protect winter deer habitat.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Alaska will clear Tok's fire debris free

Alaska will clear fire debris in Tok for free, but owners must sign a packet whose terms are final — and the form isn't posted where the state says it is.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Air taxi operators said they overpaid. Juneau is redoing its fees.

Juneau's airport would cut fuel fees by two-thirds and raise landing fees, after air taxi operators said a 2019 error had them overpaying for years.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Murkowski and Sullivan both voted to advance a federal college athlete pay bill. Alaska has no NIL law of its own, so federal rules would apply directly.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage School Board spends $3 million on classrooms, deepening next year's deficit

Anchorage's school board voted to spend the $3 million on students this year. Next year's hole grew to $9 million and 20 fewer teaching jobs survive.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage school district proposes splitting $32 million in one-time state money

Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile

Dense fog has visibility down to a quarter mile on Annette Island through Wednesday morning, the third such advisory in the southern panhandle in a day.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Mat-Su kept the Long Trail sign, and the $300,000 that came with it

Mat-Su took $300,000 and kept the trail sign some members worried would invite federal control. The borough's own attorney said it would not.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Van Horn Road is closed at University Avenue with no detour posted

an Horn Road is closed at University Avenue in Fairbanks for paving, with no detour and no reopening time. The state's alert can't decide which road is shut.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Housing on the Tozier Tract would likely close off a planned road

Opening a Tudor Road parcel to housing would probably kill a road connection the city has planned for years. The state planner said so and did not object.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's own campground isn't allowed under its park zoning

Anchorage's 84-site Centennial campground isn't permitted under the city's own park zoning. A proposed fix would legalize what's already there.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A Big Lake man was killed in Houston. A 72-year-old faces murder charges.

A 43-year-old Big Lake man was shot and killed in Houston on Monday night. A 72-year-old Houston man was arrested on murder and assault charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

The Senate blocked federal crypto rules. Alaska already wrote its own

The Senate blocked the first federal crypto rules, with both Alaska senators voting to advance them. Alaska wrote its own kiosk law in July anyway.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage teachers say losing building subs cost them prep time and safety

Anchorage teachers told the school board what losing building subs cost them. The board restored $3.7 million — without promising the subs come back.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Three outhouses east of Cordova, and a $1 million to $5 million estimate

The Forest Service wants three outhouses replaced near Cordova, plus picnic shelters and camping pads. It estimates the job at $1 million to $5 million.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Cordova's only ATV trail gets fixed, once the ground freezes

Cordova's only managed ATV trail is eroding into the river, and the repair cannot start until the ground freezes solid for five straight days.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Dillingham forum puts two open Southwest Alaska legislative seats on one stage

Two senior rural lawmakers are leaving, eight candidates want their seats, and seven are listed for a Dillingham forum.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Rezanof Drive closes nightly in downtown Kodiak through September

Rezanof Drive closes nightly through the end of September in downtown Kodiak, and the state hasn't said what construction the closure is for.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

State-backed Alyeschem plant reaches construction milestone

Alyeschem has finished driving foundation piles for its Prudhoe Bay chemical plant. Alaska's backing is a repayable loan, not a $70 million grant.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read