Alaska

A remote Alaska village's firefighting enterprise lands more federal work

A firefighting company owned by the remote village of Nulato landed more federal fire work — part of a tribal enterprise that's grown to 200-plus local jobs.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Fishermen's Fund appeals council to decide denied injury claims Oct. 14

Alaska commercial fishermen whose injury claims were denied get a decision Oct. 14, reached in a closed session before the council opens its doors.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A new state program is lifting Alaska's worst-in-the-nation aid filing rate

Alaska seniors who worked with a new state advising program filed for federal aid at 60 percent, well above the state's last-in-the-nation rate of 35 percent.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A parent does not lose custody by placing a disabled child in a facility, Alaska court rules

Alaska Supreme Court ruled a parent cannot escape child support by placing a disabled adult child in assisted care if the parent maintains a custodial role, affirming $640 monthly support in the case.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Delta Junction inventor wins design patent for sports bra with built-in neck guard

A woman in Delta Junction, population 918 at the last census, owns the look of a sports bra with a built-in neck guard for the next 15 years.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

The Yukon's fall chum run could support a fishery, none has opened

The Yukon's fall chum run is big enough to allow a commercial fishery for the first time since 2019. The state hasn't opened one or said why.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Yukon coho are running far below normal, and even a strong chum year likely won't reopen fishing

Kodiak's manager wants to sell lakeside land. Its planners say keep it.

Kodiak's borough manager applied to sell land near Beaver Lake. The borough's own planning staff recommend keeping it, calling the ground too wet to build.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

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

Southcentral's gas storage is two thirds full heading into winter, and one field shuts down for maintenance starting Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Three Cook Inlet gas storage plans pending for winter demand

Troopers arrest Wasilla man on warrants totaling 18 felony counts

Alaska State Troopers arrested Wasilla resident William Paterson Jr. on Sept. 9 on two warrants totaling 18 felony counts of theft, burglary, and fraudulent access device use.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Skagway Ferry Terminal Set to Reopen After 26-Day Closure

Skagway's ferry terminal reopens today after a 26-day closure caused by cracked concrete and deteriorated anchor chains, forcing vehicle traffic through Canada during peak season.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A complaint tied to the Tshibaka-led Accountability Project challenges the Democratic ticket's disclosures

Nothing says airtight like a campaign-finance complaint built on magazine clippings and a hunch. Regulators will hear it Thursday anyway. Nothing's proven 🤷

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min read

No license covers driving a concrete mixer, so this Alaska company teaches it

No license covers driving a concrete mixer, so a North Pole company supplying Fairbanks concrete since the 1950s teaches the whole craft in-house.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readFrom Jun 1

Alaska closes another zone of the Fortymile caribou hunt

Alaska closed another zone of its Fortymile caribou hunt Friday, expecting the 100-bull limit met. Two of four state zones remain open.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 1

Subsistence salmon fishing reopens on the Tanana and Yukon after closures

Subsistence salmon fishing is reopening on the Tanana and Yukon rivers after a summer of closures, as the runs recover — though the long decline isn't over.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Retention of Aleutian rougheye and blackspotted rockfish closed for rest of 2026

Vessels working the Central and Western Aleutian districts can no longer keep blackspotted and rougheye rockfish.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers say Minto man, 18, died in accidental rifle discharge

Troopers say Minto man, 18, died in accidental rifle discharge

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wasilla weighs $569,600 for round-the-clock Fire/EMS dispatch at MatCom

Wasilla City Council will vote Monday on a $569,600 budget amendment to add round-the-clock dual dispatchers at MatCom, funded entirely by the Mat-Su Borough.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Wasilla weighs a plan to nearly double its airport runway

Wasilla wants to nearly double its airport runway in a $279 million, 20-year plan — a bid to serve bigger planes as the Mat-Su Valley keeps growing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Aleut Ventures opens Frosty Fuels crew and fueling facility at Cold Bay Airport

Aleut Ventures opened a crew facility at Cold Bay Airport this September, adding lodging and ground support as part of a $1.25 million investment in North Pacific aviation infrastructure.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska marijuana board revisits under-21 rules after Craig, Klawock checks failed

Alaska Marijuana Control Board will revisit rules keeping under-21s out of pot shops after compliance checks in Craig and Klawock found every store violated the ban.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Bronson calls for bottom trawling ban in state waters at Kodiak fisheries debate

Dave Bronson called for banning bottom trawling in Alaska's three-mile state waters, the only gubernatorial candidate to propose the measure at a Kodiak debate.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Gubernatorial candidates split on Board of Fisheries overhaul

Proposals range from expanding the board to nine or eleven members to stricter recusal rules and industry-conflict guidelines.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Coast Guard finds 15-year-old alive on capsized skiff off St. Lawrence Island; two dead

Coast Guard found a 15-year-old alive on a capsized skiff 4 miles east of St. Lawrence Island on Monday; two other boaters from the same vessel were recovered dead.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska moves to cap what workers' comp pays for creams and patches

Alaska wants to cap what workers' comp pays for creams and patches — after minor formula tweaks were billed at hundreds or thousands of dollars.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court says a sleep clinic performs services in the field of health and owes the tax

Alaska Supreme Court ruled Alaska Sleep Clinic cannot claim the state's small business tax exemption because health services are excluded from it, regardless of company size.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections

Alaska's education department is moving to cut whole chapters of rules for libraries, museums and archives — over a public that mostly asked to keep them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 5

Three Alaska governor candidates agree on the problems, diverge on government's role

Three candidates for governor agreed Alaska faces serious problems but split on solutions at a Tuesday forum. The fourth, Bernadette Wilson, did not attend.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago7 min read

Alaska Supreme Court says a judge may remove a plaintiff from his own trial, after warnings

Alaska's Supreme Court ruled for the first time that a judge can remove a disruptive party from a civil trial, even the one who filed the suit.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska starts spending its $272 million in rural health money

Alaska is spending the $272 million it won from a new federal rural health program, and adjusting the promises it made to get it as the money goes out.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Nine EPA climate grants for Alaska projects ended with 99 percent of $151 million unspent

$151 million in federal climate grants for Alaska tribes ended with less than 1% spent. One $20 million award was terminated the same day it was signed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Pile driving at a Juneau fuel dock could damage seals' hearing

Federal regulators estimate a Juneau fuel dock rebuild could expose marine mammals to pile driving noise 1,660 times, 852 of them at injuring levels.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau's wastewater permit would be renewed despite a record of violations

Juneau's permit to discharge treated wastewater into Gastineau Channel would be renewed, though the plant has broken its limits in 12 of the last 13 quarters.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks entrance is closed while crews build a year-round bike path

An entrance to South University Avenue is closed through Monday while Fairbanks builds a 1.8-mile bike and pedestrian path designed for year-round use.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

State clears three Anchorage officers in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord

State prosecutors cleared three Anchorage officers of criminal liability in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord, 112 days after it happened.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage weighs $2.8M state payment, most of it for winter shelter

Anchorage cut $1 million in contracted surge shelter beds when alcohol tax revenue fell short. State money would put them back ahead of winter.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 1

Unalaska wants $5 million to pave the road serving America's busiest fishing port

The country's largest fishing port by poundage is served by a gravel road. Paving it is now Unalaska's top request of Congress, at $5 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Feb 10

Unalaska makes its failing airport terminal a top funding priority

Unalaska made a failing airport terminal its top request for state money next year, moving it from last on the list to first.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Feb 10

Mat-Su moves to lease Port MacKenzie land to an antimony company

Mat-Su is moving to lease 42.78 acres of port land to an antimony company. The commission that recommended it published no minutes or vote count.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 1

Federal record rates Ketchikan's Water Street viaduct 'Poor'

The Water Street viaduct in downtown Ketchikan, carrying 14,000 vehicles a day, is rated poor, but the state is funding only repairs, not replacement.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 15, 2025

Follows: Overnight drilling comes to Ketchikan's aging viaducts, part of a plan to repair them now and replace them later

Two Juneau airport approaches are down, with no FAA timeline to fix them

Two instrument approaches to a Juneau airport runway are out of service, and the FAA has given no timeline to restore them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 13