Alaska

The pipeline right-of-way comment window got another week

The public has until Sept. 17 to comment on whether the trans-Alaska pipeline keeps its federal right-of-way for 30 more years, after the Bureau of Land Management extended the deadline by a week.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 26

An Anchorage company will run the ATF's supply operation

An Anchorage company won $5.3 million to run the ATF's supply operation. Its federal small-business certification expires six weeks into the contract.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska takes public input Wednesday on child care facility operating rules

Alaska's child care office takes public input Wednesday on operating rules for licensed facilities, seeking feedback from providers and families on what works and what needs to change.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Alaska takes input on extra child-care help for kids with disabilities

Minor flooding possible at Golovin, with water 4 to 6 feet above high tide

Water could flood Golovin's lowest buildings Wednesday and Thursday as the National Weather Service warns of coastal surge 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers refer charges after Ketchikan pursuit and crash

State Troopers referred felony charges against an 18-year-old Ketchikan driver who refused to stop on North Tongass Highway on Sept. 3, lost control, and crashed into a ditch during the pursuit.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 3

An Anchorage firm staffs the State Department's internal watchdog

An Anchorage company owned by the Kodiak regional corporation holds a contract worth up to $75 million to staff the State Department's internal watchdog.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The roads torn up fighting the Tok fire have been graded back

The roads firefighters tore up while saving Tok have been graded back into shape. Residents need them to reach what is left of their property.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kaktovik under a do-not-drink notice after ethylene glycol found

Kaktovik residents can't drink the village tap water after testing found ethylene glycol, the toxic compound in antifreeze, in the system. Boiling won't help.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A tiny Bering Sea tribe runs its own healing court, from the island to Anchorage

A tiny tribe in the Bering Sea runs its own healing court for people facing addiction, and a federal grant will extend it to members who've moved to Anchorage.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall

A tribe based in Cordova, a town you can reach only by boat or plane, will rebuild the Great Hall at the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

BLM rule would let NPR-A operators waive subsistence conditions without public notice

A new BLM rule lets oil and gas operators in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve waive mitigation conditions, including four protections for subsistence hunting, without public notice.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday

Alaska opens four Chignik districts to commercial salmon seining for 48 hours starting Monday as the region's weak king salmon run strains both fishing crews and conservation goals.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Chignik fishermen get a five-day opening, but most of the area stays closed on weak runs

Kodiak district asks school board to weigh closing East Elementary in 2027

Kodiak may close East Elementary in 2027. Five weeks before proposing that, the district asked the state for $5.75 million to renovate the building.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Norton Sound commercial salmon fishing closed for the rest of 2026

Norton Sound's commercial salmon fishery is closed for the rest of 2026 after most of the state's fish-counting projects failed, leaving too much uncertainty.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 31

Most of what the Tok fire burned was outbuildings. Aid may not cover them.

Two-thirds of what the Mukluk Fire destroyed near Tok were outbuildings, and the only aid program for those families generally does not cover them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court rules: Officers Must Stop at Unclear Lawyer Requests

Alaska Supreme Court ruled police must stop questioning suspects who make unclear lawyer requests, even after Miranda waivers, reversing a Kodiak murder conviction.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min readFrom Aug 7

An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus

An Anchorage company runs the heating, cooling and power plant at NIH's Bethesda campus. It just won $5.9 million to upgrade the ventilation.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash

A Wasilla man was arrested on DUI and refusal charges after a motorcycle crash on North Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured

Fairbanks gets new federal flood maps in January, following the last major borough-wide revisions in 2014. Three of every four homes already in the flood zone carry no insurance.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Aug 21

Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears

Nearly 500 tons of gear has landed at Port MacKenzie for a plant to produce antimony, a defense mineral the U.S. lacks — but its air permit isn't approved.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 1

Follows: A barge of secondhand equipment is bringing a military antimony refinery to Port MacKenzie

The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped

Crews tunneling into a historic gold mine north of Anchorage hit two veins that were not on the company's map. One sample ran 12 ounces to the tonne.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 2

Sitka's search for housing land narrows to two small parcels

Sitka's search for city land to build housing on has narrowed to two small parcels — the sites with the most room to build are the hardest to develop.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 2

Anchorage auditors flag a gap in Assembly travel approvals

Anchorage auditors found signed approval on all 38 Assembly trips but could document a second 2025 step on only one of 15. A broader review is now underway.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 1

Follows: Fifteen Anchorage Assembly members will have their spending accounts examined in a 9-2 vote

Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders

Chugach Solutions picked up $43,689 in no-bid orders to install fall protection and replace a generator breaker at the FBI's Washington office.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan

A 26-year-old hiker was flown off Deer Mountain near Ketchikan on Saturday after becoming unable to walk, the second rescue on that trail in months.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores

Alaska's marijuana regulator is drafting a rule to ban in-house testing by growers and manufacturers, forcing all products to third-party labs instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Knik Tribe has $1 million to design youth mental health care

The Knik Tribe has nearly $1 million to design a mental health system for Alaska Native young people in the Mat-Su. The money cannot pay for treatment.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night

A small wildfire was reported near Sandy Beach outside Wrangell on Friday. The state has not said whether it is contained or threatens any homes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954

Fish and Wildlife has bought nine track loaders without competitive bids since August. The ninth cost $248,954, more than any of the first eight.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members can't agree on how many meetings a year they may attend remotely, the last open question in a rules rewrite.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The money gap in Alaska's ranked choice fight is growing

The campaign to keep ranked choice voting spent $1.37 million in one period. The campaign to repeal it has $89,673 and owes more than that.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan has five years to start disinfecting the sewage it discharges

Ketchikan's sewage plant does not disinfect what it discharges. EPA gave it five years to change that, and voters approved $15 million to do it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau code allows six hens. A Silver Street family is asking for 230 animals.

Juneau allows six backyard hens. A homeowner is asking for up to 200 chickens and 30 other farm animals, and neighbors are pushing back on the scale.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals

Pink and chum escapement in Kamishak Bay finished below their spawning targets as the Lower Cook Inlet commercial salmon season closed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kamishak District closed to seining after survey found fewer pinks

Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

An atmospheric river soaked Interior Alaska this weekend, and forecasters warned small streams could rise to the tops of their banks.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes Thursday to accept $3.85 million in state funding to replace a failing hospital chiller that is limiting emergency and surgical care on the island.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract

An Anchorage company owned by Koniag will run IT support for the State Department bureaus covering the Middle East and South Asia.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Federal money will put naloxone and first aid training on remote Alaska fishing boats

A nurse whose son died of an overdose at sea started mailing naloxone to fishing boats. Federal money will now expand it across remote Alaska.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read