Alaska

Ahtna dividends reach $16.50 a share for 2026 as its turnaround continues

Ahtna's trust declared a $9 fall dividend, bringing 2026 to $16.50 a share, up from $10.60 last year, as the corporation's turnaround continues.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readFrom Nov 3

Mat-Su's 2027 asks include school debt money, Talkeetna flood help and a stalled railroad

Mat-Su's 2027 wish list: school debt payments from the state, $20 million to protect Talkeetna from the Susitna and $300 million for a stalled railroad.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Park Service reopens deadline for businesses seeking Glacier Bay's only kayak rental

The Park Service reopened its sign-up deadline for businesses that want to run Glacier Bay's only kayak rental. Anyone who missed it has until Dec. 7.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Alaska proposes new tool to decide who qualifies for Medicaid home care services

Alaska Health Department proposed a new tool to decide who qualifies for Medicaid home and personal care services. Public comment runs through Dec. 18.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Coast Guard icebreaker that watched Chinese ships in the Arctic stops in Juneau

The Coast Guard's former oil-industry icebreaker stopped in Juneau near the end of a 134-day deployment, some of it spent watching Chinese research ships.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Juneau Airport Board to weigh selling old Hertz building and keeping the proceeds

Juneau Airport Board meets Thursday to weigh recommending a sale of the old Hertz wash bay building, with the airport keeping sale proceeds and ground lease revenue.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Seward plan for no city sales tax in winter, 6% in summer gets its first public hearing

Seward's proposed budget would let summer carry winter: no city sales tax October through March, 6% April through September. First hearing was Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Follows: Seward council members question proposed property tax cut, float exemptions instead

Fairbanks mayor seeks $200,000 in borough savings for 2028 Arctic Winter Games

Fairbanks hosts the Arctic Winter Games again in 2028, and the borough mayor wants $200,000 in savings to help raise the more than $6 million it'll take.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Mat-Su Borough would spend $850,000 in fire reserves on Big Lake station water supply

Big Lake's fire station refills fire trucks too slowly, so the Mat-Su Borough wants to spend $850,000 upgrading the station's water supply system.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Wasilla council will let Seat F applicants interview by video, with phone as backup

Wasilla council voted 4-1 to let Seat F applicants interview by video or phone instead of in person. The change follows one applicant saying he'd be out of state for the Nov. 30 interview meeting.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

State seeks a shipyard to build a 96-foot wildlife trooper vessel for Southeast

The state wants a shipyard to build a 96-foot wildlife trooper vessel for Southeast. It says the last one was made with "dramatically inferior materials."

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Alaska refuges lost 38% of their field staff, the steepest drop of any region, review finds

Alaska's refuges lost 38% of their field staff in 12 years, the steepest drop of any region, and are down to 11 pilots. Interior wants staff shifted to refuges.

by Alaska News3d ago2 min readFrom Nov 6

Man pleads guilty in child sexual abuse case, admits abusing seven children

A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday and admitted sexually abusing seven children in Fairbanks and Anchorage. The state says he'll get 35 years to serve.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

North Slope school budget would use more savings than its draft audit shows

North Slope's school board is set to vote Wednesday on a budget that would use $7.7 million in savings. Its draft audit showed $5.6 million left in June.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Atigun Pass on the Dalton Highway reopens to one lane after avalanche closure

Dalton Highway's Atigun Pass reopened to one lane Monday after an avalanche closure, with vehicle recovery work still underway near Milepost 243.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Follows: State closes Dalton Highway over Atigun Pass due to high avalanche activity

Peltola's Senate lead grows as Alaska counts nearly 5,000 more ballots

Alaska added about 5,000 ballots to its count Monday. Peltola's Senate lead grew, Begich's House lead shrank and the ranked-choice repeal fell further behind.

by Alaska News4d ago3 min read

Waiver holding off SNAP's work time limit outside Anchorage now runs to October 2027

The waiver keeping SNAP's work time limit off outside Anchorage now runs through Oct. 31, 2027, a year past the date the state listed in September.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

State says 12,850 Alaskans on Medicaid would need to prove they meet work rules

About 12,850 Alaskans on Medicaid would have to send proof they meet new federal work rules to keep their coverage, the state health department estimates.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Federal council adds a December look at proposed 2027 Cook Inlet salmon limits

The federal council gets a first look at 2027 Cook Inlet salmon limits in December. This year, the drift fleet caught more than twice its coho limit.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

BLM proposes cutting public comment time on its major land plans from 90 days to 30

: BLM proposed cutting public comment on big land plans from 90 days to 30 and making full impact statements optional. It oversees 70 million Alaska acres.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Kodiak ordinance would narrow borough contract ban for mayor and Assembly members

Kodiak Assembly members propose narrowing the mayor and Assembly contract ban to professional services only. It follows a dispute over seating Jeremy Williamson, whose company holds borough contracts.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Back-to-back lows to bring gusty winds to southern Southeast through Wednesday night

Wind advisories hit Ketchikan, Sitka and Yakutat as back to back storms bring gusts up to 55 mph through Wednesday night. Outages and downed limbs are likely.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Cordova moves Wednesday trash pickup to Thursday for Veterans Day

Cordova shifts Wednesday trash pickup to Thursday, Nov. 12, and closes City Hall Nov. 11 for Veterans Day. Regular bagging and can limit rules still apply.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Utility work closes Peger Road southbound right lane in Fairbanks through Friday

Utility work closes Peger Road's southbound right lane in Fairbanks from 8 am to 2 pm daily through Friday, Nov. 13. One lane stays open between Johansen Expressway and Airport Way.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Most comments to Juneau's tourism task force seek more limits before it finalizes plan

Most public comments to Juneau's tourism task force asked for more ship and passenger limits, city staff found. It meets Thursday to finalize its recommendations.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau task force nears a whale-watch cap and a new helicopter noise study

AIDEA launches InvestNorth to finance Alaska data centers, but Alaskans can't invest yet

AIDEA launched InvestNorth Monday so Alaskans might someday own a piece of data centers it helps finance. There's no project, no price and no way to invest yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Driver kills pedestrian at Airport Heights Drive and Debarr Road in Anchorage, flees

A driver hit and killed a pedestrian at Airport Heights Drive and Debarr Road early Monday and drove away. Police haven't described the vehicle or driver.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly sets Dec. 15 hearing on Chugach Electric heavy-industrial rezone

The Anchorage Assembly will hear Chugach Electric's request Dec. 15 to zone its Third Avenue utility yard heavy industrial, matching decades of utility use.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Driver in a Parks Highway ditch near Cantwell had a .251 breath test, troopers say

Troopers say a driver who ended up in a Parks Highway ditch near Cantwell on Sunday night blew a .251, more than three times Alaska's legal limit.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Sullivan campaign asks to join Peltola's ballot-records suit before Tuesday hearing

Sullivan's campaign moved to join Peltola's lawsuit over absentee-ballot records, a day before a judge hears her emergency request. The motion isn't public yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Fish and Game takes caribou permits to three Bristol Bay villages

Fish and Game staff will hand out caribou permits in Levelock, Igiugig and Kokhanok before a Dec. 1 hunt near Iliamna Lake. It ends early if hunters reach 100.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read

EPA drafts rules on whether used work gloves count as hazardous waste

Are the leather gloves worn all day on Alaska's oil fields hazardous waste once they're tossed? EPA has drafted rules on that, its regional chief said.

by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Weather makes state's last block grant workshop Zoom-only; applications still due Dec. 4

Bad weather in Anchorage made the state's last block grant workshop online-only. Towns still have until Dec. 4 to apply for up to $850,000 each.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readFrom Nov 3

Caribou hunt on remote Unimak Island reopens Nov. 15 after fall quota goes unmet

Hunters took fewer than 100 caribou on remote Unimak Island this fall, so the state is reopening the hunt Nov. 15. Last year's hunters got one.

by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

State energy board moves to accept up to $150 million for a second Railbelt power line

Alaska's energy board moved to take up to $150 million in Defense Production Act money for a second Southcentral-Interior line. The other $268 million? TBD.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min readFrom Nov 5

Follows: State energy board votes on nearly $5 million solar loan for Red Dog Mine

State says Hydaburg school district owed about $400,000 in retirement contributions

Hydaburg school district heads to mediation over about $400,000 in unpaid PERS retirement contributions plus interest. Missed payments directly hit employees' retirement savings.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readFrom Sep 14

Alaska's unfunded pension debt fell about $1.2 billion last year, draft statements show

Alaska's two big pension plans earned about 14% last year, nearly twice what they count on, and their unfunded debt shrank by about $1.2 billion.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readFrom Oct 12

Weather service trims Hillside snow forecast but still expects gusts up to 60 mph overnight

The weather service cut its Hillside and Eagle River snow forecast to 1 to 5 inches but still expects gusts up to 60 mph overnight. Then it all turns to rain.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Prince of Wales Island under high wind warning Monday, with gusts up to 60 mph

Southeast's stormy streak continues. Prince of Wales Island is under a high wind warning Monday with gusts to 60 mph, and another storm may follow Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Tanana Chiefs plans advocacy workshop as Board of Game takes up Ambler Road hunting

Tanana Chiefs Conference will hold an advocacy workshop Nov. 20, the day the Board of Game takes up an Ambler Road hunting closure TCC wanted five times wider.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read