Alaska

Rules on remote Alaska communities' fishing quota return to council

Federal fishery managers revisit rules on how small, remote Alaska communities hold and trade halibut and sablefish quota, at an October meeting in Anchorage.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

New Potter Marsh boardwalk and ice-skating ramp open Saturday

Potter Marsh opens a 200-foot boardwalk, viewing platform, and ADA-accessible ice-skating ramp Saturday, Aug. 29, giving visitors a dedicated alternative to using narrow highway shoulders.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska Supreme Court upholds rule requiring rent on expired oil leases during appeals

The Alaska Supreme Court upheld a rule requiring oil companies to keep paying rent on expired leases while appealing, ending five North Slope leases.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Alaska court: guardian, not child's lawyer, waives therapy privilege

Alaska Supreme Court ruled a child's guardian can waive therapy confidentiality in state custody cases, letting a tribe access a 10-year-old's psychiatric records over his lawyer's objection.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court upholds termination of Valdez mother's parental rights

Alaska Supreme Court upheld termination of a Valdez mother's parental rights after she failed to complete reunification steps and missed most visits over two and a half years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A course that usually means flying to the East Coast is coming to Anchorage

A hospital cleaning certification course usually held on the East Coast is coming to Anchorage in September, if 20 people sign up by Sept. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska seeks groups to run perinatal substance use treatment program

Alaska is seeking groups to run its perinatal substance use treatment program. In 2022, only about 10% of pregnant Alaskans who needed such care got it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Nome jury convicted a 78-year-old man on 28 counts of sexual abuse of a minor

A Nome jury convicted Isaac Ozenna Sr., 78, on 28 counts of sexual abuse of a minor involving nine children abused in Nome between 1984 and 2014.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage officials pitch Assembly on Block 102-Tozier land swap for housing

Anchorage officials pitched a land swap to the Assembly Friday that could enable housing on two sites, but the vote covers only the exchange itself, not zoning or development deals.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Tlingit opera adds program guide and pre-show storyteller for audiences who do not speak the language

Alaska's first all-Tlingit opera adds program guides and a pre-show storyteller so non-speakers can follow the 1802-1804 Tlingit-Russian War told in the language itself, running Sept. 11-20 in Juneau.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sealaska Heritage president says Tlingit-Russian War story belongs to all clans, not Kiks.ádi alone

Sealaska Heritage says the Tlingit-Russian War story belongs to all clans and Haidas, not the Kiks.ádi alone, ahead of the opera's September premiere in Tlingit.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska adds $16.8 million in rural health awards without naming who gets the money

Alaska asked for $2.5 billion in rural health money and got $272 million. The state has now spoken for $182 million of it, without naming Friday's winners.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Alaska plans nearly $126 million for rural health projects, its biggest round yet

Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest on six marijuana license renewals

Anchorage Assembly will waive objections to six marijuana license renewals for four businesses, clearing the way for state approval by September and October deadlines.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly designates Sept. 20 as LGBTQ Veterans Day

Anchorage Assembly designated Sept. 20 as LGBTQ Veterans Day, marking the anniversary of the 2011 repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly to take up $4.7 million grant to plan Port of Alaska fuel terminal replacement

Anchorage Assembly votes Sept. 1 on a $4.7 million federal grant to replace POL2, the fuel terminal damaged in 2018 that supplies half the port's capacity and virtually all fuel to JBER.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska nonprofits can now apply to grant K-12 scholarships under a new federal tax credit

Alaska is joining a federal tax credit funding K-12 scholarships for nearly any schooling. Nonprofits can apply now, and school-board and teacher groups object.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

One-fish king limit holds in most Prince William Sound salt waters

One king salmon in most of Prince William Sound through Sept. 15. The terminal harvest areas still allow two, and the coho are the better bet anyway.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage elementary schools drop pre-packaged meals for traditional food service

Anchorage elementary schools have dropped pre-packaged meals. The district says more students are eating lunch but has not released the counts.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Planned Parenthood PAC registers for Fairbanks and Juneau municipal races

Planned Parenthood's Alaska political committee registered to spend in the Fairbanks and Juneau races. It named no candidates and reported no spending.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Household disaster aid accounted for eight of every 10 federal dollars sent to Alaska this week

Of the $4.21 million in federal awards recorded in Alaska between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28, $3.41 million went to households recovering from disaster.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska Mental Health Trust opens $636,523 for equipment at agencies serving beneficiaries

Alaska agencies serving Trust beneficiaries have until Sept. 9 to apply for equipment funding. The $636,523 pool caps each award at $30,000.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Port of Alaska seeks road realignment for Chugach Electric substation

Anchorage Platting Board will vote Wednesday on letting the Port of Alaska shift an unbuilt road so Chugach Electric can build a power substation on port land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's marijuana board will decide whether to erase a violation against its chair's own store

The Marijuana Control Board chair's own store is on its September agenda, and the agency's director wants her $100 violation wiped off the record.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan tribe sues Forest Service over South Revilla logging near Ketchikan

Ketchikan Indian Community sued the Forest Service over logging that would cut 44% of winter deer habitat on Revillagigedo Island, threatening subsistence hunting.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A rural Alaska phone company says a subsidy cut costs $185 per connection

Alaska Power & Telephone told the FCC that ending a rural subsidy would cost the company $1.1 million yearly across its 40 remote communities.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Juneau arts council refuses to sign FY27 grant over how $202,000 can be spent

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council rejected its $202,000 city grant over spending rules, wanting to shift money from pass-through grants to staff and youth programming instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau would shift $4.5 million from barrier construction to repairs and debt

Juneau would move $4.5 million out of flood barrier construction into two reserves, one for riverbank repairs and one to start repaying the state loan.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau Crime Count Falls Again as Assaults Rise a Third Year

Reported crime in Juneau fell for a second straight year. Aggravated assault rose for a third, driven by assaults with weapons other than knives.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Reported crime in Alaska rose 7.2% in 2025, driven by Anchorage increases

Homer's zoning rewrite gets its first public hearing Wednesday

Homer's Planning Commission takes testimony Wednesday on a zoning rewrite. An earlier draft drew 905 comments and two petitions with about 600 signatures.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka's Planning Office will be closed for a full week in September

Sitka Planning Office closes Sept. 8-11 for internal work on code updates and land management, with no walk-in, phone, or email service during those four days.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers rule Akiak house fire non-criminal

A home burned in Akiak in July with no injuries reported. State investigators have closed the case, finding the cause undetermined but not criminal.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Why the Coast Guard is paying a Homer helicopter company to reach roadless villages

The Coast Guard is paying a Homer helicopter company $345,000 to fly inspectors to roadless Alaska villages to reach the fuel facilities it regulates.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 100 coho salmon have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward, signaling that freshwater silver fishing in the Resurrection River should improve within the next week or two.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay, but the best coho fishing is just outside it

Ship Creek coho slowing as the six-fish limit stays through December

Ship Creek anglers can still keep six salmon a day, but the coho run behind that limit is winding down and the fish are getting harder to find.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alcohol board denies a second bar at a Wasilla wedding venue

A Wasilla wedding venue was denied a second plumbed bar because state law requires fixed counters in the same building. The owner plans a rolling bar.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Undercover investigation found some Craig and Klawock establishmentssold to underage buyers

Every bar and marijuana shop checked around Craig and Klawock sold to underage buyers, and the office running the checks is short three investigators.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks man's fourth liquor license reaches the state board Tuesday, with no store attached

Michael Rasmussen applied to take over a Fairbanks package store liquor license, adding it to three other Alaska alcohol businesses he already owns.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak Island Borough clerk drafts ordinance to tighten Assembly vacancy rules

Kodiak Island Borough Clerk Nova Javier drafted an ordinance requiring Assembly vacancy applicants to certify voter registration, residency, and willingness to file financial disclosures upfront.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage youth can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 climate project grants

Anchorage residents ages 15 to 24 can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 for local climate projects, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Applications close Oct. 18.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks's chum salmon fishery reopens on the Tanana on Friday

Fairbanks-area households can fish for chum salmon on the Tanana again starting Friday, after a strong Yukon run — but coho must be released and limits apply.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read