Alaska

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

Researchers get $812,016 to study Glacier Bay's iceberg seal habitat

Glacier Bay's harbor seals pup on icebergs. The glacier making those icebergs slowed 45 percent, and researchers got $812,016 to study what that means.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Comment open on Pilot Station Airport permit for mail-delivery ATV storage

Alaska transportation department is seeking public comment on a five-year permit to store a mail-delivery ATV in a shipping container at Pilot Station Airport, with annual rent around $676.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Comment closes Thursday on 18-year rent-free FAA lease at Chenega Bay Airport

Alaska is deciding whether to give the FAA an 18-year rent-free lease for weather equipment at Chenega Bay Airport. Comments close Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Unalaska paid for library internet for three years before the council approved it

Unalaska ran a library internet contract for three years without the council vote its code required. The council approved it this month, going back to 2023.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Mukluk Fire evacuation order shrinks to properties inside the burn near Tok

Residents outside the Mukluk Fire's burn near Tok can return home, but 44 destroyed homes and hazard trees keep the evacuation order in place for properties inside the fire's 7,333-acre footprint.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Tok fire's south end contained, but Midnight Sun stays evacuated about another week

First Tlingit opera moves to Thunder Mountain Middle School after lighting failure

A power outage killed the stage lighting at Juneau-Douglas High School, moving the first Tlingit opera in recorded history to a middle school auditorium.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Federal grant of $1.63 million funds Muddy Creek bridge on the Glenn Highway

Federal Highway Administration awarded Alaska DOT 1.63 million dollars to replace a seasonal culvert with a bridge at Muddy Creek on the Glenn Highway near Milepost 94.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage weighs selling city land for housing by units built, not just the highest bid

Anchorage would rank housing density and affordability over sale price when selling city land, prioritizing multifamily projects and permanently affordable housing over highest bidder.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks borough weighs a $303,346 replacement ambulance

Fairbanks North Star Borough Finance Committee votes Sept. 3 on a $303,346 ambulance for the non-areawide medical service covering areas outside city limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks would spend $1.2 million more to defend the pipeline's value in court

Fairbanks would pour another $1.2 million into defending the pipeline's assessed value in court — a decades-old fight over a tax base that funds its schools.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Short on officers, Bethel police look to grow their own with a cadet program

Bethel's police, the hub much of the Y-K Delta relies on, are short officers and dispatchers and are looking to grow their own through a cadet program.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 indoor playground contract

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 contract for an indoor playground built for all abilities and ages. The project has already slipped a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage firm fell to six employees and built itself back up

ASCI Federal Services fell from 125 employees to six, then rebuilt to nearly 50 and grew its annual revenue from $1.4 million to almost $8 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

AIDEA commits $25 million to drill under the West Susitna road

AIDEA committed up to $25 million to drill under a road with no buildable design yet, and its resolution names the three resource projects it would serve.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska extends fire season to Sept. 14 in Delta, Tok and Copper River areas

Burn permits will stay required two extra weeks, through Sept. 14, in the Delta, Tok and Copper River areas, after a dry summer left fuels parched at depth.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Fairbanks homeowner interrupted a burglary. Troopers made an arrest eight days later.

Fairbanks troopers arrested Arthur Chesley on Aug. 27 after he burglarized a home while the owner was there; he faced a $15,000 cash bond on felony burglary and theft charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage weighs surveillance rules 11 months after buying the system

Anchorage approved an $11.8 million surveillance system in 2025 and wrote no rules for it. The Assembly takes up those rules Tuesday, eleven months later.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min readFrom Aug 18

High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range

Forecasters upgraded Friday's Eastern Alaska Range wind forecast to a warning. Gusts to 70 mph are expected, peaking between 4 and 10 in the morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kuskokwim Delta villages rebuilding from Halong face another storm

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, still rebuilding from last October's Typhoon Halong, face another storm this week, with coastal flooding possible Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ahtna closes Cantwell-area lands to the public for moose season

Ahtna, Incorporated closed its private lands near Cantwell to all public hunting and camping during moose season, though state-regulated hunting continues on public lands in the area.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Small cod boats return Sept. 1 in the Bering Sea and Aleutians

Small cod boats get their Bering Sea fishery back Sept. 1 after seven months out, with quota shifted from two fleets that will not catch theirs.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska superintendents ask FCC not to cut school internet subsidy

Alaska superintendents told the FCC that districts reachable only by plane or boat would lose the discount that makes school internet affordable.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams close to fishing to protect weak runs

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams, Montana and Peterson creeks, close to coho fishing Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 to protect weak salmon returns.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wright and Dunleavy insist the Alaska LNG project is alive

At an Anchorage conference, the U.S. energy secretary and Gov. Dunleavy insisted the stalled Alaska LNG project is alive, pointing at different obstacles.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Eshamy District stays closed as sockeye run behind target

A rule capping set gillnetters at 36 hours a week in the Eshamy District took effect in July. The district has been closed to fishing all season.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan's city filing window has closed, and voter registration ends Sept. 6

Ketchikan's candidate filing window closed Monday and the city hasn't published who is running for council. Three filings are on the record so far.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan City Council advances resolution marking two years since fatal landslide

Ketchikan marked two years since the White Cliff landslide with a plaque. The slide killed one person and destroyed homes above the Third Avenue Bypass.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

AIDEA's board will sign off on refreshing its due diligence fund

AIDEA's board took back authority over a $4.5 million planning fund. The same meeting ran about four hours in executive session on ANWR and Ambler.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sullivan and Peltola clash in a combative first forum, previewing a bitter Senate race

Sullivan and Peltola clashed sharply in their first post-primary forum, trading shots over Willow, their records and who's really on Alaska's side.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min read

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a little of the animal behind

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a strip of hide, a bit of muscle, and on Prince of Wales, the foreleg bones. Season opens Sept. 1.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

State to train home care providers on the record-keeping rules behind recoupment

Alaska is holding an online training for home care providers on record-keeping — the paperwork rules that, done wrong, let the state claw back payments.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's first boat is getting a refit

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's original boat, the MV Prince of Wales, is getting a $658,041 refit. It has been the backup since the Stikine took over.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study

Fairbanks will study Geist Road and Chena Pump Road with a $545,820 federal grant to identify safety improvements on a corridor flagged for high crash rates and pedestrian-bicycle conflicts.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, for the aircraft passing above them and the boats passing below. The whole project costs $170,000.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up

Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up — a faster fix in a city with thousands of acres of wetlands.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau loses two months of fishing to a 2020 landslide

Juneau loses the north end of Gastineau Channel to all fishing for two months. A 2020 landslide cut hatchery production and the coho aren't returning.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall

Kenai River anglers won't get the usual bump to three coho on Sept. 1 — the limit stays at two through November as silver runs look weak across Cook Inlet.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at the Greens Creek mine near Juneau

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at Greens Creek, the round-the-clock silver mine on Admiralty Island near Juneau — from mining engineer to mill operator.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes early

Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes more than two weeks early, with the area's 17-bull quota set to fill.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read