Alaska

Storm-displaced western Alaska workers can still get job help

Western Alaska workers displaced by last fall's storms can still get job-search help at the state's job centers, even as one disaster aid deadline has passed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage's next park would sit on the Knik Arm bridge route it has long fought

A cleaned-up fuel depot above the Port of Alaska could become a park — on the route of a Knik Arm bridge the state wants and Anchorage has long fought.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Alaska Legislative Council approves $851,400 for KTOO's Gavel Alaska coverage

Alaska lawmakers voted 8-0 to pay KTOO up to $851,400 to keep streaming their own floor sessions after federal public broadcasting funds were cut.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A young weaver 3D-printed his own form to make a cedar bark hat

A Bartlett High grad wove himself a cedar bark hat using a form he designed and 3D-printed at a tribal lab — work that led to an internship and a paid job.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Victor Joseph receives a national tribal health advocacy award

Victor Joseph, the Tanana Chiefs Conference's top administrator, received the National Indian Health Board's inaugural Sovereignty in Action Award for advocacy.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak's one-king limit runs three more weeks

Kodiak saltwater anglers can keep one king a day through Sept. 15, then two. Kings have been steady, with several over 20 pounds in the past week.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka school zone flasher on Kashevaroff Street is out of service

A school zone flasher outside a Sitka elementary is down for a few weeks, but the speed limits still apply. The city asks drivers to slow down for kids.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A state grant would keep TB screening running at Anchorage homeless shelters

A $2.77 million grant before the Anchorage Assembly would keep public health nurses screening for TB at shelters — the clearance many people need to get in.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

It's going to be a windy one across Anchorage and Turnagain Arm on Tuesday

It's a windy one around Anchorage on Tuesday — gusts of 40 to 50 mph on the Hillside and Turnagain Arm, with a stronger system due late in the week.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back to Alaska schools, with $1.15 million behind it

The Presidential Fitness Test — the mile run and pull-ups many remember — is coming back to Alaska schools in 2027-28, a decade after it was dropped.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Snow expected tonight at Atigun Pass, the high point of the Dalton Highway

Snow is expected at Atigun Pass tonight, 1 to 3 inches, with 3 to 6 inches on the peaks. BLM says storms drop snow there even in June and July.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Hill runs second in Alaska's unofficial U.S. House primary count

Independent Bill Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman, finished second in Alaska's U.S. House primary with 31% and advances to November against incumbent Republican Nick Begich.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Troopers charge Fairbanks man with vehicle theft after McGrath Road hit-and-run

Alaska State Troopers charged a Fairbanks man with vehicle theft and hit-and-run after a McGrath Road crash on August 24.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two Juneau kids qualified, and the youth board's fund is nearly empty

Two Juneau kids qualified for national competition and asked the city youth board for $3,605. The board's contingency fund has $1,237.52 in it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The region including Anchorage has Alaska's highest number of suicide deaths.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage housing provider gets another year of federal help for disabled renters

Andrew Housing Co. in Anchorage received $132,800 from HUD to help house very-low-income renters with disabilities, part of a $184,392 total in federal housing awards posted this week.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage set to get $3 million to expand its crisis-response system

Anchorage is set to get about $3 million to expand its mental-health and addiction crisis teams, add assisted-living beds and start mobile opioid treatment.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Cook Inlet pot boats get back into state-waters cod on Sept. 1

Cook Inlet's jig-only Pacific cod season closes Sept. 1 and reopens to all legal gear, leaving 339,000 pounds of unharvested quota available to pots, jigging machines, and troll gear through year-end.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Dalton Highway repairs begin Wednesday, narrowing it to one lane

Dalton Highway repairs at Milepost 315 start Wednesday with 24-hour flagging and up to 20-minute delays, narrowing the North Slope's main supply route to one lane.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

State disability council offers free online advocacy training Sept. 1-2

The state's disability council is holding a free two-day virtual advocacy training Sept. 1-2, for self-advocates, families and the staff who serve them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Texas firm wins $48,950 contract to patch pavement at Kenai refuge

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is patching pavement and sealing cracks this fall under a $48,950 contract, running from mid-August through mid-October.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

State moves to sell a second contractor gravel from one Dalton Highway pit

Alaska is preparing to sell Cruz Construction 7,500 cubic yards of gravel from a Dalton Highway pit it offered another company in July.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wainwright's fuel tank ran dry and the airlift is weathered in

Wainwright's fuel day tank ran empty Monday morning. An airlift of 80 drums sits loaded in Anchorage, waiting on a safe weather window north.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

New EU seafood paperwork lands Sept. 3, and it is not the only change

New EU seafood export certificates take effect Sept. 3. For Alaska's wild-caught fish and crab, the bigger change is a separate catch-documentation overhaul.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sand Point salmon fishery opens Wednesday for 109 hours, the longest window of the string

Sand Point's salmon fishery opens for about 109 more hours this week, shaped by a strategy that protects immature salmon in the Shumagin Islands.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Sand Point fishermen get 61 hours on the water — in a fishery the rest of Alaska watches closely

Mat-Su assembly member proposes borough ban on license plate readers

Mat-Su would ban license plate readers outright, including querying outside networks. Nothing in the record names a borough program it would end.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Mat-Su would sell a sinking public safety building for $13,176

Mat-Su would sell a condemned public safety building for $13,176. Repairing it is estimated at $139,150, and nobody has said who pays for that.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Questioned ballots from Alaska's primary count only after a bipartisan board verifies each voter

Questioned ballots count only if a bipartisan board confirms the voter was qualified. That board is reviewing now, with one Senate slot 20 votes apart.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska Native youth die by suicide at five times the rate of White youth

Alaska Native youth died by suicide at more than five times the rate of White youth from 2016 to 2024, the state reported. The gap in attempts is wider.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Air Force names 2nd Lt. Leah Borsich as airman killed in Cape Newenham crash

All eight aboard died in the Cape Newenham crash. The Air Force identified one as 2nd Lt. Leah Borsich, 23, of the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Supreme Court lets Trump's mail-voting order advance, but Alaska's rules are unchanged for now

The Supreme Court let Trump's mail-voting order advance but didn't rule it legal. Alaska's voting is unchanged for now; a separate order blocks the key piece.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Anchorage businesswoman gets 3.8 years for nearly $1 million in COVID relief fraud

An Anchorage businesswoman spent nearly $1 million in COVID relief meant for struggling businesses on herself. Now she's headed to federal prison for 3.8 years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska's mobile service through 2034 gets locked in next week

Alaska's mobile carriers must lock in coverage and speed commitments running through 2034 by Sept. 1, based on maps frozen at the end of 2024.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Creators of first Tlingit opera take public questions Thursday in Juneau

Juneau can meet the team behind the first Tlingit opera in recorded history at a free panel Thursday, ahead of the Tlingit-language work's premiere next month.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: The first Tlingit opera in recorded history opens in Juneau next month

Anchorage would drop landscaping buffers for three- and four-unit homes

Anchorage would drop landscaping buffer requirements for three- and four-unit homes. The current rule calls for a 15-foot planting bed with trees and shrubs.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Tlingit & Haida back a Ketchikan plan to treat addiction closer to home

The Tlingit & Haida tribe backs a Ketchikan plan for a residential addiction treatment center so Southeast Alaskans no longer have to leave the region for care.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Cause of Tok's Mukluk Fire stays officially under investigation

The cause of the Mukluk Fire near Tok, which damaged about 20 homes, remains under investigation — early reports pointed to power lines but aren't confirmed.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka may rewrite its rules for second homes on residential lots

Sitka's planning commission takes up a draft rewrite of its accessory dwelling unit rules Monday. The draft does not say which direction it goes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage may have paid the state's traffic-signal power bill for 20 years

For 20 years, Anchorage never tracked the power cost for state-owned traffic signals, so it may have covered the state's share. Auditors flagged it before.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Nevada man dies after falling overboard in Saw Mill Bay near Valdez

A 39-year-old Nevada man died after falling from a fishing boat anchored near Valdez, and volunteer divers recovered his body about 21 hours later.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read