Alaska

A Muldoon pot shop passed city rules, but a tribal youth program cites stricter state rules

A Muldoon Road pot shop passed city rules, but a tribal council says a stricter state youth-center buffer should block it. No one has settled which controls.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Follows: A Muldoon pot shop clears the park buffer, by measuring to the playground

A suction dredge permit off Nome is open for public comment through Aug. 18

A suction dredging permit for a small operation off Nome is open for public comment through Aug. 18, in waters where gold dredging has long been established.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 11

Follows: A new Nome dredge application enters the pipeline that just rejected a fiercely fought gold mine

Alaska attorney general says law seating campaign finance commission is likely unconstitutional

Alaska's acting attorney general says the law requiring the governor to pick campaign finance watchdog members from party lists is likely unconstitutional, a conclusion the state has held since 1980.

by Lucas Brown3mo ago3 min read

In Kake, showing up means a vote on fish and game

Any voting-age Kake resident who shows up can nominate and vote at the fish and game advisory committee's Aug. 26 meeting in the subsistence-salmon village.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage ordinance would put all Assembly license and assessment hearings under one set of rules

An Anchorage ordinance would give residents fighting a license suspension or property assessment one uniform set of hearing rules, in place of scattered ones.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

The Assembly says Anchorage hunger is rising. Its resolution does not say how it knows.

An Anchorage resolution up Tuesday says nearly 40,000 residents, including 12,000 children, face food insecurity — a rate that's climbed since last year.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

School boards move to retire a call to expand a dormant loan program

Alaska's teacher loan program has been dormant since 2018 — so the state school boards association is retiring its resolution that urged expanding it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A Navy ship tore a cleat off Kodiak's pier in a 100-mph storm

Replacing a mooring cleat a Navy ship tore off Kodiak's Pier II in a 100-mph storm will cost $72,500, and the city report doesn't say whether the Navy owes reimbursement.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Kodiak council to vote on $100,000 for aging wastewater plant electrical controls

Kodiak City Council votes Thursday on $100,000 to replace aging electrical controls at the wastewater plant before equipment failures disrupt operations.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Kenai council takes up $75,000 home tax exemption for November ballot

Kenai City Council votes Wednesday on sending a $75,000 home tax exemption to voters in November, following resident concerns about rising property taxes.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

An airman's idea for a cargo cart is out to bid at JBER

A cargo cart the Alaska Air National Guard is building started as one airman's idea — a simpler fix for the hard-to-move K-loader, from a base innovation lab.

by Alaska News3mo ago1 min read

NOAA is looking for a fishing boat to carry its scientists across the Gulf and Aleutians

NOAA is hiring an Alaska fishing boat to carry its scientists on a 55-day voyage across the Gulf and Aleutians, running the survey that helps set catch limits.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

The Air Force needs its Cold War-era Arctic radar towers inspected — the ones still watching Alaska's skies

The Air Force needs four Cold War-era Alaska radar towers inspected — 1950s sites still watching the Arctic, run by an Alaska Native corporation.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Wind advisory warns of 55 mph gusts on the Richardson Highway Sunday and Monday

Another… Another another wind story. It's gonna be windy. You live in Alaska - you kind of knew this was coming.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A federal rule will stop habitat destruction from counting as "harm" to listed species

A federal rule effective Sept. 14 stops habitat destruction from counting as harm to listed species like Cook Inlet belugas. It doesn't reach Alaska salmon.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Troopers arrest man in Glennallen on no-bail federal warrant from heroin case

Alaska State Troopers arrested Eric Lackey in Glennallen on a federal no-bail warrant for a probation violation tied to heroin sales.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Old Chena Ridge Road closed for duration of roundabout construction

Road is closed, but only temporarily. One day.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Two Fortymile caribou zones will close after just 48 hours

Alaska closes Fortymile caribou hunt in Zones 1 and 4 on Aug. 21, just two days after opening, expecting to fill the 190-bull quota in that window.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Court says a tribe can't sue its health consortium in state court

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Dot Lake Village can't sue the Tanana Chiefs Conference in state court — the health consortium has tribal sovereign immunity.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

The Alaska Supreme Court sent a 14-year Willow property fight back to Palmer, with the trail's path still undecided

The Alaska Supreme Court wiped out the judgment mapping an access trail around a Willow home and sent the 14-year fight back to Palmer, with the trail's path still undecided.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

ADF&G asks Kenai bull moose hunters for tissue samples within 24 hours of harvest

Alaska Fish and Game wants Kenai bull moose hunters to deliver tissue samples within 24 hours of harvest, a tight window that will force some hunters to cut their field time short.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Alaska issues intent to award $30 million to 37 rural health projects

Alaska issued notices of intent Friday to award $30 million to 37 rural health projects, with recipients required to spend funds by June 30, 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Most of Alaska's $272M rural health award remains unawarded

Alaska won a $272.2 million federal health award and nearly 1,800 applied, but most is still unawarded — and unspent funds risk being clawed back.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

In Ouzinkie, one lake is water and power, so the village is building solar

In Ouzinkie, the same lake is both drinking water and power — so the island village is building solar and batteries to stop rationing one against the other.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

UAA students to train inside ANTHC facilities under new workforce partnership

UAA students will train at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium facilities under a new partnership, routing graduates toward one of Alaska's largest employers.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Tanana Chiefs benefits staff come to McGrath on Wednesday

Tanana Chiefs Conference benefits staff visit McGrath on Aug. 19 to meet families and explain programs for employment, cash assistance, and education in person.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Davidoff Street closes Saturday morning for Sitka manhole repair

Somebody blew their lid. I'm just kidding, but the road will be closed down temporarily.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Homer's eroded Watermelon Trail is getting rerouted to protect a salmon stream

A 1920s trail near Homer, eroded 6 feet deep and dumping sediment into a salmon stream, is finally getting rerouted. Work starts Aug. 19 and wraps in 2027.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Juneau's task force weighs crowding fixes amid a bigger question on how much tourism is enough

Juneau's tourism task force votes Thursday on downtown crowd fixes — a roundabout, crossing guards, Seawalk changes — the visible edge of its bigger question: how much cruise tourism is enough.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 30

Anchorage's transit agency answered a records request by filming a computer screen

Anchorage's transit agency filled a bus-video records request by filming its own computer screen with a phone — grainy, silent, and flagged by the Ombudsman.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's water-coagulant contract returns with a pricier winner

Anchorage's water-coagulant contract is back before the Assembly with a supplier $855K pricier than the first — and no explanation for the switch.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A matter the Anchorage Assembly declared closed still draws a request for five minutes

Pastor Leon D. May asked the Anchorage Assembly for five minutes to testify about Assembly Member George Martinez at the Aug. 18 meeting, citing public comment limits at prior sessions.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A $1.8M grant to plan safer paths near Cantwell, with two catches

A $1.8 million grant will plan biking and walking paths on a dangerous Parks Highway stretch near Cantwell — but who runs it, and who'd plow them, is unclear.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Alaska will test whether Starlink can keep its road crews online in the bush

Alaska will test whether Starlink can keep its road crews and equipment connected in the bush, in a state already home to more than 60,000 of the dishes.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage's assessment appeal surge reaches hearings next week

Anchorage property owners can appeal their 2026 tax assessments at six Board of Equalization hearings Aug. 18 through 21 at City Hall.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

The Assembly votes Tuesday on confirming a longtime trustee to run Anchorage's police and fire pension

The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on confirming Glenn Cipriano, a longtime trustee, as director of the city's Police & Fire Retirement System.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Federal regulators weigh a noise permit for a Douglas Island cruise terminal, with sea otters in the balance

Federal regulators are weighing a noise permit for a Douglas Island cruise terminal that could affect sea otters, with public comment open through Sept. 11.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A resident wants Anchorage's Chugach park-access board rewritten to give locals more control

Anchorage's Chugach park-access board would give paying residents a 4-of-7 majority, but one resident wants it tilted even further toward locals.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read

Alaska Democrats ask APOC to recommend removing House District 22 candidate from ballot

An Anchorage House candidate's ballot spot is in dispute over a blank-then-amended financial disclosure — now a question for the state ethics commission.

by Lucas Brown3mo ago3 min read

Trail runner injured by brown bear near Anchorage's Prospect Heights trailhead

A woman running alone on Wolverine Bowl trail near Anchorage was injured by a brown bear Thursday, deployed bear spray, and walked out; she was hospitalized and the bear was not located.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read