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Murkowski joins bipartisan call for Trump to reverse decision allowing Russian diesel imports
Trump says Putin agreed to send diesel. Murkowski and six other senators say letting it in runs counter to a ban Congress passed 100-0 in 2022.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago3 min read
North Pacific council raises Tanner and Bristol Bay red king crab limits, keeps snow crab in rebuilding
North Pacific Fishery Management Council raised Tanner and Bristol Bay red king crab harvest limits for 2026-2027 while keeping snow crab in rebuilding.
by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Council advisers back Bering Sea crab ceilings after the state already set its catches
Federal advisers signed off on Bering Sea crab ceilings a day after the state set its catches. The unsettled part: what to do about hybrid crab.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
BBNC shareholders reelect two directors, add two new board members
Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders reelected Russell Nelson and DeeDee Bennis and added Eric Shade and Raina Thiele to the board Oct. 3.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Bering Sea Tanner crab limit nearly triples as snow crab falls 45 percent
Alaska tripled the Bering Sea Tanner crab limit to 32.1 million pounds for winter 2026, while cutting snow crab 45% to 5.1 million pounds, with all three major crab fisheries opening Oct. 15.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Kreiss-Tomkins leads governor money race as outside groups raise $3.15 million
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins raised $4.28 million for governor, more than triple the cash on hand of any Republican opponent, as outside groups poured $3.15 million into the race.
by Alaska News1w ago4 min read
Peltola pledges to finish the Izembek road, a goal Sullivan shares
Peltola pledged to finish the Izembek road and fight Pebble on a Southwest swing. Sullivan backs the road and has been on the record opposing Pebble, though not EPA's action on it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Election Day across Alaska: Where voters choose local leaders, ballot questions
Alaskans vote Tuesday for local officials and ballot measures across 22 municipalities and regional school districts. • Juneau decides three tax propositions; North Slope Borough has 11 bond measures totaling $1.55 billion. • Polling times and methods vary by community; check your local clerk's office for details.
by Alaska News1w ago5 min read
Live Alaska local results: Fairbanks, Kodiak and Wasilla report first totals
Fairbanks Assembly Seat D is separated by 123 votes, Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly by 16 and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly by six.
by Alaska News1w ago11 min read
Trump urges Alaskans to reelect Begich in video attacking Hill
Trump released a video Saturday backing Rep. Nick Begich for reelection on Nov. 3, crediting him with tax cuts and the Alaska LNG pipeline while attacking independent challenger Bill Hill.
by Alaska News1w ago2 min read
Southcentral Foundation sends a doctor to Nelson Lagoon and a dentist to St. Paul
Southcentral Foundation is sending a doctor to Nelson Lagoon October 5-7 and a dentist to St. Paul Island through October 15 as part of rotating clinics serving 55 rural villages.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Alaska Communications presses FCC to block or condition GCI-Quintillion sale
Alaska Communications asked the FCC to block or restrict GCI's $310 million purchase of Quintillion unless rivals get guaranteed access to the undersea fiber network at regulated prices.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago5 min read
Anchorage Assembly recognizes October as Filipino American History Month
Anchorage Assembly is set to approve a resolution Tuesday recognizing October 2026 as Filipino American History Month, a tradition it has repeated yearly since at least 2014.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
State reviews Bering Sea crab catch calculations Wednesday
Fish and Game reviews its Bering Sea crab catch numbers Wednesday. Last season's limits went up for red king, snow and Tanner crab. This season's? Stay tuned.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Every preregistered Bering Sea crab boat is selected for observer coverage
Every Bering Sea crab boat that preregistered for winter fishing must now carry a state observer or risk delayed fishing, with skippers needing to give 10 days' notice to the contractor.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Dillingham council votes Thursday on exempting Tribal land from property tax
Dillingham's council votes tonight on exempting land owned outright by federally recognized tribes from city property tax. Commercial buildings stay taxed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bristol Bay's smaller sockeye run pays 21 percent above average
Bristol Bay caught fewer sockeye than usual but got paid far more for them: $264 million, 21% above average. Togiak and Nushagak kings came up short.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Court orders former Curyung Tribal Council accountant to repay $125,834 to tribe
Federal court ordered former Curyung Tribal Council accountant William Corbett to repay $125,834 after he embezzled funds through forged checks and falsified payroll documents.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Court-ordered review models what a large Donlin Gold dam failure would do downstream
A court-ordered review modeled what a Donlin Gold dam failure would do downstream. The Corps calls any failure extremely unlikely; the worst cases are severe.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min read
Maximum SNAP food benefits in Alaska rise about 1.6% starting Thursday, with rural areas highest
Alaska's SNAP maximums rise about 1.6% Thursday. A rural family of four can now get up to $2,027 a month, though actual benefits depend on income.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Togiak man, 19, dies after ATV hits shipping container
Tyler Lee Maines, 19, of Togiak died early Friday when the ATV he was driving hit a shipping container, troopers said. The investigation is continuing.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
State puts $4.2 million toward housing for teachers and other professionals in rural Alaska
Rural Alaska keeps losing teachers to a lack of decent housing. The state has $4.2 million to build more, for communities that signed up by August.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Comments due Oct. 23 on Alaska's 2027 Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula oil and gas lease sales
Want the right to challenge the state's next Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula oil and gas lease sales? Comment by Oct. 23, or forever hold your appeal.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Fish and Game proposes flagging struggling salmon runs a year earlier so the public can weigh in
Alaskans often get the state's plan for a struggling salmon run too late to weigh in. Fish and Game wants to flag troubled runs a year earlier instead.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Mat-Su Regional gets $5 million in federal rural health money for a neonatal intensive care unit
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center gets $5 million in federal rural health money for a neonatal intensive care unit meant to keep more newborns out of Anchorage.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min read
Four years after Merbok, Alaska is hiring a contractor to start rebuilding homes
Four years after Merbok, Alaska is hiring a contractor to rebuild 77 homes by 2029. The bid notice also puts one region in the wrong funding tier.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Ten rural Alaska communities can now vote in person on Election Day
Ten villages with no polling place can now vote in person on Election Day itself. In August, 75 ballots from the region arrived too late to count.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska closed its Bering Sea scallop grounds after the two-boat fleet hit the cap
Alaska's whole commercial scallop fishery is two boats. An emergency order just closed the Bering Sea grounds to them for the rest of the season.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
The Lake Clark subsistence commission meets Oct. 3 to review federal wildlife rules
Sockeye is more than 60 percent of everything Port Alsworth and Nondalton take. The commission that advises on those rules meets on Oct. 3.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
A Kodiak crab quota lease would guarantee boats Unalaska-level prices
Kodiak's fisheries association would lease its crab processing quota to Royal Aleutian, on the condition that Kodiak boats get paid Unalaska prices.
by Alaska News3w ago2 min read
Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye run falls below 50 million for first time since 2014
Bristol Bay caught the fewest sockeye since 2014 and still made more money than usual doing it. Togiak missed its escapement floor by 702 fish.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Anchorage man faces 10 charges after Nondalton assaults
Troopers say three people were assaulted in Nondalton. Two were taken to Anchorage for treatment, and one was medevaced.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Sullivan's bycatch bill advances from Senate committee
A Senate committee advanced Sullivan's bycatch bill, which would set trawl-gear standards, expand monitoring and fund bycatch research.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Kotzebue gets $1.5 million to keep growing food above the Arctic Circle
Kotzebue gets $1.5 million for Alaska Native food sovereignty work. The USDA calls it national security. The people doing it call it something else.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Visiting dentist to hold five-day clinic in Nondalton
A dentist comes to Nondalton for five days starting Monday, one of the periodic visits that fill in for a permanent practice around Iliamna Lake.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Three of 20 Alaska aviation accidents since July 19 were fatal
Twenty aircraft have crashed in Alaska in eight weeks. Three were fatal. The state's accident rate runs more than twice the national average.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
BBNC seeks permanent Bristol Bay protections as Alaska challenges EPA's Pebble restrictions
BBNC wants Congress to protect Bristol Bay permanently as Alaska challenges the EPA's narrower Pebble restrictions in a consolidated federal case.
by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Dillingham forum puts two open Southwest Alaska legislative seats on one stage
Two senior rural lawmakers are leaving, eight candidates want their seats, and seven are listed for a Dillingham forum.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read
Senate panel will take up Native housing bill co-sponsored by both Alaska senators
The law that funds housing in Alaska Native villages is up for renewal. Overcrowding there runs about double the rate on tribal lands nationally.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
The state's analysis of Alaska's first crab hatchery says it would add little
Alaska's first crab hatchery wants a permit. The state's own analysis says the crab it releases would likely make no measurable difference to the fishery.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago5 min read