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Interior takes back $8,781 from Denali Dall sheep survey flight order
Interior clawed back $8,781 from a Denali Dall sheep survey flight contract, shrinking it to $9,219.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2h ago1 min read
Park Service makes Denali's 160-vehicle daily road cap official before full reopening
Denali's 160-vehicle daily road cap is now regulation. The Park Service says it has followed that number since 2012; the new access is a day or two of season.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read
Denali Borough fire chiefs to meet every other week on Cantwell winter coverage
Denali Borough fire chiefs will huddle every other week to keep Cantwell's fire and EMS going this winter while the borough chases federal rural health money.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Denali Borough staff propose raising landfill fee to $165 a ton
Denali Borough finance staff recommended raising the landfill tipping fee 10% to $165 per ton, effective May 2027, to meet the landfill's cost-recovery target as operating costs climb.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Denali Borough staff plan to waive tour permit user fees again, drawing committee pushback
Denali Borough land staff plan to waive commercial tour permit fees again in 2027, but all three Finance Committee members objected Wednesday, saying the delay wastes years of work on the fee program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
High wind watch warns of 65 mph gusts in the Alaska Range this weekend
National Weather Service warns of winds gusting to 65 mph in the Alaska Range from Friday 4 pm through Sunday 4 am, with damaging winds possible on Parks and Richardson highways.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
State proposes giving up surface claim to 160 acres off Denali Highway for Native veteran's allotment
Alaska is dropping its surface claim to 160 acres near mile 81 of the Denali Highway for an Alaska Native Vietnam-era veteran's allotment, keeping only oil, gas, and mineral rights.
by Alaska News2w ago1 min read
Denali crews may burn brush piles along first five miles of Park Road through November
If you see smoke near the Denali park entrance this fall, it's probably on purpose. Crews are burning brush piles along the first five miles of the Park Road.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Carnival's Alaska land tour business reports 7% rise in summer revenue
Carnival's Alaska hotels, buses and trains brought in $191 million this summer, up 7%. Quarterly profit rose, but it's down for the year so far.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Wind advisories cover the Parks and Richardson highways through early Sunday, with gusts up to 70 mph
The Alaska Range is doing its wind thing this weekend. Richardson gusts could top out near 70 mph Saturday; the Parks near Healy gets 60. Tall rigs, beware.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Fairbanks woman on felony DUI charge after Parks Highway sign crash
Another driver called it in, a highway sign took the hit and troopers caught up a mile later. The Fairbanks driver now faces a felony DUI charge.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Park Service awards $4.5 million contract to upgrade Glacier Bay's water system for firefighting
Glacier Bay's Bartlett Cove is getting bigger water lines so firefighters have enough pressure to fight a building fire. The job is worth about $4.5 million.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Denali Borough needs 150 more housing opportunities, assessment says
Denali Borough counts 1,301 homes and only 565 are lived in year-round. Employers say they still need at least 150 more units on top of that.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Denali's road work starts the day after the last bus of the season
Denali's last bus of the season ran Sept. 17. The very next morning, a $6.2 million contract to fix the roads those buses depend on began.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon
Doyon selected a sacred rock formation in Denali as its own in 1978. Forty-eight years later, Congress is still deciding whether to hand it over.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A 2024 crash near Denali came down to windshear and a short strip
Federal investigators have explained a 2024 crash near Denali: windshear off a 600-foot strip, and no room to climb. The pilot walked away.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Denali opens 30 miles of road to private vehicles starting Friday
Starting Friday you can drive 30 miles into Denali, twice the summer limit — though snow and ice can shrink that stretch without much notice.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Katmai superintendent reports more bear cubs at Brooks Camp than in years
Katmai's superintendent says there are more bear cubs at Brooks Camp than in years, an observation with no published count behind it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Cantwell's volunteer EMS model is straining, Denali Borough officials say
Cantwell's volunteer EMS model is straining as recruiting falters, and Denali Borough officials are weighing whether taxes could fund year-round coverage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Denali's new bridge is finished, and buses still cannot cross it until 2027
Denali's Pretty Rocks bridge is finished, years later than promised. Buses still will not reach Wonder Lake or Kantishna until the 2027 season.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Kusilvak unemployment hit 16.1% in May, six times Denali Borough's rate
About one in six people in the Kusilvak labor force was unemployed in May, the highest rate in Alaska. Every high-rate region is off the road system.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read
The bridge meant to reopen half of Denali is running behind, new permits suggest
The bridge meant to reopen half of Denali is running behind: its federal finish date has passed, but new permits seek staging space through 2028.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A floatplane went down in the heart of Katmai's bear country, and crews got it out before it could foul the salmon
A floatplane went down in Katmai's prime brown bear and salmon country, but crews pulled the wreckage and kept fuel out of the water. No one was hurt.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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.News2mo ago2 min read
New $605k research asks why some Denali spruce survive the beetles
A spruce beetle outbreak has killed up to 60% of the spruce around Denali. New UAA research will dig into why some trees die and others survive.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Collision closes northbound Richardson Highway at Milepost 352, detour via Badger Road
Big crash road closed
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska takes over hazardous waste permitting — the first state to do so in 25 years
Alaska just took over hazardous waste permitting from the EPA — the first state in 25+ years — over tribal and industry objections to the handoff.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage ties its wettest July on record as Southcentral soaks
Anchorage tied its wettest July on record and Talkeetna saw its wettest since 1922, part of a cool, soggy stretch and a recent run of unusually wet Julys.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
A landslide cut rail service to Denali after record Talkeetna rain
A landslide from record July rain cut off Alaska Railroad service to Denali north of Talkeetna, in a corridor already under a flood-and-erosion emergency.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
EPA grants Alaska authority to permit hazardous waste facilities
Alaska takes over permitting and enforcement of hazardous waste facilities starting Aug. 6, after EPA approved the state's application despite three requests to delay.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago4 min read
Wind advisory remains in effect for Windy Pass with gusts to 65 mph
WINDY AGAIN, SUCKERS
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska takes over hazardous waste rules, with enforcement in question
Alaska just took over hazardous waste regulation from the feds — the first state in 25 years. The open question: can it enforce the rules in remote Alaska?
by Lucas Brown2mo ago1 min read
A sacred Athabascan site stranded inside Denali for 47 years moves closer to return
A sacred Athabascan rock formation stranded inside Denali National Park since 1980 cleared its first Senate hurdle Wednesday, moving closer to return to Doyon after a 47-year wait.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A sacred site promised in 1978 is being considered by Congress to go to Doyon
A sacred Athabascan site was promised to Doyon in 1978, then a national park grew around it. Congress is finally moving to hand it over.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Four wind advisories cover Alaska through Thursday with gusts to 60 mph
Four wind advisories are up across Alaska — and in Anchorage, weeks of rain have left the ground soft enough that 50 mph gusts could bring trees down.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Nenana River erosion threatens Alaska Railroad mainline; DNR proposes 6-acre land sale near Healy
Alaska is selling 6 acres of state land to the Alaska Railroad so it can move its mainline tracks away from the eroding Nenana River near Healy. Comments due August 14.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Denali proposes a daily vehicle cap on its previously restricted road
Denali wants to swap its seasonal vehicle cap for a daily one — 160 a day on the restricted road. Comment by Friday if you've got thoughts.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
Alaska National Guard completes 4 rescues over July 4 weekend
Alaska National Guard helicopters rescued four people over the July 4 weekend from remote Interior and Southcentral locations, including two critically ill patients and two stranded hikers.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Starry Fire forced Anderson evacuations before rain held Alaska's June burn total low
The Starry Fire forced Anderson evacuations in June but rain kept Alaska's burn total to 29,000 acres, the sixth-lowest since 1993, despite 61,000 lightning strikes igniting over 100 wildfires.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read