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Before you head out this fall, tell someone where you are going
Leave a trip plan before you head out, Tanana Chiefs Conference says. Volunteer crews searching 235,000 square miles need to know where to look.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Interior Alaska's tribal health system is recording patient visits with AI
Tanana Chiefs Conference clinics are recording patient visits with an AI scribe. Patients can say no, and TCC says the recordings are deleted after 90 days.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Dozens of earthquakes struck one patch of seafloor near Nikolski
Three dozen quakes struck one patch of seafloor southwest of Nikolski in about a day. No tsunami danger, and the Aleutians are not in Alaska's warning system.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Golden Valley is still getting paid for a storm from Christmas 2021
Golden Valley Electric is still being reimbursed for a 2021 windstorm, with FEMA committing another $1.36 million four years and eight months later.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's smallest fire year since 1995 was also one of its most destructive
Alaska's quietest fire season in 30 years still took 50 homes at Tok, in a fire a climate specialist calls among the most destructive in state history.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's only blood bank is critically short of O and AB blood; six centers are taking donors
Blood Bank of Alaska needs O and AB blood types urgently, with only 2 percent of Alaskans donating annually despite serving 21 hospitals statewide.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
UAF launches a fellowship to grow Alaska Native leaders in food and agriculture
UAF is launching a program to grow Alaska Native leaders in food, farming and natural resources — fields where Native people are badly underrepresented.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Water forecast 2 to 4 feet above normal high tide in Eastern Norton Sound
Water along Eastern Norton Sound should run 2 to 4 feet above normal high tide from late Thursday into Saturday, with beach erosion likely.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
GVEA's fuel charge drops 12.6%, reversing about a third of June's increase
GVEA's fuel charge dropped 12.6 percent Tuesday, cutting about $15 from monthly bills for Interior members, though the rate remains far above pre-summer levels after diesel prices spiked.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Strong chum run opens Tanana coho fishing and more gear this weekend
Fairbanks-area personal use fishers can now use gillnets and keep coho salmon starting Friday, Sept. 4, after the state projects a strong fall chum run above target escapement.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
More than 200 turn out in Fairbanks to question Alaska's governor candidates
More than 200 people turned out in Fairbanks to grill Alaska's governor candidates at a nonpartisan Native Vote mixer ahead of the primary vote.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Mat-Su explores building the troopers a new home and leasing it back
Mat-Su is exploring building troopers a $13 million facility and leasing it back. Troopers now work from six buildings never designed for police work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska rent increases were the smallest in five years, but Mat-Su and Kenai set records
Alaska rents rose again this year, but the pressure shifted. Mat-Su and the Kenai set records while Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau saw their smallest rises.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Dunleavy vetoed a faculty seat on the board that governs the University of Alaska
Dunleavy vetoed a faculty seat on the University of Alaska's governing board, citing conflicts of interest. The board already seats a student.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Therapy dogs at the North Pole library Sept. 19, first of five Saturdays
North Pole library hosts therapy dogs for children's reading sessions on Sept. 19 and Oct. 17, drop-in from 1 to 3 p.m., no registration needed.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties
New flood maps would pull 2,343 more Fairbanks structures out of the high-risk zone than they add, ending mandatory flood insurance for thousands.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Fairbanks firm runs Boston's Moakley Courthouse under a $31.6 million agreement
A company owned by four villages on the Koyukuk River keeps a Boston federal courthouse running, gulls on the roof included. It just added a water station.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Circle man arrested on first-degree murder charge in shotgun death
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Circle man on a first-degree murder charge after a fatal shotgun shooting at a residence Friday evening.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Trooper fires at armed man outside his Wasilla home after false report
A trooper fired at an armed man outside a Wasilla home Sunday after responding to a false 911 assault report, striking no one. The caller was intoxicated and had not been assaulted.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August
Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Jai Mahtani is running for the Ketchikan council seat he resigned after a state settlement
Jai Mahtani quit the Ketchikan council two weeks after settling a state case over jewelry sold as Alaskan. He filed on the last day to win the seat back.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Forecasters expect 25 to 35 mph gusts across Fairbanks area Saturday
Gusty west-southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph will hit the Fairbanks area and Interior valleys through Saturday night, with the National Weather Service warning pilots to get aviation-specific briefings.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
An Anchorage restaurant is accused of employing 24 minors without permits
Twenty-four employees aged 13 to 17 are alleged to have worked at an Anchorage restaurant without work permits, in at least 1,279 violations.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Planned Parenthood PAC registers for Fairbanks and Juneau municipal races
Planned Parenthood's Alaska political committee registered to spend in the Fairbanks and Juneau races. It named no candidates and reported no spending.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Troopers rule Akiak house fire non-criminal
A home burned in Akiak in July with no injuries reported. State investigators have closed the case, finding the cause undetermined but not criminal.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Undercover investigation found some Craig and Klawock establishmentssold to underage buyers
Every bar and marijuana shop checked around Craig and Klawock sold to underage buyers, and the office running the checks is short three investigators.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Fairbanks man's fourth liquor license reaches the state board Tuesday, with no store attached
Michael Rasmussen applied to take over a Fairbanks package store liquor license, adding it to three other Alaska alcohol businesses he already owns.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo 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.News1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 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.News1mo ago1 min read
An Interior Alaska village company maintains a Boston courthouse
A company owned by four Koyukuk River villages maintains a federal courthouse in Boston. This month it fixed the boilers, a heat pump and the drains.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Sea ice loss has swamped El Niño's grip on Arctic autumns
El Niño used to cool Arctic autumns, but sea ice loss has swamped that signal — just as forecasters expect a possibly record-strong El Niño this fall.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask
The trans-Alaska pipeline's owners want another 30 years on federal land, seven years before they need to ask. Scoping comment closes Sept. 10.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read