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War-driven oil prices are filling Alaska's treasury while straining its households

The same oil price spike is filling Alaska's treasury and straining its households — and Trump's $2 gas promise would take more than the war ending.

by Alaska News2mo ago5 min read

Flooding closes state vocational rehabilitation office in downtown Fairbanks

Flooding closed the state Department of Labor office in downtown Fairbanks on Friday, Sept. 11, halting walk-in service for vocational rehabilitation and disability employment support.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Draft permit would let Fairbanks discharge 11.2 million gallons a day into the Tanana

Fairbanks could keep discharging up to 11.2 million gallons of treated sewage a day into the Tanana River under a draft state permit.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two Fairbanks rezones could take 32 lots to 99 dwelling units total

Fairbanks is being asked to upzone two residential corridors in five days. Together they would take 32 lots from 34 units up to as many as 99.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Legislature will spend $50,000 defending the seizure of a pilot's plane

A six-pack of Budweiser cost an Alaska bush pilot his $95,000 plane. The Legislature has now voted $50,000 to defend that at the Supreme Court.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

No license covers driving a concrete mixer, so this Alaska company teaches it

No license covers driving a concrete mixer, so a North Pole company supplying Fairbanks concrete since the 1950s teaches the whole craft in-house.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readFrom Jun 1

A Fairbanks entrance is closed while crews build a year-round bike path

An entrance to South University Avenue is closed through Monday while Fairbanks builds a 1.8-mile bike and pedestrian path designed for year-round use.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

State clears three Anchorage officers in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord

State prosecutors cleared three Anchorage officers of criminal liability in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord, 112 days after it happened.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Free medical, dental and vision care comes to Sullivan Arena Sept. 19-20

Free medical, dental and vision care is available to anyone at Anchorage's Sullivan Arena Sept. 19 and 20 — no ID, insurance or income required. Come early.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Minnesota hunter cited for wanton waste of a caribou near Sagwon

Minnesota hunter cited for leaving edible meat unsalvaged on a bull caribou near Sagwon and removing antlers before finishing the salvage.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 22

The University of Alaska owns the look of a Fairbanks man's pliers

A Fairbanks man designed a pair of pliers and the university owns how they look for 15 years. If it passes on selling them, he gets them back.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Troopers find drugs on an inmate at the Fairbanks jail

Troopers found drugs on an inmate being booked into the Fairbanks jail Wednesday, the third such investigation there this year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ninety-two Alaska water systems are listed as serious violators

Ninety-two Alaska water systems are federal serious violators, close to three times the national rate. The state has not brought a formal action since 2020.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A Fox placer miner asked to move Treasure Creek. The state's public notice says equipment and an operator.

A miner near Fox wants to move part of Treasure Creek, but the state's public notice describes the request in eight words and never mentions the creek.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 2

Anchorage company wins patent for adjustable pipeline support

Two Anchorage inventors have patented a pipeline support you can raise or lower with a hand crank — a simple fix for supports that shift as permafrost thaws.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Troopers seek red Subaru driver in Fairbanks hit-and-run at Farmers Loop

Alaska State Troopers are looking for the driver of a red Subaru after a hit-and-run at Farmers Loop and Tanana in Fairbanks on the morning of Sept. 5.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 5

Gusts to 40 mph are coming across the Interior Tuesday into Wednesday

The Interior is in for gusts of 30 to 40 mph from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday night, and as high as 50 mph up in the hills and the passes.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two EMS providers assaulted on Parks Highway in Nenana, troopers say

A man assaulted two EMS providers on the Parks Highway in Nenana early Monday and was arrested on two counts of assault in the fourth degree.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Minor flooding possible at Golovin, with water 4 to 6 feet above high tide

Water could flood Golovin's lowest buildings Wednesday and Thursday as the National Weather Service warns of coastal surge 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured

Fairbanks gets new federal flood maps in January, its first update since 1992. Three of every four homes already in the flood zone carry no insurance.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 21

Follows: New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties

Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

An atmospheric river soaked Interior Alaska this weekend, and forecasters warned small streams could rise to the tops of their banks.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks' utility is writing down when it would start turning off your power

Fairbanks' electric co-op is writing rules for when it would start rotating outages. It has run short on reserve power 236 of the last 250 days.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Volunteers are replanting a mining-scarred creek, and last year's willows lived

Volunteers replanted a mining-scarred creek near Fairbanks last year and the willows took. They are going back Sept. 26 to plant more for the grayling.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

One machinegun, 14 grams of cocaine, and a mandatory 30 years

Mason Lanon, 23, of Fairbanks sold an agent a converted machinegun and 14 grams of cocaine. That single count carried a mandatory 30 years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

GCI is buying the only fiber link connecting Alaska's Arctic coast to the state

GCI, Alaska's biggest telecom, is buying the only wired link between the Arctic coast and the rest of the state for $310 million, a route rivals depend on.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

NWS forecasts up to 1.5 inches of rain in the Chena River basin

Up to 1.5 inches of rain will drench the Chena River basin over the next 48 hours, pushing rivers higher, though NWS Fairbanks says flooding is not expected unless the heaviest rain shifts east.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks

Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged

Alaska's count of missing Alaska Native and American Indian people fell by eight. None of the drop came from the cases nobody can explain.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Tanana Chiefs holds first culture camp for K-6 students

Tanana Chiefs Conference held its first culture camp for K-6 students in Fairbanks, teaching Athabascan languages, potlatch dancing and traditional skills, with plans to repeat annually.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's next mayor to earn about $183,000, a 26 percent raise

Anchorage's next mayor will make about $183,000, a 26 percent raise — though it won't take effect until whoever wins the April 2027 election.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan

Trump says he is coming to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan. Mary Peltola outpolled Sullivan by more than 13,000 votes in the August primary.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Alaska draws 50 people a year off a disability waitlist that has passed 800

Alaska was ordered to eliminate the waitlist for home-based disability care four years ago. Providers say it has roughly doubled since then.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Doyon shareholders have until Oct. 5 to apply for four open board seats

Doyon Limited shareholders must apply by Oct. 5 for four board seats up for election at the March 2027 annual meeting.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

University of Alaska draws $8.7 million Education Department payment running through 2031

The University of Alaska will receive $8.69 million in federal money through 2031, and the award record does not say what it is for.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Alaska has spent a fifth of its open federal disaster money, with six weeks on the clock

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 2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read