Interior

Three Alaska tribal housing groups win $15.7 million in federal grants for 58 homes

Three Alaska tribal housing groups won $15.7 million in HUD's latest competitive round, enough for 58 homes in Haines, Galena and Anchorage.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 9

Fairbanks borough seeks $2.6 million for two landfill compactors after transmission failure

Fairbanks' landfill compactor blew its transmission after two rebuilds. The mayor says skip the third rebuild and wants $2.6 million for two new machines.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Park Service hires Everts Air Fuel to keep avgas at two remote Alaska park units through 2030

Two of Alaska's roadless park units run on small planes, and small planes run on avgas. The Park Service is paying Everts Air Fuel $54,506 to keep it coming.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Federal audit finds Eielson Air Force Base short hundreds of support workers, with one person left in housing

Eielson's housing office is down to one person, and hiring takes 407 days. A federal audit found more vacancies there than at eight other bases combined.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Tlingit & Haida delegates reelect Richard Peterson as president

Tlingit & Haida delegates reelected Richard Peterson as president Thursday and chose Clinton Cook as first vice president at the tribe's 91st Tribal Assembly.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Global refinery disruptions widened fuel margins in 2026, and rural Alaska's barge fuel cost more

Galena's utility paid 29% more per gallon for this year's barge fuel, and St. Paul paid about $7.55. Summer's dip in oil prices came after the fuel was bought.

by Cale Green1mo ago4 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.News1mo ago1 min read

Kinross cuts gold forecast over Chile and Nevada mines; its Alaska operation's output is also down this year

inross trimmed its gold forecast, blaming Chile and Nevada, and its shares fell 11.6%. Alaska wasn't mentioned; its mines are producing less at higher cost.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

The Greenland defense deal cites Golden Dome, the missile shield already anchored in Alaska

The U.S.-Greenland defense deal cites Golden Dome, a missile shield Congress funded but can't get spending details on. Its Senate sponsor is Dan Sullivan.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks job fair Thursday: retail, grocery, restaurant and bank employers

Fifteen employers including Fred Meyer, Walmart, and McDonald's are hiring at the Fairbanks Job Center on Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Denali Borough adds $130,710 to fix roads damaged fighting a fire

Denali Borough is spending another $130,710 on June Creek roads chewed up during the Bear Creek Fire. One official wore waders to do his chores.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers seek driver of silver pickup in Fairbanks Turtle Club hit-and-run

A driver hit a parked rental at the Turtle Club and left. Troopers have surveillance video of a silver Chevy pickup and are working to find the driver.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 18

Pile burning starts Friday at three White Mountains cabin sites

Crews will burn slash piles at three White Mountains cabin sites starting Friday. If you see smoke out there this week, it's supposed to be there.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Man dies entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks

A man died after becoming entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks, Alaska State Troopers said.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Alaska's universities fall outside parts of an advancing college sports bill

A college sports bill is moving in the Senate with both Alaska senators behind it. UAA and UAF play Division II, so only some of it would reach them.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Follows: Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

A teen moose hunter was flown to a hospital after a tree stand fall near Fairbanks

A teenage moose hunter fell from a tree stand southeast of Fairbanks and was flown out by trooper helicopter along with his father. Injuries weren't described.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks gets $728,000 in congressionally directed funds for a 14-stretcher ambulance bus

Fairbanks is buying a bus that can carry 14 patients on stretchers. The grant covers one year; crewing it after that is the city's problem.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Subsistence fishing reopens on the upper Yukon, village by village

Subsistence fishing reopens on the upper Yukon in stages from Sept. 26 to Oct. 6, timed so Canadian-bound fall chum pass each stretch of river first.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Subsistence salmon fishing reopens on the Tanana and Yukon after closures

Tanana subsistence and personal use fishing goes 24 hours

Tanana River subsistence fishing opens to full gear around the clock Tuesday, after six straight years of restrictions on a fall chum run that came back.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Strong chum run opens Tanana coho fishing and more gear this weekend

North Pole's bed tax collections are up 137% and headed for a record year

North Pole's bed tax collections more than doubled this year, likely because short-term rentals are finally paying up. A magazine also called it charming.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

North Pole wants its next mayor to work part time, for $2,000 a month

North Pole's council voted to cut the next mayor's pay from about $80,000 a year plus benefits to $2,000 a month, flat. It is not final quite yet.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks rewrites Chena riverfront rules; its own 2019 warning was never acted on

A 2019 letter warned that Chena River homes built to code could lose their ground before the mortgage is paid off. Fairbanks is rewriting the plan now.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks trails panel wants tour operators permitted and paying 15% into a trail fund

Fairbanks has over 1,000 miles of trails and no rules for commercial tours on them. A draft would charge operators 15 percent, into a fund that does not exist.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Flaggers still at Richardson Highway MP 210 as rock blasting wraps up

Crews blasted the last of an unstable rock outcrop off the Richardson Highway at Milepost 210, a year after the state flagged it. Traffic is still controlled.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Campfire and fireworks ban north of Fairbanks runs to Oct. 31

Campfires and fireworks stay banned on federal land north of Fairbanks through October 31 to prevent wildfires near homes and the NOAA facility.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest driver on DUI charge after 105 mph stop near Fairbanks

Alaska State Troopers arrested a driver on a DUI charge after stopping them for driving 105 mph with signs of impairment on the Richardson Highway near Fairbanks on September 20th.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks judge sentences Julian Miranda to 30 years in 2012 sexual assaults

A Fairbanks man got 30 years for two 2012 sexual assaults. The DNA kits that linked him to both women sat untested for years before they were run.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 17

Inmate accused of assaulting officer at Fairbanks Correctional Center

An inmate at Fairbanks Correctional Center assaulted a correctional officer early Sunday, and troopers forwarded charges against her.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Railroad board to discuss $315 million Port MacKenzie extension Friday

The Alaska Railroad board will discuss a private consortium's Port MacKenzie proposal Friday. Any board action must occur in public session.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

State job fair brings 15 employers to Fairbanks Sept. 24

A state job fair runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Fairbanks Job Center, with 15 employers listed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest man on second DUI charge after .240 breath test

Troopers pulled a driver over in Fairbanks for drifting out of his lane. He blew three times the legal limit, and it was his second DUI charge.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest North Pole man found inside vacant Fairbanks apartment

Troopers arrested a North Pole man found hiding in the bathroom of a vacant Fairbanks rental, where they also found a makeshift sleeping area.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks grant would fix the Davis Road turf fields and start closing Kiwanis Field

A federal grant application before the Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday would pay for upgrades at the Davis Road turf complex.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

BLM bought snowmobiles to get to Alaska's abandoned gold mines

BLM bought a UTV, an ATV and snowmobiles from a Delta Junction dealer this month to reach Alaska's abandoned gold mines. There are a lot of them.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks diesel hit a record $6.70 a gallon this weekend

Fairbanks diesel hit a record $6.70 a gallon, up from $4.17 a year ago. That's the fuel that hauls everything else up the highway to the Interior.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Two dead in Piper Cub crash near Nabesna, troopers say

Two people died when a Piper Cub crashed shortly after takeoff from a dirt airstrip near Nabesna in Interior Alaska on Thursday evening, Sept. 17.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Troopers say Fairbanks driver hit 90 mph before DUI arrest

Troopers arrested a driver who ran lights through Fairbanks above 90 mph. City police, meanwhile, spent $593 of a $278,000 DUI enforcement budget.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Chena River flood advisory extended through Sunday as crest forecast rises

NWS extended the Chena River flood advisory through 10 pm Sunday and raised the Moose Creek Dam crest forecast to 25.1 feet.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

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