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Helicopters will service the Seward Peninsula's snow stations as the first snow arrives
The feds hired Bering Air to fly technicians to the Seward Peninsula's automated snow gauges, just as the first snow of the season shows up on them.
by Maggie AlaskaNews20h ago2 min read
Homer library board recommends making its meeting room free after hours
Homer's library got a security grille, so staff no longer need to stay late for evening meetings. Its board says the room should be free, night or day.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Nome council reverses vote, denies cab license to man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
Three days after the mayor's tiebreaker granted a cab license to a man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, Nome's council reversed itself 6-0.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Alaska sets final rules for $75 million in rural health grants, due Oct. 28
Alaska has $75 million in rural health grants to hand out this fall. Last round, applicants asked for about nine times what was available. Due Oct. 28.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read
Norton Sound salmon season draws the fewest commercial permit holders since 2007
Just 72 permit holders fished Norton Sound salmon commercially this year, the fewest since 2007, and king salmon missed every escapement goal in the region.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read
Alaska school boards to weigh tax-credit scholarships, immigration enforcement near schools
Alaska's school boards vote Nov. 8 on 14 proposed positions, from tax-credit scholarships to immigration enforcement near schools. Sitka sent half of them.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read
Corps has no 2027 maintenance dredging money for Nome yet, port director says
The Corps hasn't budgeted 2027 maintenance dredging for Nome and several other Alaska ports. Anchorage got its money. Nome says "all is not lost."
by Bill AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read
Draft study backs regional co-ops for rural Alaska tank farms, comments due Friday
A draft study says rural Alaska tank farms should team up in regional co-ops to save money. Comments are due Friday, so speak now or hold your diesel.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read
Three Northwest Alaska advisory committees elect members, weigh caribou cuts
Show up and you can help pick who speaks for your region on caribou, moose and wolf rules before the Board of Game meets in Kotzebue in January.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Nome mayor breaks tie to grant cab license city denied over decades-old felony
Nome's mayor broke a 3-3 tie to grant a cab license that staff denied over a decades-old felony. The clerk said city code left him no choice.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read
Nome council asks utility board to move its meetings from the power plant to City Hall
Nome's council asked the utility board to move its meetings from the power plant to City Hall, citing poor audio and low turnout. The board takes up the request next Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Permanent Fund sends $3.8 billion to the state as it grows to $91.9 billion
The Permanent Fund grew to $91.9 billion and sent $3.8 billion to the state, about two-thirds of Alaska's unrestricted revenue. Not bad for a $734,000 start.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Advisory forecasting 4- to 6-foot water rise at Elim, Koyuk expires
A National Weather Service high surf advisory forecasting 4 to 6 foot water rise at Elim and Koyuk expired Saturday at 4 am after peaking Friday at high tide.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Kawerak backs moratorium on seabed mining off Alaska, sends resolution to AFN convention
Kawerak's board backs a moratorium on seabed mining off Alaska and will ask AFN to do the same. A federal lease sale could come as soon as December.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
St. Lawrence Island high wind warning expires after forecast of 65 mph gusts
A high wind warning for St. Lawrence Island expired Thursday after forecasting gusts up to 65 mph that could damage property and knock out power.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Nome Common Council certifies Oct. 6 municipal election results
Nome Common Council certified Oct. 6 election results Thursday, with all races uncontested and winners taking 89 percent or more of votes cast.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fairbanks has best chance for northern lights early Friday as G2 storm nears
Fairbanks has the best shot at northern lights early Friday morning. The storm's actual peak arrives after sunrise, because of course it does.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Guard Black Hawk flies two stranded boaters and their dog to Kotzebue
Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk crew rescued two boaters and their dog stranded 75 miles east of Kotzebue on Oct. 6 after their vessel became stuck in icy water.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders elect three directors, reelect two
Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders elected three directors and reelected the board chair and vice chair. The board will fill a fourth seat.
by Walter 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
Anchorage police fly to Shaktoolik as the Kelly Hunt death investigation continues
Anchorage police flew to Shaktoolik to interview people who knew Kelly Hunt, 19, who died of hypothermia. APD is still piecing together her final months.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Choi-Wan remnants could push water 4 to 6 feet above high tide on Bering Strait coast
Typhoon Choi-Wan remnants will push water 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide on the Bering Strait coast Thursday and Friday, with a coastal flood advisory through 4 am Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read
Golovin elder who helped bring ancestors home from the Smithsonian named Elder of the Year
Jack P. Fagerstrom of Golovin was named Elder of the Year for helping bring ancestral remains and cultural artifacts home from the Smithsonian Institution and organizing their reburial.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bering Straits Native Corporation honors 14 Elders of the Year from across the region
BSNC named 14 Elders of the Year, from a 90-year-old Little Diomede postal pioneer to a Golovin man who brought ancestors home from the Smithsonian.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read
Doctoral student from Wales and Nome wins BSNC's Tim Towarak Memorial Scholarship
Aapiaq Cheryl Ongtowasruk, who grew up in Wales and Nome, won BSNC's $10,000 Tim Towarak scholarship for her doctoral work on intergenerational learning.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 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
EPA ties rise in health-based water violations to missed service-line inventories
EPA records list 67 Alaska water systems with health-based violations for a missed service-line inventory, a filing EPA groups with contamination.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 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
Permanent Fund hits record $91.9 billion but trails its benchmark, trustees hear in Nome
The Permanent Fund hit a record $91.9 billion and still trailed its benchmark. Turns out nearly everyone skipped the Magnificent Seven, not just Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Permanent Fund trustees create committee to review benchmarks tied to staff bonuses
Permanent Fund trustees set up a committee to review the yardsticks used to judge investment staff and set their bonuses. Most staff got none this year.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Federal regulators approve Norton Sound group's trade of unused flatfish quota for 900 tons of rock sole
Nome-based NSEDC traded unused flathead and yellowfin sole quota for 900 more metric tons of rock sole, so its community quota fleet can keep fishing.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Pollock trawlers shut out of central Bering Sea area after hitting herring bycatch limit
Pollock fleet hit its herring bycatch cap, so part of the central Bering Sea closes to pollock trawling until March 1. Last year it closed five days earlier.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Federal grant puts $18.2 million toward Seppala Drive rebuild in Nome
Nome's long-planned Seppala Drive rebuild now has $18.2 million in federal highway money committed, and the water line under it could be replaced next summer.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Permanent Fund draw now provides two-thirds of Alaska's unrestricted revenue, corporation says
The Permanent Fund now pays for two-thirds of what Alaska spends from general revenue. Its trustees meet in Nome this week, and the public can weigh in.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Norton Sound Health Corp. gets federal grant for youth sexual health and life skills classes
Norton Sound Health Corp. will teach sexual health and life skills to young people in Nome and 15 Bering Strait villages under a five-year federal grant.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 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
Nome council tables pull-tab tax change pending legal opinion on mayor's possible conflict
Nome's council put its pull-tab tax change on ice until a lawyer says whether the mayor, who leads the Chamber of Commerce, has a conflict of interest.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Norton Sound Health Corporation gets $250,000 federal grant for produce prescription program
A $250,000 Indian Health Service grant will help Norton Sound Health Corporation give food-insecure households monthly produce vouchers or shipments.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska prisons seek contractor for mental health care, with video visits allowed in Nome, Bethel and Ketchikan
Alaska's prisons want a contractor for mental health care at four facilities. In Nome, Bethel and Ketchikan, clinicians might visit in person only monthly.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Regulators fix math errors in AVEC power subsidy, raising credits in most villages
State regulators found math errors in AVEC's rural power credits. The fix raises the credit in 44 of 46 village power systems and lowers it in two.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
