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Chugach's Beluga River gas price falls to $7.74 instead of rising
Chugach Electric asked to raise its Beluga River gas price to $8.14. After commission staff found budget figures filed as actual costs, regulators approved $7.74, down from $8.13, starting Oct. 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews4m ago2 min read
Mat-Su Assembly member moves to reconsider the pricier Engstrom-Trunk road route
The Mat-Su Assembly picked the pricier northern route for the Engstrom-Trunk road 4-3. Now Maxwell Sumner wants a do-over, and it's on the Oct. 6 agenda.
by Walter AlaskaNews3h ago2 min read
Mat-Su resolution would ask school board to start classes after Labor Day
Mat-Su Assembly will vote Tuesday on a resolution asking the school board to start classes the day after Labor Day instead of earlier in August.
by Walter AlaskaNews4h ago1 min read
Kodiak borough weighs $70,919 off-road rescue vehicle for Womens Bay firefighters
Womens Bay's volunteer firefighters have been riding their own ATVs to off-road calls. The borough may buy them a $70,919 side-by-side with a pump and a plow.
by Walter AlaskaNews4h ago1 min read
Federal records show $142 million in highway grants for four Sterling Highway projects
Federal records show $142 million in grants for four Sterling Highway jobs, mostly the Cooper Landing bypass, which still has a bridge and years of work to go.
by Walter AlaskaNews5h ago2 min read
Juneau and Anchorage youth shelters get $650,000 in federal grants for runaway and homeless youth
Youth shelters in Juneau and Anchorage are getting $650,000 in new federal grants to give runaway and homeless kids a safe place to stay and help getting home.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5h ago2 min read
Seward shuttle operator warns rising costs could end free service
Seward's free shuttle operator warned the City Council that rising labor and vehicle costs could make the service too expensive to continue when the contract comes up for renewal.
by Walter AlaskaNews7h ago2 min read
Seward council approves $11.8 million in shore power contracts for cruise dock
Seward approved nearly $12 million for a giant battery and dock design so plugged-in cruise ships don't dim the lights in town. The EPA grant is paying.
by Walter AlaskaNews7h ago2 min read
Wasilla sets Oct. 12 hearing on airport master plan that recommends higher lease rates
Wasilla airport leases have cost 6 cents a square foot for decades. A new 20-year master plan says that should go up. The public hearing is Oct. 12.
by Walter AlaskaNews8h ago2 min read
MatCom adds two fire and EMS dispatch positions paid for by the Mat-Su Borough
MatCom gets two more fire and medical dispatch positions so a second dispatcher and call taker can be on duty around the clock. The borough pays.
by Walter AlaskaNews8h ago2 min read
Seward hospital's new rural health grants collide with a shortage of space
Seward hospital won a $1.1 million federal grant to add prenatal care locally but has no space, forcing a choice between a $250,000 office conversion or a $4 million to $6 million addition
by Melinda Communities.News8h ago3 min read
Seward survey respondents favor a local cooperative to run the city's electric utility
Most Seward survey takers want a local co-op to run the city's electric utility. The math hinges on a hydro project Chugach Electric also wants.
by Melinda Communities.News8h ago3 min read
Bernadette Wilson amends disclosure to list Denali Disposal after APOC staff finds violation
Governor candidate Bernadette Wilson added her Denali Disposal ownership to her state disclosure, a week after APOC staff said leaving it off broke the law.
by Walter AlaskaNews9h ago2 min read
Coast Guard orders $315 million fuel pier and cutter berths at Base Kodiak
The Coast Guard has now ordered about $458 million in new work at Base Kodiak this year, led by a $315 million fuel pier and berths for its biggest cutters.
by Walter AlaskaNews10h ago2 min read
Lake George mountain goat hunt closes early Tuesday after hunters reach harvest limit
The Lake George goat hunt closes Tuesday night, two weeks early. Hunters have already used up every point the state set aside, and some are still out there.
by Bill AlaskaNews15h ago1 min read
Kodiak Middle School breakfast jumps from 11 students a day to 127 with grab-and-go meals
Kodiak Middle School cut the breakfast line, handed out grab-and-go meals and brought back strawberry milk. Daily breakfast went from 11 kids to 127.
by Walter AlaskaNews16h ago1 min read
Prince William Sound fall herring fishery opens Thursday with 749-ton cap
Prince William Sound's fall herring fishery opens Thursday with a 749-ton harvest cap, less than half last year's limit due to a weak spring spawn.
by Bill AlaskaNews16h ago2 min read
Trawl meeting in Anchorage Oct. 16 will take no remote testimony
Fishery managers will spend a day in Anchorage on trawl nets touching the seafloor. No votes, no remote testimony, and written comments close Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews16h ago2 min read
Two council members and a former state senator run to replace term-limited Wasilla Mayor Glenda Ledford
Wasilla gets a new mayor this fall. Two council members and a former state senator are running, and if nobody tops 40%, it's back to the polls in November.
by Walter AlaskaNews17h ago2 min read
Kodiak holds off on selling historic Griffin Memorial Hospital as museums seek a lease
Kodiak's 1938 Griffin Memorial Hospital has two suitors: a church that wants to buy it and two museums that want to lease it. The city isn't selling, for now.
by Walter AlaskaNews17h ago1 min read
Anchorage contractor gets $7.5 million Border Patrol order for transportation and guard services
Anchorage-based Trailboss Enterprises has a new $7.5 million Border Patrol order. Its immigration transport work for ICE and CBP has mostly been in Texas.
by Melinda Communities.News17h ago2 min read
State labor agency holds public refresher on collective bargaining Tuesday
Ever wonder how public workers' contracts get made? A management guy and a union guy walk through it Tuesday at a state session in Anchorage and on Zoom.
by Walter AlaskaNews18h ago1 min read
Virginia-based GOPAC gives $150,000 to Anchorage group backing House conservatives
A Virginia-based Republican group gave $150,000 to an Anchorage independent expenditure committee backing Alaska House conservatives in the Nov. 3 election.
by Walter AlaskaNews21h ago1 min read
Anchorage airport passenger traffic grows 9% as Fairbanks holds steady, state report says
Anchorage's airport saw about 9% more travelers in the first half of 2026, and more cargo too. Fairbanks held steady right where it was last year.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
ICE places $7 million, one-month El Paso detention order with Anchorage-based Paragon
ICE placed a $7 million, one-month order with Paragon, a Bering Straits Native Corporation subsidiary, to keep providing detention services in El Paso.
by Melinda Communities.News1d ago1 min read
FBI renews $1.37 million visitor-management software order with Anchorage-based company
The FBI is paying an Anchorage-based, tribally owned company $1.37 million to renew the software it uses to manage visitors at its facilities.
by Melinda Communities.News1d ago2 min read
Anchorage police say missing 65-year-old Vona Skinner has been located
Anchorage police located 65-year-old Vona Skinner, who was missing since Sept. 24 near East 8th Avenue.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 9h ago1 min read
Troopers say 16-year-old shot and killed a family member near Slipper Lake in Sutton
Troopers say a 16-year-old shot and killed a family member near Slipper Lake in Sutton on Saturday, then drove to Seward and called 911. The teen is in custody.
by Walter AlaskaNews11h ago1 min read
Troopers arrest driver for DUI after car strikes moose near Soldotna
A Camry met a moose near Soldotna around 2:20 am. Troopers arrested the driver for DUI, and the badly hurt moose was gone before they could find it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago1 min read
Whittier Tunnel to close Saturday for USS Ted Stevens commissioning; guests must ride bus or train
The Navy is commissioning a destroyer in Whittier on Saturday, and the tunnel's closed to cars. Guests ride buses from Anchorage. The train's already full.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago3 min read
Judge upholds permit for Contango's Johnson Tract road after company finished building it
A judge upheld the permit for Contango's road and bridges at the Johnson Tract in Lake Clark. By then, the company had already finished building them.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 14h ago2 min read
Wasilla pot shop near Knik Charter School surrenders its state license
The Wasilla-area pot shop 530 feet from Knik Charter School lost in court and now has no state license. Its name has moved to a store on Spenard Road.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Kenai Peninsula two-bedroom rents post record 11% jump in state survey
Kenai Peninsula two-bedroom rent jumped 11% this spring to $1,336, a borough record. Most of Alaska saw closer to 2.6%, and only Mat-Su rose faster.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 22h ago2 min read
Palmer junk hauler cited for dumping over 500 pounds of trash on Mat-Su land
A junk removal business is supposed to take the junk to the dump. Troopers say a Palmer man's took 500-plus pounds of it to a Point MacKenzie railbed instead.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly member and budget commission chair to hold spending forum Oct. 27
An Assembly member and the city's budget commission chair take questions on Anchorage spending at a D Street bar. The topic: is there really a fiscal cliff?
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read
Troopers say Eagle River hunter used a $5 license he did not qualify for
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited an Eagle River hunter for falsely claiming low-income status to buy a $5 duck license instead of the $45 resident license.
by Bill AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read
Anchorage police arrest woman on evidence tampering charge in Kaitlyn Kaganak death investigation
Anchorage police arrested a woman on evidence tampering and corpse misconduct charges in the case of Kaitlyn Kaganak, found dead at Basher Trailhead.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1d ago2 min read
Alaska Supreme Court: spouse's word alone cannot shield inheritance in divorce
Put an inheritance into the family home? In an Alaska divorce, your word alone won't get it back out, the Supreme Court says. Paperwork, it turns out, matters.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read
Four taken to hospitals after Spenard Road shooting, Anchorage police say
Four people were taken to hospitals after a shooting on Spenard Road in Anchorage on Saturday, police said. Their injuries were not life-threatening.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read
Homer Electric design fee for new hookups doubles to $1,000 Tuesday
Want power at your new place on the Kenai? Homer Electric's design fee doubles to $1,000 Tuesday, and three-phase hookups lose $3,000 in help.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1d ago2 min read