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Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954
Fish and Wildlife has bought nine track loaders without competitive bids since August. The ninth cost $248,954, more than any of the first eight.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Kodiak's hospital runs on power switches nobody makes parts for anymore
The power switches at Kodiak's hospital are 27 years old and out of production. Crews scavenge parts from other sites. The borough is now replacing them.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members can't agree on how many meetings a year they may attend remotely, the last open question in a rules rewrite.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals
Pink and chum escapement in Kamishak Bay finished below their spawning targets as the Lower Cook Inlet commercial salmon season closed.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes Thursday to accept $3.85 million in state funding to replace a failing hospital chiller that is limiting emergency and surgical care on the island.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract
An Anchorage company owned by Koniag will run IT support for the State Department bureaus covering the Middle East and South Asia.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness
Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness won $450,000 to serve Alaska Native households facing homelessness through case management and traditional Yup'ik healing practices through August 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak district asks school board to weigh closing East Elementary in 2027
Kodiak may close East Elementary in 2027. Five weeks before proposing that, the district asked the state for $5.75 million to renovate the building.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man
Troopers arrest 24yo man in Wasilla
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
A housing-zoning fix has stalled for months before Anchorage's appeals board
A housing-zoning fix has stalled before Anchorage's appeals board since spring — set aside twice — even as the administration pushes housing as a priority.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago3 min read
USDA's Rural Housing Service awards $1.35 million cybersecurity contract to Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems
Kodiak's regional corporation has built a federal contracting arm holding well over $150 million in work, from immigration records to Pentagon cybersecurity.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say
A motorcyclist died Friday night on N Post Road in Anchorage after a Jeep hit him; the Jeep's driver fled in another vehicle and police are seeking witnesses.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds
Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus
An Anchorage company runs the heating, cooling and power plant at NIH's Bethesda campus. It just won $5.9 million to upgrade the ventilation.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center
The Alaska Native Medical Center is now owned by the tribes it serves instead of the federal government — a first, and one with real money behind it.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building
A company owned by four small interior Alaska villages is keeping the AC running at a Queens federal building that mails Social Security checks to millions.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council
Homer's Economic Development Advisory Commission finalizes a short-term rental recommendation to City Council on Tuesday after a five-month review.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall
BBNC is offering commercial driver's license training in Kenai this fall for its Alaska-resident shareholders, spouses and descendants. Enrollment is open now.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago1 min read
Coast Guard extends Anchorage firm's contracts $2.2 million through January
Coast Guard added $2.24 million to two uncompeted contracts with Koniag Management Solutions, extending facilities work through January 2027.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Recover Alaska wins $349,809 to put a peer recovery specialist on the lower Kenai Peninsula
Recover Alaska won $349,809 to place a peer recovery specialist across five lower Kenai Peninsula communities for three years, serving 225 adults with substance use disorders.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
NIH gives Anchorage's Olgoonik $5.1 million in three uncompeted contracts
NIH awarded Olgoonik General $5.1 million this month for maintenance at its Bethesda campus under a no-bid program for Alaska Native firms.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Coast Guard awards Anchorage firm $1.7 million amid 8(a) freeze
Anchorage-based Old Harbor Solutions, an Alaska Native Corporation-owned firm, won two Coast Guard contracts worth $1.71 million for administrative and logistics support through 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Dahlstrom reverses course, will certify Taylor for the November ballot
Division of elections reversed decision and Treg Taylor is back on the ballot.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
E-Rate payments send $335,276 to broadband in three Alaska towns
Keeping King Salmon connected took $302,400 in a single federal payment. The FCC is now reviewing whether to keep the program that paid for it.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Missing 11-year-old located safe in Wasilla
Troopers found an 11-year-old Wasilla boy safe Friday afternoon, hours after he went missing on his bicycle.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Razor clam permit still required on Cook Inlet as September digging season runs on
Cook Inlet razor clam diggers need a subsistence permit, not the new household permit, to harvest legally this season, and east side beaches stay closed through 2027.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Anchorage canceled five assessment appeal sessions over the summer
Five Anchorage assessment appeal sessions were canceled over the summer while the backlog stretched toward November. A report ordered in February is overdue.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kodiak names a third person to run the borough when the top two are out
Kodiak Island Borough now has a third person in line to run it. He gets his first turn in December, when everyone above him is at a conference.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Homer Electric reports $2.2 million June operating loss as purchased power costs run over budget
Homer Electric lost $2.2 million in June as purchased power costs ran over budget, pushing year-to-date margins $1 million below target.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Registration opens for Oct. 12-13 Employment First Conference in Anchorage
Alaska's Employment First Conference opens registration for Oct. 12-13 in Anchorage, with scholarship tickets available for those needing reduced rates.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Two bulls close the bow-only moose hunt at Eklutna Lake, with hunters still out
Two bulls came out of the Eklutna Lake country and the bow hunt is over. That is roughly half a ton of meat taken off a herd of about seventy.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska got early frost and a heat advisory in the same week
Alaska's first week of September brought early frost to Anchorage and Yakutat and a heat advisory to Prince of Wales Island, where Friday hits 80 degrees.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
West Tudor Road down a lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching
West Tudor Road near Cambridge Way loses a left lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching — the latest closure on a road with bigger safety problems.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kenai Council on Aging reviews 2026 goals at Sept. 10 work session
Kenai's Council on Aging Commission recommends the city adopt an emergency food plan to keep the senior center stocked for two weeks of meals if operations are disrupted.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Suit seeks Alaska Judicial Council records on judge screening
A conservative legal group sued the Alaska Judicial Council for the scoring sheets it has used to rank judicial candidates since 2020.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago3 min read
CDC placed $2 million with an Anchorage firm without competition
CDC awarded $2 million in one-year contracts to Anchorage-based Eagle Health Analytics for emerging infectious disease and Ebola response work, running through September 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Anchorage paid to expand the crime center, then put off the rules
Anchorage funded a $598,998 crime center expansion the same night it postponed the public hearing on rules meant to govern that center.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kenai parks staff helped the middle school start pickleball in gym class
Kenai parks staff spent Thursday helping the middle school start pickleball in gym class. The school has paddles, nets and one court taped to the floor.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027
NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Kodiak salmon fishing extended into Sunday across multiple districts
Alaska Department of Fish and Game extended Kodiak commercial salmon fishing into Sunday across multiple districts, with closing times varying by area between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read