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Man shot and killed in East Anchorage, the third death investigation there since July
A man was shot and killed late Saturday in East Anchorage, the third death investigation in the area since July. Police say no one is being sought.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Marijuana board chair's own store violation goes before the board they chair Sept. 2
Marijuana board chair Bailey Stuart faces a violation notice on their own retail store at the meeting they chair Wednesday, raising questions about whether they will step aside.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
A grower denied renewal in June is still listed as active, owing $664,440
An Anchorage marijuana grower owes $664,440 in unpaid excise taxes and still appears active on state records months after the Marijuana Control Board denied its license renewal in December.
by Alaska Newsadded 4w ago2 min read
Trooper fires at armed man outside his Wasilla home after false report
A trooper fired at an armed man outside a Wasilla home Sunday after responding to a false 911 assault report, striking no one. The caller was intoxicated and had not been assaulted.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Frost advisory for Anchorage and the Mat-Su early Tuesday
Cover your plants Monday night. Frost is expected early Tuesday in colder pockets of Anchorage and the Mat-Su, a few days ahead of the usual first chill.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
An Anchorage firm will guard a federal satellite archive in South Dakota
An Anchorage company owned by Ahtna Athabascan shareholders will guard a federal satellite data archive in South Dakota for five years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025, state data show
Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025. The Anchorage Assembly takes up a resolution Tuesday marking Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly weighs $305,000 more for South Goldenview road repairs
South Goldenview wants $305,000 for erosion repairs, the largest request yet from the Hillside neighborhoods that pay for their own roads.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Auditors found no central list of Anchorage's state agreements
Anchorage has taken on $17.2 million in state work over five years without a central list of the agreements, its internal auditors found.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August
Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Kodiak salmon fishing ends Monday evening in Eastside and Northeast districts
Kodiak's east side closes Monday while the west and north hold through Wednesday. Karluk's king escapement last year was the second lowest on record.
by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Anchorage marks preparedness month after housing 655 evacuees
Anchorage took in 655 evacuees from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong. The Assembly recognizes September as National Preparedness Month on Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Wind is stirring up 1912 volcanic ash over southwest Kodiak Island
Wind is stirring up ash from the 1912 Katmai eruption over southwest Kodiak Island, and Karluk and Larsen Bay residents should limit time outdoors.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
Bristol Bay corporation's Anchorage arm takes $2.7 million Interior repair order
Anchorage contractor CCI Facility Contractors won a $2.7 million contract to repair water leaks at a former Interior Department building in Washington, D.C.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs $470,000 no-bid sale of Government Hill lot
Anchorage would sell Chugach a Government Hill lot for $470,000 without taking bids, about $49,000 under what a broker valued it at in June.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage fills a watershed commission seat before its sunset date
Mayor LaFrance appointed wetland delineator Kara Dunham to Anchorage's Watershed Commission, with Assembly confirmation set for Sept. 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to vote Tuesday on $6.7 million wastewater bleach contract with lone bidder
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a $6.7 million bleach contract with the only bidder, raising the price from $7.96 to $9.96 per gallon for wastewater disinfection.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago2 min read
Mental Health Trust weighs a below-market lease for a youth treatment provider
The Mental Health Trust may lease an Anchorage office to a youth behavioral health nonprofit for $3,266 a year, against market rent near $327,000.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago2 min read
$5.5 million for Anchorage public health nurses, WIC and child care inspectors
The Anchorage Assembly takes up $5.5 million in state grants Tuesday for public health nurses, WIC clinics and child care inspections, without a hearing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage legalized triplexes. Now it wants to drop their landscaping requirement
Anchorage legalized triplexes in 2023 and barely got any. Next it wants to drop their landscaping buffers, which some neighbors say screen the density.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs a fiscal summit as property taxes carry the city
In 1982 the state covered 42 percent of Anchorage's operating costs. By 2024 it covered half a percent, and property taxes carried most of the rest.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Kodiak seiners got four more days, or one, depending where they were
Kodiak seiners on the west and north sides got four more days Saturday. Four Alitak sections got one. The order gives no reason for the split.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage homeowners wanted every big assessment rechecked. They got a narrower fix
Anchorage homeowners who saw assessments jump as much as 40% asked for a do-over. Three Assembly members proposed one. The Assembly passed something smaller.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Mental Health Trust clears a road easement north of Seward
Kenai Peninsula Borough won a legal easement across Alaska Mental Health Trust land north of Seward to reach its own property, swapping access rights with the Trust.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Sutton man, 19, on DUI charge after car hits tree
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 19-year-old Sutton man on a DUI charge after his vehicle hit a tree and overturned on E Jonesville Mine Road early Saturday morning.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
ATF places $10 million more in supply orders with Anchorage's Bering Global Solutions
Bering Global Solutions, an Anchorage firm owned by an Alaska Native corporation, keeps a $10 million ATF contract after a federal appeals office rejected a rival's protest.
by Melinda Communities.News4w ago2 min read
Anchorage wants $202,468 back from the owner of the Big Timber Motel it demolished
Anchorage spent $202,468 tearing down the Big Timber Motel after 14 years of code violations. Now it is trying to get the money back from the owner.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Housing Authority asks Anchorage Assembly to make design-standard pause permanent
Anchorage paused its multifamily design rules in 2025. A housing developer wants the pause made permanent; neighborhood councils want it narrowed inste
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Anchorage's park rezone meets the Knik Arm bridge route
Anchorage wants a park where the state wants a bridge. The port land rezone is the newest round in a Knik Arm Crossing fight going back decades.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Abbott Loop rezone drew 223 notices and no comments; hearing is Oct. 6
Anchorage Assembly takes its first vote Tuesday on rezoning a 0.27-acre Abbott Loop lot to allow denser housing, shifting from five to eight dwelling units per acre.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kodiak can't sell four lots it has owned since 1986 because they can't get a permit
Kodiak bought the land for a hospital in 1986, built ball fields instead, and still can't sell four lots that can't get a building permit.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
When the Memphis courthouse needs work, the government calls Anchorage
An Anchorage company owned by a Copper River village corporation has taken five federal orders at one Memphis courthouse this year, worth about $514,000.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Cordova's visitor numbers support 0.03 of a tourism liquor license. Rounded up, that is one.
Copper River Brewing seeks Cordova's first seasonal tourism liquor license, which would let families dine and hear live music April through September if the state approves it Sept. 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wasilla golf course seeks state license to serve beer and wine on the course
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Wasilla wants to pour beer and wine across its grounds, range and deck. The state alcohol board takes it up Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago1 min read
The Mental Health Trust granted Chugach an easement without saying what it charged
Chugach Electric won approval to bury power lines under Trust land at Community Park Loop, a move that will boost capacity for northeast Anchorage customers.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago2 min read
Tom Begich withdraws his campaign and endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Tom announced he's withdrawing from the race for Governor and endorses JKT.
by Cale Green1mo ago3 min read
Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days
Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage wetlands commission faces Oct. 14 sunset unless Assembly reauthorizes it
Anchorage's wetlands commission disappears Oct. 14 unless the Assembly votes to keep it, just as its own recommended wetlands plan update moves forward.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to vote Sept. 1 on two $4 million AWWU on-call repair contracts
Two contractors would go on standby for Anchorage water and sewer emergencies for three years, at up to $4 million each, under contracts up Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
PFAS found in three Anchorage Bowl wells, one pulled from service
Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility found PFAS in three groundwater wells, pulled one from service, and is seeking $4 million in emergency contracts for water system work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read