Southcentral

Anchorage Assembly to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and welcome AFN delegates Tuesday

The Anchorage Assembly will consider resolutions Tuesday recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day and welcoming delegates to AFN's 60th convention Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Aleut Corporation shareholders return all three incumbent directors over six challengers

Aleut Corporation shareholders reelected all three incumbent directors Saturday over six challengers at the annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats

Anchorage woman to plead guilty to billing VA $2.7M as a social worker without a license

An Anchorage counseling owner billed the VA $2.7 million as a licensed clinical social worker, her plea deal says. Alaska denied her that license in 2005.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Cook Inlet Tribal Council offers career skills classes toward certification

Cook Inlet Tribal Council gives exams Friday and Oct. 30 for its free eight-class job-skills certification, covering anger, resilience and leadership at work.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 15

Proposed Moose Range rules limit target shooting to areas that don't exist yet

The state wants target shooting in the Moose Range limited to designated shooting areas. Asked where those are, DNR said Friday: there aren't any yet.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kenai plans to spend $50,000 replacing damaged holiday decorations along the Spur Highway

Kenai plans to replace worn Spur Highway holiday light decorations using $50,000, favoring repeated designs over many unique ones.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Sep 8

Wisconsin-based super PAC reports $710K urging Alaskans to leave Sullivan blank

A Wisconsin super PAC with no named donors spent $710,000 telling Alaskans to rank Republican Gerald Heikes first and leave Sen. Dan Sullivan blank.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer voters will decide on the road tax, a council race and an Assembly seat Nov. 3

Homer votes Nov. 3 on keeping its road tax, a City Council race and a borough Assembly seat. The mayor's race has exactly one name on the ballot.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Anchorage proposal would let clerk start mandatory recounts before elections are certified

Anchorage wants close races recounted before anyone takes the oath, so the Assembly never swears in one winner and then has to swear in another.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage 18-year-old jailed after 100 mph pursuit on Parks Highway in Wasilla

An 18-year-old Anchorage man was arrested after a 100 mph chase on Wasilla's Parks Highway, stopped by spike strips. He faces six charges, including DUI, and is jailed without bail.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Driver strikes and kills woman crossing Muldoon Road in Anchorage

A driver struck and killed Bertha Nesbit, 62, as she crossed Muldoon Road in Anchorage. No charges have been filed, and police are still investigating.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Kodiak physician indicted on federal tax evasion charges covering five years

A federal grand jury indicted a Kodiak physician on five counts of tax evasion, one for each year from 2018 to 2022. Prosecutors allege he hid cash income.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Diabetes program funding 22 Alaska tribal health groups faces a Dec. 31 deadline

A federal diabetes program pays for prevention and treatment at 22 Alaska tribal health organizations. Its authorization ends Dec. 31 unless Congress acts.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Nov 9, 2021

Girdwood street crews could get long-term control of their storage yard

Girdwood road crews have had a storage yard on a 3.3-acre lot for nearly 20 years. Anchorage may give them control, but the sewer plant next door may need it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Lease extension to 2094 would let Chugiak senior project add rentals open to all ages

Anchorage Assembly holds a hearing Oct. 20 on extending Chugiak Senior Citizens' land lease to 2094 for new apartments. Phase two could open units to renters of any age.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

State plans to destroy abandoned skiff on Wasilla's Seymour Lake unless its owner claims it

A 24-foot skiff whose registration ran out in 2012 is headed for the scrap heap on Seymour Lake, unless its owner shows up and pays the state's bill.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kodiak's floatplane base needs a new dock, and engineers will offer two ways to build it

The dock where every visiting floatplane parks at Kodiak's Trident Basin is sinking. Engineers will show the city two ways to rebuild it Wednesday.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kodiak's proposed path to Bells Flats makes the state's draft plan, with design money only

A proposed 10-mile path from Kodiak toward Bells Flats made the state's draft transportation plan. The $2.6 million in it is mostly for design, not building.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer mayor proposes changing the rules for how the city writes its budget

Homer Mayor Rachel Lord proposed changes to the city's budget code, up for council discussion Oct. 26. A public hearing and possible adoption vote is set for Nov. 9.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Kodiak moves $20 million from bank and pool accounts into managed investments

Kodiak moved $20 million from bank and pool accounts into managed investments this fall, reaching 71% of an $82 million target.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak invests $10 million and uses transfers to shrink $1.7 million General Fund shortfall

Cordova tribe's company gets $2.1 million NIH order for population health statistics

A company owned by the tribe in Cordova will crunch numbers for an NIH division that studies pregnancy and child health, under a $2.1 million order.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read

Anchorage School District sues state retirement division and demands a jury trial

Anchorage School District sued the state retirement division Oct. 14, demanding a jury trial. It may relate to a 2024-25 outage that delayed retirement contributions statewide.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Utqiagvik mayor proposes having online sellers collect city taxes, ending vaping tax

Utqiagvik's mayor wants online sellers and booking sites to collect city taxes, and wants to stop taxing vaping products. The council takes it up Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

United Tribes of Bristol Bay offers schools up to $5,000 for top voter turnout

United Tribes of Bristol Bay is offering up to $5,000 to schools in the Bristol Bay communities with the best Nov. 3 turnout. Voters themselves get nothing.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

RGA-funded PAC spends $1.5 million backing three Republicans and opposing Kreiss-Tomkins

Kodiak PAC, funded by the Republican Governors Association, spent $1.5 million backing three GOP tickets and opposing Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins before Alaska's Nov. 3 governor's race.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider study of building rules in high-hazard earthquake zones

Anchorage's earthquake hazard maps trace back to 1979. New ones are due this year, and the Assembly may ask city staff what they should mean for building rules.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Homer council to vote Oct. 26 on spending $60,000 to audit its volunteer fire department

Homer residents spent early 2025 telling the council its fire department was short on volunteers. Now the city may spend $60,000 on an audit to take a look.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Federal judge orders ICE to release man detained as he left Anchorage Wellness Court

A federal judge ordered ICE to release Honorio Latyr Pereira Barreto, detained leaving Anchorage Wellness Court in June. His bond hearing used the wrong legal standard and denied him due process.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Troopers say Anchor Point man fired handgun during argument on Anchor Point beach

An argument on Anchor Point beach ended with a handgun fired and a 40-year-old man in the Homer Jail, troopers say. He wasn't allowed to have the gun.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Kodiak council takes final vote Thursday on $5.6 million in loans for Aleutian Homes pipes

Kodiak votes Thursday on $5.6 million in state loans for decades-old Aleutian Homes pipes. The finance director says a utility rate study is needed soon.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak council takes up $5.6 million in state loans for Aleutian Homes pipes

Hillside neighborhood that pays for its own roads could get a bigger road contract

South Goldenview pays for its own roads, not the rest of Anchorage. A new contract would cap its road spending at $800,000 a year, up from $600,000.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider $700,000 to start designing trash-burning power plant

Anchorage wants to turn trash into electricity. The next step is a $700,000 design contract. A city plan puts the whole plant at about $750 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Homer's draft code would require engineered stormwater plans for far smaller projects

Homer's draft zoning code would make more projects hire an engineer for stormwater. Its community development director says drainage needs more than that.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage police ask for help finding Evon Petluska, 78, a vulnerable adult

Anchorage police seek Evon Petluska, 78, last seen Thursday after discharge from Alaska Native Medical Center. He is described as a vulnerable adult.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Bill to give Southcentral Foundation downtown Anchorage clubhouse land reaches president

Congress voted to give Southcentral Foundation the land under its downtown Anchorage mental health clubhouse for free. Now it's up to the president.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Troopers and fire crews pull duck hunter from the mud on the Palmer Hay Flats

Palmer Hay Flats mud 1, duck hunter 0. Troopers and fire crews had the hunter out a little over an hour after the call came in Friday morning.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Motorist hits guardrail on icy Richardson Highway in Thompson Pass

A motorist hit a guardrail on icy Richardson Highway in Thompson Pass Thursday, troopers said. No injuries, but the pass sees 700+ inches of snow a year and frequent avalanches.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Board of Fisheries will weigh Homer Spit net closures and a Kodiak trawl ban

Homer Spit nets, Kodiak trawlers and who gets the last Cook Inlet king are all on the Board of Fisheries' winter menu. Public comments are open now.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Valdez budget would add $205,000 for events, a hatchery group and workforce contracts

Valdez wants 29% more for economic development, still less than it spent in each of the past three years. Gold Rush Days and the hatchery group get a bump.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read