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Friday, Oct 2
Four men shot on Spenard Road were walking when someone fired, police say
Four men shot on Spenard Road early Sept. 26 with non-life-threatening injuries. • A fifth man shot on C Street Sept. 29 with life-threatening wounds. • No arrests made in either case.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Man suffers life-threatening wounds in Anchorage C Street shooting
A man was shot multiple times Tuesday night in downtown Anchorage and has life-threatening injuries. No arrest yet, and police are asking for tips.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Thursday, Oct 1
Anchorage, state and long-term care ombudsmen to explain their work at Loussac Library on Oct. 8
Got a beef with the city, a state agency or a nursing home? Three ombuds offices explain what they can do for you Oct. 8 at Loussac Library. It's free.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider $15,000 donation for police program steering people to treatment
Anchorage police could get $15,000 to train staff who steer people toward treatment instead of jail. The Assembly takes up the donation Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Murkowski cosponsors Senate resolution marking Filipino American History Month
Murkowski is the only Republican cosponsoring a Senate resolution recognizing October as Filipino American History Month. Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Cordova science center gets NOAA grant to rebuild Prince William Sound ocean profiler
Prince William Sound's robotic ocean sensor runs on a computer and battery nobody makes anymore. A $354,971 federal grant aims to fix that problem.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage sets Oct. 28 open house on Eklutna pumped storage options
Anchorage holds an open house Oct. 28 on two dam designs for Eklutna Lake, where the city gets 90 percent of its drinking water and faces a 2027 deadline on pumped storage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Driver ejected in Glenn Highway rollover near mile marker 34
A pickup driver suffered serious injuries Wednesday when his truck rolled on Glenn Highway near mile marker 34, ejecting him into northbound traffic.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
More from Southcentral
Kenai commission backs grant bid for $800,000 Old Town Park playground and court plan
Kenai's Old Town Park would get a new playground and basketball court under an $800,000 plan, about half the cost of the bulldoze-and-start-over version.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Kenai parks commission puts tennis and pickleball courts ahead of shop design
Kenai's parks commission wants to shift $150,000 from a parks shop design to fixing tennis and pickleball courts. The pickleball crowd wants concrete.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Soldotna ice rink nearly lost its ice at least once this year, parks director says
Soldotna's aging ice rink nearly lost its ice at least once this year. The parks director says crews are chasing software gremlins and buying parts on eBay.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Dense fog advisory for Lower Matanuska and Southern Susitna valleys ended early Thursday
Dense fog that cut visibility to a quarter mile in the Matanuska and Susitna valleys Wednesday night cleared by early Thursday, ending the National Weather Service advisory ahead of schedule.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
Palmer man, 54, dies after 15-foot fall from scaffolding
A 54-year-old Palmer man died Wednesday after falling about 15 feet from shifting scaffolding at a home off Buffalo Mine Road, troopers said.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council seeks builder for $36.5 million east Anchorage center
Cook Inlet Tribal Council opened bidding Wednesday on a $36.5 million east Anchorage cultural center with child care, gym, and showers, but has not disclosed its funding source.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Troopers cite Soldotna man for leaving edible moose meat on carcass
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a Soldotna man for leaving edible meat on a moose carcass three days after killing it, requiring a court appearance in November.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Huffman Road to close in both directions near Silver Fox Lane for weekend repairs
Huffman Road near Silver Fox Lane closes both ways from Friday night to Monday morning for waterline and storm drain repairs. Plan another route.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
About Southcentral
Southcentral Alaska is the region of the state centered on Anchorage, its population center and transportation hub. It spans the Kenai Peninsula, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, and reaches communities such as Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, Seward, Cordova, Palmer, Wasilla and Eagle River.
Much of the region's civic life runs through the Anchorage Assembly, the Kenai Peninsula and Matanuska-Susitna borough assemblies, and city councils. Questions of housing and zoning come up often, along with who pays to extend water and sewer lines to building sites. School budgets, road safety on its highways and oil and gas operations in Cook Inlet also return.
The Kenai River and Cook Inlet tie the region to fishing, and the Parks Highway and Seward Highway link its communities. Windstorms that cut power and trooper reports from the Matanuska-Susitna area are common subjects as well.
More from Southcentral
State offers free fingerprinting for Anchorage child care workers' background checks
Anchorage child care workers can now get their required fingerprints taken free at a state office. The rest of the background check still costs money.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Mat-Su platting board approves five-tract Knik-Fairview subdivision after neighbor raises pond concerns
Sandhill cranes, moose and a pond that may or may not have tripled in size: Mat-Su's platting board OK'd a five-tract, 72-acre split in Knik-Fairview.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Conservation groups appeal state's Ambler road easement in Anchorage Superior Court
Seven conservation groups asked a judge to overturn DNR's easement for the Ambler road. Both sides cite the state Supreme Court's Donlin ruling.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago5 min read
Girdwood Trails Committee seeks comment on grant bid to restore Beaver Pond Trail
Girdwood's trails committee wants a federal grant to fix the Beaver Pond Trail's drainage and water crossings. Residents can weigh in by Oct. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Anchorage planners say state's draft road plan overstates local federal grant by $40 million
Anchorage's transportation planners say the state's draft road plan copied their project list and booked $40 million more work than the money covers.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage child care fund board asks LaFrance to move pre-K money off cannabis tax
Anchorage's marijuana-tax child care board wants ASD preschool and an early literacy program off its tab next year. The rollover cash that covered them is gone.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom 
Man held without bail after indecent exposure arrest in Palmer
Troopers say they arrested a man near Seward Meridian Parkway early Thursday on a first-degree indecent exposure charge. He's held without bail.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises
Circle K Stores Inc. applied to take over an Anchorage package store license without listing any premises.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Copper River EMS gets $291,000 in federal money to rebuild its main 911 ambulance
Copper River EMS has $291,000 in federal money to rebuild its main 911 ambulance instead of buying a new one. Its backup rig is nearly 30 years old.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Cordova hospital gets $3 million to replace generator after four tries drew no bidders
Cordova's hospital got $3 million to replace a backup generator it says can't power the building in an outage. Its last four tries drew no bidders.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council gets $262,483 federal grant for Anchorage parenting program
Cook Inlet Tribal Council received $262,483 to expand Parent's Journey, a 20-year parenting program in Anchorage serving Native families who make up 66% of children in out-of-home care there.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Federal grant offers Native homeowners in Anchorage and Mat-Su a savings match and repair money
Native homeowners in Anchorage and Mat-Su who save $2,000 in a year could get an $8,000 match and up to $10,000 in repairs under a new grant program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Chitina dip net permit holders must report online by Oct. 15
Chitina dipnetters: report your 2026 harvest online by Oct. 15, even if you got skunked. Miss it, and your whole household sits out next season.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State tells drivers to stay off the Denali Highway as seasonal maintenance ends
The Denali Highway goes unplowed until spring starting today. Unless you've got a snowmachine or a dog team, the state says stay off it until May 15.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to take up transfer of steep Christensen Drive parcel to street crews
Anchorage wants to move a steep, unbuildable downtown sliver from its land bank to street crews so it can finish old utility easements. Nobody else wanted it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wednesday, Sep 30
Anchorage Platting Board to consider combining industrial lots and vacating unused rail easement
An industrial lot in South Anchorage wants to shed a railroad easement that never saw a train and some extra street. The Platting Board takes it up Oct. 7.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Senate vote to advance data center utility cost bill fails 57-43
Senate blocked a bill asking states to consider making big data centers pay for grid upgrades. Alaska's senators voted yes; most Democrats called it optional.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
What the Senate permitting bill would change in Alaska, section by section
The 417-page Senate permitting bill names Alaska once. The parts that don’t, from review clocks to court remedies, would reach most of the state.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago7 min read
Up to 11 inches of snow expected on Richardson Highway through Isabel Pass
Up to 11 inches of snow is headed for Isabel Pass, and forecasters say it could be the snow that sticks around all winter. Take it slow on the Richardson.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage names police Lt. Brian Fuchs municipal Employee of the Year
Anchorage police Lt. Brian Fuchs won Employee of the Year for leading homeless outreach units that answered 3,300 crisis calls and cut unsheltered homelessness by nearly 30%.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kenai City Council postpones vote on Mission Street bluff erosion contract until Oct. 7
Kenai's council was set to award a bluff erosion contract a day after bids closed. It punted to Oct. 7 instead, and nobody said why on the record.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Federal managers weigh permit letting a Bering Sea trawler donate halibut it now must discard
One Bering Sea trawler could give food banks the halibut it now has to throw overboard, under a federal permit open for comment through Oct. 16.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Registration permits open Friday for Chugach mountain goats after drawing hunt falls short of quota
Chugach goat hunters who struck out in the drawing get another shot: Unit 14A registration permits open Friday after drawing hunters took just 7 of 12 goats.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
MEA bills drop about $5 a month, giving back part of summer increase
MEA power bills drop about $5 a month starting Thursday. Good news, sort of: it gives back a little over a third of the increase that hit in July.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
