Southcentral

Kodiak school board accepts superintendent's resignation less than three months into his tenure

Kodiak's school superintendent is out less than three months into the job. The board accepted Dan Brigman's resignation and hasn't said why.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Senate passes national college NIL bill 77-22, with Murkowski voting yes and Sullivan not voting

The Senate passed a national college NIL bill 77-22 Monday. Murkowski voted yes; Sullivan didn't vote on any of the day's six roll calls, all on the bill.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Regulators cut Chugach's Beluga River gas price after Chugach asked for an increase

Chugach asked regulators to nudge its Beluga River gas price up a penny. After staff found errors, regulators cut it by 39 cents instead, starting Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Mat-Su picks a pricier road route over its advisors and landowners

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan Indian Community gets $900,000 to revive its fleet for subsistence trips, training and charters

Ketchikan Indian Community is putting 23 boats back to work with a $900,000 federal grant: elder-led subsistence trips, youth training and halibut charters.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Unruly passenger who diverted Delta flight to Anchorage gets two years

A South Carolina man drank his way onto a diverted Delta flight's zip-tie list and into two years of federal prison. The Seoul-bound plane landed in Anchorage.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 23

Chignik District red sea cucumber divers get first fishing period Sept. 30 to Oct. 7

Chignik District red sea cucumber divers get their first week of the season starting Wednesday, under a 15,000-pound cap for the whole season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Wasilla weighs a plan to nearly double its airport runway

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Wasilla weighs $569,600 for round-the-clock Fire/EMS dispatch at MatCom

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.News1mo 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.News1mo ago3 min read

Judicial Council seeks dismissal of DC group's suit over scoring records

The Alaska Judicial Council asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit demanding six years of judicial applicant scoring records, arguing the 10-day public records deadline does not apply to it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 2

Follows: Suit seeks Alaska Judicial Council records on judge screening

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: APOC denies fast-track review of disclosure complaint against Wilson

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

McCarthy meeting to take up Copper River proposals on salmon eligibility and dip net limits

A local subsistence panel meets Oct. 9 in McCarthy on proposals to add McCarthy Road residents to a salmon fishery and ban dip nets near Copper River streams.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell joins new group active in Juneau and Sitka elections

Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell is now co-chair of a new independent expenditure group focused on Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 municipal elections.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: New independent expenditure group registers for Juneau and Sitka municipal elections

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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.News1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A year after Typhoon Halong, western Alaskans can still get job, training and winterization help

People still recovering from Typhoon Halong can get job training, winterization help and FEMA-paid flights. Disaster unemployment benefits have closed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Sedan passenger seriously hurt in Knik Goose Bay Road crash in Wasilla

A sedan passenger was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night on Knik Goose Bay Road in Wasilla, a corridor with a fatal crash rate nearly four times the national average.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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.News1mo 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.News1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 24

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 24

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read