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Fishery managers will meet on trawl seafloor contact, with no power to recommend
The Board of Fisheries took 51 seconds on three trawl proposals. Its follow-up meeting can't recommend anything and won't take testimony by phone.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read
Anchorage will take public comment on Merrill Field's next 20 years Oct. 15
Merrill Field is planning its next 20 years, noise study included. The open house is Oct. 15, and it gathers input rather than setting priorities.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Anchorage's Board of Ethics couldn't meet Wednesday, leaving a March complaint pending
Anchorage's Board of Ethics couldn't get three of five members on a call Wednesday. The complaint on its agenda has been waiting since March.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Kenai's council will award a bluff erosion contract the day after bids close
Kenai's council votes Sept. 30 on an erosion contract with blanks where the contractor and the price go. Bids do not close until the day before.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Air Force parts shop at JBER seeks quotes for a 3D printer before funding is in hand
The JBER shop that machines replacement parts for F-22s is shopping for a 3D printer. Quotes are due Monday, before the money to buy it is in hand.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 3d ago2 min read
Kodiak's salmon fishery opens for 54 hours starting Thursday at noon
Kodiak gets 54 hours of salmon fishing starting Thursday at noon. The Karluk River saw 93 kings reach spawning grounds against a goal of 3,000.
by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Public comment is open on Cook Inlet subsea data-center plan
Comments close Nov. 2 on a proposed tidal-powered subsea data center off Nikiski. The permit would authorize study, not construction.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Coast Guard awards nearly $5 million to fix moisture damage in Cordova family housing
The Coast Guard is spending nearly $5 million to fix moisture damage in its Cordova duplexes. In fairness to the duplexes, they do live in Cordova.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago1 min read
CBP awards Teya Diversified $23.3 million for border port repairs
Anchorage-based Teya Diversified won three CBP contracts worth $23.3 million for repairs at northern border ports, though records do not confirm whether any work occurs in Alaska.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Hemp plant proposal asks Houston council for land and permitting help
A foundation wants a hemp processing plant near Houston to serve Alaska fiber growers. The state's hemp registry currently lists only retailers.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago2 min read
Ken Lancaster, Soldotna's mayor through the 1990s and later a state representative, has died at 83
Ken Lancaster moved to Soldotna at 19, ran the city through most of the 1990s, and then went to Juneau to represent the area. He died at 83.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Soldotna weighs letting rural lots hold two homes instead of one
Soldotna may let rural residential lots hold two homes instead of one, partly because people east of the highway are already building without permits.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago2 min read
Governor candidates split over how to close Southcentral gas gap
All four candidates want more Cook Inlet gas. They differ over lease enforcement, production incentives, tax stability and power diversification.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read
Homer asks FCC to keep internet discount that covers most of the public library's bill
Homer's library gets $11,970 a year from a federal internet discount the FCC is reviewing. The City Council would like it left alone, please.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago2 min read
Halibut commission staff propose letting AI read half of the fish earbones behind catch limits
The halibut commission wants a neural network to read half its fish earbones. It's cheaper by a factor of ten, and it thinks old fish are young.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
A medical board appeal stalls over a $750 bond
Someone is appealing an Alaska medical board decision without a lawyer, the first such appeal since 2023. It stalls until a $750 bond is paid.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
People Mover puts up its first artwork bus stop sign on Muldoon Road
Anchorage bus stops are getting artwork and metal signs to replace paper schedules, starting at Muldoon Road and Northern Lights Boulevard.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Nikiski man on felony DUI charge after rollover on Nikiski Avenue
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Nikiski man on felony DUI after his pickup rolled on Nikiski Avenue and he fled, tracking him via electronic monitoring for pending domestic violence charges.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Payless would pay more than $500,000 over document fees under proposed settlement
More than 5,000 Alaskans paid a $499 fee that was not in the online price. They are getting $100 back, and the state says that is on purpose.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Palmer's plan to test whether its two main wells can produce more clears state review
Palmer's plan to study and possibly expand Wells 4 and 5, which supply 90 percent of the city's water, cleared state environmental review. The city has requested a $1.5 million state loan for it.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Cook Inlet gas storage at 69.5% as winter nears, with one field shut in for maintenance
Southcentral's gas storage fields are still filling and sending nothing out, at 69.5 percent full with winter coming and Enstar 3 Bcf short.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
A Kodiak crab quota lease would guarantee boats Unalaska-level prices
Kodiak's fisheries association would lease its crab processing quota to Royal Aleutian, on the condition that Kodiak boats get paid Unalaska prices.
by Alaska News6d ago2 min read
The Alaska Court System awarded a $5.25 million contract to expand the Palmer Courthouse
The Legislature gave Palmer a fifth superior court judge this summer. The courthouse did not have room for the four judges it already had.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read
Copper River responders will learn to start addiction treatment in the field
One paid ambulance crew and 20 volunteers cover an area bigger than West Virginia. A $300,000 grant will train them to reverse overdoses in the field.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Knik Tribe awarded $199,482 for Palmer fingerprinting site and mobile units
Fostering a child in Mat-Su can mean a long drive to get fingerprinted. Federal money is buying the Knik Tribe a station and two portable units.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Rob Mathis accepts full-time Whittier fire chief job
Whittier made Rob Mathis its permanent fire chief eight days after he ran the cruise terminal fire response as the interim. That's one way to interview.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Alaska may stop requiring liquor license applicants to buy newspaper ads as required public notice
Alaska liquor license applicants have to buy three weeks of newspaper or radio advertising. A draft rule would end that requirement entirely.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 5d ago1 min read
Wasilla commissioner asks if city should pause commercial development
A Wasilla commissioner floated halting commercial development over road funding. The chair noted commerce is what pays the city's share of road projects.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
MEA seeks new power supply as its Hilcorp gas contract winds down
MEA is shopping for new power supply before its Hilcorp gas contract ends in 2029, and asking members how they feel about data centers arriving.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
The Supreme Court will rule on Dunleavy's agriculture department after he's gone
The Supreme Court will decide after the election whether Dunleavy could create an agriculture department by order. He'll be gone by the time it matters.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
A Palmer barbecue restaurant's parking variance waits another month after neighbors object
A Palmer barbecue joint with zero parking spots says it counted 698 nearby on Google Earth. A dozen neighbors said that's not how this works.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
An outside group has spent $3.77 million on Alaska's Senate race
Americans for Prosperity Action has put $3.77 million into the Alaska Senate race. More than half of it landed in just the last three weeks.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
MEA surveys members on potential data center development
MEA is polling members about data centers while the state weighs handing 20,000 acres in its territory to AIDEA for a plan that lists data centers.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 5d ago2 min read
A police drone searched south Anchorage for a brown bear before dawn
Anchorage police flew a drone over a south Anchorage neighborhood before dawn looking for a brown bear. Whether they found it is not public.
by Alaska News6d ago1 min read
Mat-Su bans license plate readers before the borough owns any
Mat-Su banned borough use of license plate readers before owning any, with the sponsor calling himself a brick wall against Anchorage's surveillance push.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago4 min read
Left lane closed on O'Malley Road northbound until 4 p.m. Tuesday
One northbound lane of O'Malley Road is closed until 4 pm Tuesday for guardrail and fence repair. The road itself stays open the whole time.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
One black rockfish a day in Kodiak and Afognak waters
Kodiak anglers can keep five rockfish a day but only one black and one yelloweye. Fish deeper and off the rock piles to fill the rest of the bag.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Spann sues state, governor and PFD director in Anchorage court
The creator of a 37,858-signature PFD petition has sued the state, representing himself. What the lawsuit is actually about is not yet known.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Homer's tsunami evacuation route is being raised and widened
The road Homer would use to get people off the Spit ahead of a tsunami is being raised and widened, with $1.17 million obligated toward it so far.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Kodiak's health center is getting its own heating unit, off the hospital's
Kodiak's community health center shares aging air handling with the hospital next door. A $300,000 earmark buys it a rooftop unit of its own.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read