Southcentral

Left lane closed at mile 117 of New Seward Hwy until about 4 p.m.

Left northbound lane of New Seward Highway at mile 117 is closed until about 4 p.m. Saturday after a minor incident.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

18 condo units draw 46 percent of Anchorage's housing tax exemptions, report says

Eighteen single condominium units took 46 percent of Anchorage's housing tax exemptions this year, qualifying for a four-or-more-unit incentive through common ownership of one parent parcel.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Prince William Sound seine season ends Monday, after Friday's Cannery Creek opening

Prince William Sound seining closes for the year Monday night. The last openings reached hatchery waters that are usually off-limits to the fleet.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 9

Two oxygen tanks for the aircraft that fly search and rescue from Kodiak

The Coast Guard told competitors they had until Sept. 11 to weigh in on a Kodiak oxygen tank contract. It signed the deal with Airgas on Sept. 9.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Wrangell-St. Elias weighs 10 more days of subsistence moose hunting

Rural subsistence hunters in the Wrangell-St. Elias area could get 10 more days to take a moose this fall, with the park set to decide Monday.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The mayor wants two more members on a naming commission that cannot meet

Anchorage's naming commission has five members and needs five to meet, so it hasn't. The mayor wants two more confirmed before it expires next month.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two closed Anchorage school buildings head back to municipal hands

Two closed Anchorage schools, Abbott Loop and Campbell STEM, are set to return to the municipality, moving their fate from the School Board to the Assembly.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai weighs more money for the Senior Center canopy roof project

Kenai's council votes Wednesday on yet more money for the Senior Center canopy roof, a job that a 2024 plan had put at $50,000 on its own.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two Kenai Peninsula subdivisions go to the plat committee Sept. 28

Two subdivision plats, one in Nikiski and one in Anchor Point, go before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Sept. 28. Written comment closes the Friday before.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Air Guard crew rescues two pilots in separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna

An Alaska Air National Guard helicopter crew rescued two pilots from separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna on Thursday, flying both to an Anchorage hospital.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska streamlines the fall round of its $272 million rural health fund

Alaska is streamlining the fall round of its $272 million rural-health fund — one application instead of two, and about 11 weeks to awards, down from 24.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Comment closes Oct. 12 on a plan to dig antimony 80 miles from Trapper Creek and refine it at Port MacKenzie

Alaska is taking comment until Oct. 12 on permits for the Estelle gold and antimony project, whose applicant is a Nova Minerals subsidiary that won $43.4 million in federal defense funding to make military-grade antimony trisulfide.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage wants 10,000 homes. Its zoning fight is over where they can fit.

Anchorage wants 10,000 homes in 10 years. Tuesday's zoning fight is over where they can go — because adding homes means letting familiar blocks change.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago7 min read

Anchorage pays new ice rink operator $450,000 plus $10 a year

Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to replace the operator of two city ice rinks after an audit found the previous manager owed $360,000 and missed financial reports.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 22

Troopers arrest Anchorage man after 85 mph pursuit ends in Wasilla crash

Alaska State Troopers arrested Luke Debaere, 23, after he fled a traffic stop on the Parks Highway and crashed into trees in Wasilla, reaching 85 mph through residential areas.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

An antimony project's construction schedule began before comment opened

Construction schedules for an antimony mine and refinery began back in June. The state opened comment on whether to approve the work on Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Housing projects can compete for Alaska CDBG grants, with applications due Dec. 4

Alaska's Community Development Block Grant applications are due Friday, Dec. 4, with about $2.5 million available and a maximum of $850,000 per community. Any Alaska municipal government except Anchorage may apply.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ninth Circuit says tribal law cannot shield employees from federal civil rights suits

A federal appeals court ruled tribal governments cannot shield their own employees from civil rights lawsuits by writing immunity into tribal code.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Southcentral Foundation sends visiting providers to Tyonek, Tatitlek and Nanwalek next week

Southcentral Foundation opens four visiting clinics Sept. 14 in Tyonek, Tatitlek and Nanwalek. Tyonek has no resident doctor and sees a primary care provider once every two months.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska's federal obligations are down 1.7% this year, and September has barely started

Federal obligations in Alaska are down 1.7 percent through August. Federal spending drove more than half the state's GDP growth since 2015.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Alaska has drawn $15.7 billion in federal money this year

Petersburg rejects a wireless tower next to its only fire hall over collapse fears

Petersburg's planning commission rejected a wireless tower next to the borough's only fire hall over fears it could collapse onto the station.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage weighs a five-year road-sweeping contract for Eagle River

The Anchorage Assembly decides Tuesday whether to hire Big Bear to sweep road shoulders in the Eagle River area, at up to $2.97 million over five years.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Kenai coho limit stayed at two when it was supposed to go to three

Kenai River anglers expected the coho limit to rise to three fish on Sept. 1. It stayed at two instead, and will stay there through November.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Troopers arrest Wasilla driver on DUI, assault charges after rollover

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Wasilla driver on DUI and assault charges after a rollover crash on North Wasilla-Fishhook Road late Wednesday left two people with minor injuries.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

More than 200 coho counted at Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 200 coho have passed through Bear Creek weir near Seward, with freshwater fishing expected to improve over the next few weeks.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

A mobile home lot near Abbott Road could become business-zoned

A mobile home lot near Abbott Road would become business-zoned. Nobody objected, and a planner noted such changes can displace mobile-home residents.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Man arrested in Soldotna on felony sex offender registry charge

Troopers arrested a 74-year-old Soldotna man Thursday on a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, after a probation compliance check. The dispatch says he has two prior convictions for the same offense.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Resident accuses Kodiak Island Borough Assembly of illegal poll on remote-meeting rules

A Kodiak resident challenged the borough assembly's survey on remote-meeting rules as violating the Open Meetings Act, though the borough attorney cleared it as preparation for public discussion.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska justices affirm commitment despite skipped consent inquiry

Alaska Supreme Court upheld forced commitment and medication for an Anchorage man despite the lower court skipping a required check for voluntary treatment.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage zoning board approves setback variance for Chandalar Drive home

Anchorage zoning board unanimously approved a variance allowing a Chandalar Drive home to keep an addition that has encroached 1.3 feet into the required setback since 1998

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage weighs a variance for a 1998 setback encroachment

Anchorage zoning board backs letting director approve bigger setback fixes without a hearing

An Anchorage board voted to let the planning director approve building encroachments up to 15 percent without a hearing, tripling the current threshold.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kodiak assembly weighs $3.85 million grant to replace failing hospital chiller

A failing chiller that supports sterilization at Kodiak's hospital is running at 35 percent, and the borough votes Wednesday on a nearly $4 million replacement.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

APOC denies expedited review of disclosure complaint against Johnson

Regulators denied both of Joel Borgquist's requests to fast-track disclosure complaints against candidates. Johnson's goes to a normal investigation.

by Lucas Brown2mo ago2 min read

New independent expenditure group registers in Anchorage to back Nellie Jimmie's re-election

A new group will spend without limits to re-elect Rep. Nellie Jimmie. Its chair is general counsel of the Native corporation for her region.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

APOC denies fast-track review of disclosure complaint against Wilson

State regulators will not fast-track a disclosure complaint against Bernadette Wilson. It goes to a normal investigation, with a hearing by Oct. 8.

by Lucas Brown2mo ago2 min read

Funny River hunter cited after self-reporting sub-legal moose kill

A Funny River hunter self-reported killing a bull moose that didn't meet Unit 15B legal size requirements and was cited to appear in Kenai Courthouse.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Federal grant of $500,000 would replace generators on the mountaintop relays that carry Akhiok's internet

A $500,000 federal grant will replace aging generators and batteries at two mountain relays that carry internet to Akhiok, a remote village on Kodiak Island.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 31

Anchorage Assembly schedules Hispanic Heritage Month health fair with Spanish-speaking staff

Anchorage Assembly is scheduling a health fair with Spanish-speaking staff and translation services for Saturday, Oct. 3, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month events starting Sept. 20.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Three Kodiak westside sections now open until further notice; 54-hour period ends 6 p.m. Saturday

Three Kodiak sections are open to salmon seining until further notice. The period covering much of the rest of the area closes Saturday evening.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 2

Anchorage police seek help finding Allison Wilson, 41, missing since Thursday morning

Anchorage police are asking for help finding Allison Wilson, 41, who didn't return from her shift Thursday. She drives a maroon Subaru with front-end damage.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read