Southcentral

The pipeline right-of-way comment window got another week

The public has until Sept. 17 to comment on whether the trans-Alaska pipeline keeps its federal right-of-way for 30 more years, after the Bureau of Land Management extended the deadline by a week.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 26

An Anchorage company will run the ATF's supply operation

An Anchorage company won $5.3 million to run the ATF's supply operation. Its federal small-business certification expires six weeks into the contract.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage firm staffs the State Department's internal watchdog

An Anchorage company owned by the Kodiak regional corporation holds a contract worth up to $75 million to staff the State Department's internal watchdog.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A tiny Bering Sea tribe runs its own healing court, from the island to Anchorage

A tiny tribe in the Bering Sea runs its own healing court for people facing addiction, and a federal grant will extend it to members who've moved to Anchorage.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall

A tribe based in Cordova, a town you can reach only by boat or plane, will rebuild the Great Hall at the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Kodiak district asks school board to weigh closing East Elementary in 2027

Kodiak may close East Elementary in 2027. Five weeks before proposing that, the district asked the state for $5.75 million to renovate the building.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court rules: Officers Must Stop at Unclear Lawyer Requests

Alaska Supreme Court ruled police must stop questioning suspects who make unclear lawyer requests, even after Miranda waivers, reversing a Kodiak murder conviction.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min readFrom Aug 7

An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus

An Anchorage company runs the heating, cooling and power plant at NIH's Bethesda campus. It just won $5.9 million to upgrade the ventilation.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash

A Wasilla man was arrested on DUI and refusal charges after a motorcycle crash on North Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears

Nearly 500 tons of gear has landed at Port MacKenzie for a plant to produce antimony, a defense mineral the U.S. lacks — but its air permit isn't approved.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 1

Follows: A barge of secondhand equipment is bringing a military antimony refinery to Port MacKenzie

The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped

Crews tunneling into a historic gold mine north of Anchorage hit two veins that were not on the company's map. One sample ran 12 ounces to the tonne.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 2

Anchorage auditors flag a gap in Assembly travel approvals

Anchorage auditors found signed approval on all 38 Assembly trips but could document a second 2025 step on only one of 15. A broader review is now underway.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 1

Follows: Fifteen Anchorage Assembly members will have their spending accounts examined in a 9-2 vote

Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders

Chugach Solutions picked up $43,689 in no-bid orders to install fall protection and replace a generator breaker at the FBI's Washington office.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores

Alaska's marijuana regulator is drafting a rule to ban in-house testing by growers and manufacturers, forcing all products to third-party labs instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Knik Tribe has $1 million to design youth mental health care

The Knik Tribe has nearly $1 million to design a mental health system for Alaska Native young people in the Mat-Su. The money cannot pay for treatment.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954

Fish and Wildlife has bought nine track loaders without competitive bids since August. The ninth cost $248,954, more than any of the first eight.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members can't agree on how many meetings a year they may attend remotely, the last open question in a rules rewrite.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals

Pink and chum escapement in Kamishak Bay finished below their spawning targets as the Lower Cook Inlet commercial salmon season closed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kamishak District closed to seining after survey found fewer pinks

Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes Thursday to accept $3.85 million in state funding to replace a failing hospital chiller that is limiting emergency and surgical care on the island.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract

An Anchorage company owned by Koniag will run IT support for the State Department bureaus covering the Middle East and South Asia.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness

Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness won $450,000 to serve Alaska Native households facing homelessness through case management and traditional Yup'ik healing practices through August 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man

Troopers arrest 24yo man in Wasilla

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A housing-zoning fix has stalled for months before Anchorage's appeals board

A housing-zoning fix has stalled before Anchorage's appeals board since spring — set aside twice — even as the administration pushes housing as a priority.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min readFrom Jun 11

Follows: Anchorage's planning director could approve bigger encroachments alone

USDA's Rural Housing Service awards $1.35 million cybersecurity contract to Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems

Kodiak's regional corporation has built a federal contracting arm holding well over $150 million in work, from immigration records to Pentagon cybersecurity.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building

A company owned by four small interior Alaska villages is keeping the AC running at a Queens federal building that mails Social Security checks to millions.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say

A motorcyclist died Friday night on N Post Road in Anchorage after a Jeep hit him; the Jeep's driver fled in another vehicle and police are seeking witnesses.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council

Homer's Economic Development Advisory Commission finalizes a short-term rental recommendation to City Council on Tuesday after a five-month review.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

BBNC is offering commercial driver's license training in Kenai this fall for its Alaska-resident shareholders, spouses and descendants. Enrollment is open now.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Coast Guard extends Anchorage firm's contracts $2.2 million through January

Coast Guard added $2.24 million to two uncompeted contracts with Koniag Management Solutions, extending facilities work through January 2027.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Recover Alaska wins $349,809 to put a peer recovery specialist on the lower Kenai Peninsula

Recover Alaska won $349,809 to place a peer recovery specialist across five lower Kenai Peninsula communities for three years, serving 225 adults with substance use disorders.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

NIH gives Anchorage's Olgoonik $5.1 million in three uncompeted contracts

NIH awarded Olgoonik General $5.1 million this month for maintenance at its Bethesda campus under a no-bid program for Alaska Native firms.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Coast Guard awards Anchorage firm $1.7 million amid 8(a) freeze

Anchorage-based Old Harbor Solutions, an Alaska Native Corporation-owned firm, won two Coast Guard contracts worth $1.71 million for administrative and logistics support through 2027.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Dahlstrom reverses course, will certify Taylor for the November ballot

Division of elections reversed decision and Treg Taylor is back on the ballot.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor

Kodiak's hospital runs on power switches nobody makes parts for anymore

The power switches at Kodiak's hospital are 27 years old and out of production. Crews scavenge parts from other sites. The borough is now replacing them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Jun 29

ENSTAR wants to raise most gas hookup charges in Southcentral Alaska in 2027

ENSTAR wants to raise most natural gas hookup charges in Southcentral Alaska in 2027, with the basic service-line fee up about $46 and higher meter costs.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

E-Rate payments send $335,276 to broadband in three Alaska towns

Keeping King Salmon connected took $302,400 in a single federal payment. The FCC is now reviewing whether to keep the program that paid for it.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Missing 11-year-old located safe in Wasilla

Troopers found an 11-year-old Wasilla boy safe Friday afternoon, hours after he went missing on his bicycle.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

One machinegun, 14 grams of cocaine, and a mandatory 30 years

Mason Lanon, 23, of Fairbanks sold an agent a converted machinegun and 14 grams of cocaine. That single count carried a mandatory 30 years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read