Southcentral

NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027

NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Alaska prosecutors must prove a voter knew a registration form was false

Alaska's appeals court held that a first-degree voter-misconduct charge based on a false oath requires proof the voter understood the act was wrong.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Razor clam permit still required on Cook Inlet as September digging season runs on

Cook Inlet razor clam diggers need a subsistence permit, not the new household permit, to harvest legally this season, and east side beaches stay closed through 2027.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage canceled five assessment appeal sessions over the summer

Five Anchorage assessment appeal sessions were canceled over the summer while the backlog stretched toward November. A report ordered in February is overdue.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak names a third person to run the borough when the top two are out

Kodiak Island Borough now has a third person in line to run it. He gets his first turn in December, when everyone above him is at a conference.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

The Alaska Native Medical Center is now owned by the tribes it serves instead of the federal government — a first, and one with real money behind it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Aug 24

Homer Electric reports $2.2 million June operating loss as purchased power costs run over budget

Homer Electric lost $2.2 million in June as purchased power costs ran over budget, pushing year-to-date margins $1 million below target.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 11

Norton Sound's health corporation is in line for $7.2 million

Norton Sound Health Corporation would get about $7.2 million in federal rural health money, most of it replacing end-of-life computers in 15 village clinics.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Registration opens for Oct. 12-13 Employment First Conference in Anchorage

Alaska's Employment First Conference opens registration for Oct. 12-13 in Anchorage, with scholarship tickets available for those needing reduced rates.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Rural Alaska's internet funding is changing hands as an old federal program ends

The federal program funding phone and internet in remote Alaska is ending, and three co-ops just drew some of its last payments — $14.86 million.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Two bulls close the bow-only moose hunt at Eklutna Lake, with hunters still out

Two bulls came out of the Eklutna Lake country and the bow hunt is over. That is roughly half a ton of meat taken off a herd of about seventy.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska got early frost and a heat advisory in the same week

Alaska's first week of September brought early frost to Anchorage and Yakutat and a heat advisory to Prince of Wales Island, where Friday hits 80 degrees.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

West Tudor Road down a lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching

West Tudor Road near Cambridge Way loses a left lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching — the latest closure on a road with bigger safety problems.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Council on Aging reviews 2026 goals at Sept. 10 work session

Kenai's Council on Aging Commission recommends the city adopt an emergency food plan to keep the senior center stocked for two weeks of meals if operations are disrupted.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

BBNC Dillingham IT apprenticeship applications close Friday

BBNC is hiring one IT apprentice in Dillingham, applications close Friday, Sept. 4. The one-year role includes CompTIA certifications and requires BBNC or Choggiung shareholder status.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches for its December leadership forum

Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches through Oct. 2 for its December leadership forum — a corporate-led gathering, and not the region's only one.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Suit seeks Alaska Judicial Council records on judge screening

A conservative legal group sued the Alaska Judicial Council for the scoring sheets it has used to rank judicial candidates since 2020.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

CDC placed $2 million with an Anchorage firm without competition

CDC awarded $2 million in one-year contracts to Anchorage-based Eagle Health Analytics for emerging infectious disease and Ebola response work, running through September 2027.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage paid to expand the crime center, then put off the rules

Anchorage funded a $598,998 crime center expansion the same night it postponed the public hearing on rules meant to govern that center.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska put a price on crisis beds the Legislature created in 2022

Alaska proposed Medicaid rates for crisis mental health facilities: $1,833 a day for adults and $2,197 for adolescents, the highest on the state's chart.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai parks staff helped the middle school start pickleball in gym class

Kenai parks staff spent Thursday helping the middle school start pickleball in gym class. The school has paddles, nets and one court taped to the floor.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Planners urged cutting the overlay's R-1 height break. The sponsors kept it.

Anchorage planning staff told the sponsors of a housing overlay to drop its special height rules for single-family zones. The sponsors kept them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Kodiak salmon fishing extended into Sunday across multiple districts

Alaska Department of Fish and Game extended Kodiak commercial salmon fishing into Sunday across multiple districts, with closing times varying by area between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak salmon fishing extended again, running through Wednesday evening

Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged

Alaska's count of missing Alaska Native and American Indian people fell by eight. None of the drop came from the cases nobody can explain.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Anchorage's next mayor to earn about $183,000, a 26 percent raise

Anchorage's next mayor will make about $183,000, a 26 percent raise — though it won't take effect until whoever wins the April 2027 election.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal

Alyeska seeks early renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline permit with a faster review. Cordova wants a shorter term and money set aside to decommission aging infrastructure.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Cordova raises its tax on rooms, rentals and alcohol to 14 percent

Cordova raised its tax on hotel rooms, alcohol, tobacco and rentals to 14 percent, and pulled boat rentals into it. Collections are running behind last year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Northrim's Oregon deal is on the record. The approvals are not.

Northrim's $167.3 million Oregon bank purchase is on the record, and none of the four regulatory approvals it needs has surfaced publicly.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs would nearly triple

The fuel surcharge on Manley Hot Springs electric bills would nearly triple under a new filing, while state rural power assistance stays where it is.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

One donor has supplied two-fifths of what a progressive Alaska fund raised this year

One Anchorage physician has supplied two-fifths of a progressive independent expenditure fund's money this year. Alaska caps no such gift.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

TCC will hold a November summit on what villages told it this summer

Tanana Chiefs Conference will hold a November summit on priorities its chief gathered during summer visits to seven Interior villages.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A fourplex would install no landscaping under this Anchorage ordinance

A builder putting four homes on an Anchorage lot would install no landscaped buffer under an ordinance up for public hearing Oct. 6.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year

Kenai voters decide in November on a homeowner tax exemption worth about $326 a year. It would cost the city roughly $434,000 annually in revenue.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage police force falls hardest on Alaska Native residents

A review found Anchorage police use force disproportionately on Alaska Native residents, more than comparable cities — and likely overstated what they've fixed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min read

Extending the Coastal Trail north may take a land deal, not an easement

Anchorage wants to extend the Coastal Trail north across Eklutna land. The corporation would rather sell or trade than grant an easement, citing trespassers.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Clay Koplin will lead Matanuska Electric starting in January

Clay Koplin, who has run Cordova Electric for nearly 20 years, takes over Matanuska Electric Association in January as Tony Izzo retires.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly keeps a non-binding housing resolution moving

The Anchorage Assembly refused to delay a housing resolution that, by its own sponsor's account, does not require anyone at all to do anything.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska seafood headed to Europe needs a new certificate starting today

Alaska seafood bound for Europe needs a new health certificate as of today, declaring no antibiotics were used for growth and none reserved for human medicine.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A gravel company can dig below the water table on Beaver Loop

A gravel company can dig two pits below the water table on Beaver Loop Road, over a neighbor's objections about his wells and the noise.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 26

Kodiak's landfill is out of compliance because bears keep getting in

Kodiak gave every household a bear-resistant cart. Bears keep getting into the landfill anyway, and the borough wants to talk about it privately.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read