Southcentral

Fish and Game's wildlife storytelling night returns to Palmer Nov. 13

Fish and Game's wildlife storytelling night returns to Palmer Nov. 13. Last year's had a bear hunt, a harrowing outhouse trip and real moose in the parking lot.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read

Seward-Tudor interchange rebuild estimated at $96.5 million

The state's draft design puts the Seward Highway–Tudor Road interchange rebuild at $96.5 million. So far, only the $5 million for design is approved.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read

Afognak Native Corporation names Alutiiq LLC executive Autumn Sellars interim CEO

Afognak Native Corporation named an interim CEO. Its announcement doesn't mention Dan Corbett, CEO when it bought a majority of Weaver Bros. in September.

by Melinda Communities.News6d ago2 min read

Homer staff asks what matters most as float project estimate tops $22 million

Replacing Homer Harbor's 1964 floats is now estimated at over $22M, up from $17M. Staff wants the port commission to say what matters most if it's trimmed.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read

16-year-old dies after being found unresponsive near Pillar Creek Beach in Kodiak

A 16-year-old boy was found unresponsive near Pillar Creek Beach in Kodiak on Friday and could not be revived. Troopers say they don't suspect foul play.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read

Kodiak weighs borrowing up to $10 million more to replace its main sewage pump station

Kodiak's sewage station drew one bid, at twice the estimate; one digging item was priced near the whole estimate. The council votes Thursday on borrowing more.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read

Fish and Game closes Uganik and Uyak herring districts in the Kodiak Area

Fish and Game closed Uganik and Uyak to commercial herring fishing Friday, leaving six Kodiak districts open. The notice does not say why the two closed or how much herring was caught.

by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read

Cordova closes 4th and Browning for road repairs as it works on a water leak on 4th

Cordova closed the corner of 4th Street and Browning Avenue Thursday for road repairs, the same day the city planned a brief water shutoff to fix a leak on 4th.

by Alaska News6d ago1 min read

Soldotna's reserve fell $900,000 as mayoral leader seeks to undo sales tax

Soldotna's discretionary reserve dropped about $900,000 last year, just as the man leading the mayor's race says he wants to undo the new sales tax.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read

Follows: Challenger leads Soldotna mayor as Kenai Peninsula election counts continue

NOAA removes remaining funds from two Juneau contracts as they near closeout

NOAA is wrapping up a Juneau air charter contract that flew people and supplies to its research station in one of North America's rainiest places.

by Melinda Communities.News6d ago2 min read

Police arrest three at Mountain View Elementary after early-morning alarms

Alarms went off at Mountain View Elementary before dawn Friday, and police caught three people trying to leave. Two are juveniles; one is 18.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly members want behavioral health care on the city's list for Juneau

Anchorage's wish list for the Legislature asks for tougher drug penalties but makes no specific ask for behavioral health care. Assembly members noticed.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read

One person wounded in a shooting near Mountain View Drive and North Boniface Parkway

Someone shot at two people in a vehicle near Mountain View Drive and North Boniface Parkway late Thursday, hitting one. No arrests yet, Anchorage police say.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read

Anchorage proposal would replace yearly ambulance bonds with a $3.345 million levy

Anchorage has borrowed to buy ambulances for at least a decade. The mayor and an Eagle River Assembly member want voters to OK a $3.3M levy instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read

Alaska sets March exams for big game guide-outfitters, with applications due Nov. 16

Want to run big game hunts in Alaska? Apply by Nov. 16 for the March exams, and bring eight client references and a video of yourself caping an animal.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read

Eagle River nurse practitioner to be resentenced in three overdose deaths

Jessica Spayd, the Eagle River nurse practitioner once given 30 years in an opioid case, pleaded guilty in three overdose deaths and faces a new sentence.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage plan would let staff decide some cases that now get public hearings

Anchorage planners want staff, not public hearings, to settle some routine land-use requests. Now they've asked to push the first hearing to December.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Kenai airport is one of the first two in the US with a working digital control tower

Kenai's airport now has one of the country's first two digital control towers, with cameras giving controllers a 360-degree view. The other one is in Florida.

by Alaska News1w ago2 min read

Anchorage police arrest a man on felony weapons and assault charges after a shooting

Anchorage police arrested a 23-year-old man Thursday after a shooting injured another man. He faces four felonies, the most serious a class A weapons count.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Army Corps seeks contractor to keep Anchorage's harbor dredged through 2029

The Army Corps wants a contractor to dredge Anchorage's harbor through 2029, scooping out the Cook Inlet silt that keeps settling where ships need to dock.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read

Anchorage sets Dec. 1 hearings on rezones for 44 townhomes and a Chugach utility yard

Anchorage set Dec. 1 hearings on rezoning 44 townhomes that sit on land zoned for shops and Chugach Electric's longtime utility yard to heavy industrial.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage Assembly takes up rezone for 44 townhomes sitting on land zoned for shops

Kodiak makes public why election winner Jeremy Williamson hasn't been sworn in

Kodiak's assembly released the legal opinion behind why winner Jeremy Williamson hasn't been sworn in: borough contract holders can't be seated, it says.

by Alaska News1w ago3 min read

Mat-Su picks Front Street site for Talkeetna water tank as some residents object

Mat-Su picked a wooded Front Street lot for Talkeetna's new water tank. Some neighbors want it at the old plant; the borough would rather own its land.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Kenai parks commission backs dropping park status from Ahlstrom Park lot

Kenai's parks commission voted 5-0 to recommend dropping park status from a 2.32-acre lot that never became a park. Planners eyed a more central spot.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Kenai parks commission to weigh dropping park status from Ahlstrom Park lot

Houston parks commission asks city to find and protect public access to lakes

Houston's parks commission wants the city to find and mark public paths to its lakes before they turn into driveways. It met for the first time since April.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Palmer will bring in outside counsel on ethics complaint naming the mayor and city manager

Palmer is bringing in outside counsel on an ethics complaint naming its mayor and manager. Also: a remark about the manager's child, and no library kitchen.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readFrom Oct 27

Follows: Palmer council may meet in closed session Tuesday on an ethics complaint

Kenai land plan would auction part of the sports complex parcel for housing

Kenai's parks commission backed a plan to auction a corner of the sports complex parcel for housing. The memo doesn't say if it overlaps protected acres.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State energy agency says it never talked to firm that listed its power cable as a partner

A firm pitching an undersea AI data center in Cook Inlet called the state's planned power cable a "Strategic Partner." The state says they never talked.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Kenai asks to join the federal review of a proposed undersea data center in Cook Inlet

Eight GCI technicians will vote on joining a union over the company's objection

Eight GCI technicians will vote by mail on joining the IBEW after a federal labor official ordered an election over GCI's objection. Ballots count Dec. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Mat-Su board approves Willow-area land split without requiring a mile-plus road

Mat-Su's Platting Board OK'd splitting 40 acres near Willow into two lots without building the 6,800-foot road borough rules would normally require.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Follows: Willow-area owners ask Mat-Su to let them split 40 acres without building a mile-plus road

Whittier weighs ending seat-by-seat council races and charging to challenge results

Whittier may scrap seat-by-seat council races and candidate petitions, and set a $1,000 fee to contest an election and a $500 fee for a recount.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Wasilla council weighs $73,865 more to finish its first new growth plan since 2011

Wasilla's growth plan dates to 2011. The council Monday considers paying DOWL $73,865 more to finish the new one, which goes to the public in January.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Whittier harbor's new meters produced $7,000 bills and its new floats cracked

Whittier's harbor got new power meters and new concrete floats. Some meters spat out $7,000 bills, and the floats started cracking. Updates come Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State proposes approving revised cleanup plan for old Hiland Mountain prison range

State plans to approve a revised cleanup of Hiland Mountain prison's old shooting range, removing 1,150 cubic yards of tainted soil. Comments are due Dec. 4.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

A Kodiak student's suicide-prevention resolution goes before Alaska's school boards

A Kodiak student's resolution would have every Alaska middle and high school run a student-led mental health or suicide-prevention group. Vote is Sunday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 7

Alaska energy authority faces a $410 million gap for two Railbelt grid projects

Alaska's energy authority wants $142.3 million from lawmakers for a Cook Inlet power cable and still needs $268 million for a Healy line. That's $410 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: A second power link to Kenai would run under Cook Inlet

Free one-on-one computer help offered twice a week at the Mat-Su Job Center

Stuck on an online job application, a sketchy email or Excel? Free tutors at the Mat-Su Job Center in Wasilla will sit down with you twice a week.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Mat-Su finishes Fern Street rebuild with new Cottonwood Creek fish culvert

Mat-Su finished part of its Fern Street rebuild, swapping culverts that blocked salmon from most of Cottonwood Creek. Walkers got a path; fish got a door.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Judge rules Indiana prison rules don't follow an inmate to Alaska

An Indiana prisoner held in Seward sued to get Indiana prison rules, like tablet email. A federal judge said those rules don't follow him to Alaska.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Gulf pollock fleet neared its king salmon limit before pollock fishing closed

Gulf pollock boats caught nearly 16,000 king salmon, 87% of their cap, before hitting their pollock limit. Kings caught per ton nearly doubled.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readFrom Oct 29