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Troopers cite a Wasilla hunter over evidence of sex missing from his moose
A Wasilla hunter was cited near Eureka after troopers found his moose no longer had evidence of sex attached, a detail that turns a legal animal into a charge.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago1 min read
Goat hunt RG249 north of Valdez Arm closes
Goat hunting north of Valdez Arm closes Tuesday night, four months early. Hunters have reported five of the seven goat points allowed this season.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Nelchina caribou could be hunted again in 2027 under a state proposal
Nelchina caribou hunters could get 150 Tier II bulls in 2027. The herd has more than doubled since 2023 but is still below the state's goal.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Wasilla group reports $93,850 in September spending for six Republican legislative candidates
A group funded entirely by a national Republican committee has spent $93,850 on six Alaska House races, including $50,800 to a Wyoming canvassing firm.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Three Homer Electric generators failed at once, and hydro covered the gap
Three of Homer Electric's generators failed at once in August. It bought hydro to cover, from a dam whose lines cannot carry its full output.
by Alaska Newsadded 6d ago2 min read
Flaggers still at Richardson Highway MP 210 as rock blasting wraps up
Crews blasted the last of an unstable rock outcrop off the Richardson Highway at Milepost 210, a year after the state flagged it. Traffic is still controlled.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
State agencies host Oct. 12-13 Anchorage conference on disability employment
State agencies host an Employment First Conference Oct. 12-13 in Anchorage to address why only 51% of Alaskans with disabilities work, compared to 77% without.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Scammers posing as MEA are threatening Mat-Su members with shutoffs
Scammers posing as MEA are calling members, some with their account numbers, threatening to cut the power. MEA says hang up and call 907-761-9300.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago2 min read
Kenai refuge's environmental education building gets exterior repairs
The Kenai refuge's environmental education building is getting a $48,000 exterior fix-up this fall, from a small business based in Colorado.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest a Kenai man on a drug warrant after a Nikiski stop
Troopers arrested a Kenai man on a drug warrant after a Nikiski traffic stop and found 1.30 grams of meth, worth about $130 at state prices.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
The Indian Health Service is paying an Alaska firm to clear a coding backlog
An uncoded clinic visit is an unbilled one, and unbilled means money the clinic never sees. IHS is paying an Anchorage firm to help catch up.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min read
Anchorage judge sentences Adam Pringle to 55 years for 2022 killing of Keenan Wegener
The second man convicted in the 2022 killing of Keenan Wegener got 55 years, a few more than his co-defendant. It took four years to reach sentencing.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest woman for DUI after SUV hits median at Big Lake recreation area
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 47-year-old Big Lake woman on DUI and failure-to-report charges after her SUV struck a median at Big Lake North State Recreation Area early Sunday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Labor committee reports $125,000 in ads for four Alaska candidates
Putting Alaskans First reported $125,000 in Meta ads supporting four legislative candidates. Two other committees reported smaller buys.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Railroad board to discuss $315 million Port MacKenzie extension Friday
The Alaska Railroad board will discuss a private consortium's Port MacKenzie proposal Friday. Any board action must occur in public session.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Anchorage schools model a $9 million budget gap for fiscal 2028
Anchorage schools project a $9 million fiscal 2028 gap after reserves and assumed energy relief. Officials say underlying cost growth is closer to $40 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Anchorage officials fail to agree on shared school-closure committee
The Assembly and School Board could not agree on giving both bodies votes on a school-closure committee. The existing board-led panel remains.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago5 min read
Anchorage schedules Oct. 6 hearing on transit-corridor plan
Anchorage will hear testimony Oct. 6 on plan amendments calling for 25 to 36 homes per acre in designated transit corridors.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Anchorage service-area debate exposes unanswered questions about taxes and emergency coverage
Anchorage Assembly members questioned how service-area taxes match actual fire, emergency and parks coverage. Several answers remain unresolved.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Homer man arrested on 11 felony counts in $8,000 Anchor Point theft
Homer man Wyatt Stollar arrested on 11 felony counts after roughly $8,000 in tools, jewelry, an ATV and firearms stolen from an Anchor Point property turned up at a pawn shop.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Alaska's three-judge court has been short since 2022; Reardon would fill the last seat
Alaska's federal court has been short a judge for five years, one seat vacated by a judge forced out for misconduct. The Senate questioned his replacement.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago3 min read
Troopers call Kenny Lake church fire suspicious
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a fire at Mountain View Baptist Church in Kenny Lake early Tuesday as suspicious.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min read
Alaska governor candidates agree on Permanent Fund, split on taxes
Taylor and Bronson opposed broad new taxes; Kreiss-Tomkins backed targeted revenue as three candidates compared fiscal, energy and workforce plans
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago4 min read
Chugach will charge you less at night, if you actually move your usage
Chugach will sell you cheaper power overnight and pricier power all day long. Sign up and change nothing, and you end up paying a little more.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Three locally drawn library cards are free at the Soldotna library through September
Soldotna's library is handing out three limited-edition cards designed by locals, including a moose under the northern lights by a 12-year-old.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min read
Anchorage appeals board sets five more property hearings for Sept. 22-25
Anchorage was supposed to have finished hearing property assessment appeals by June 1. It is still hearing them, nearly four months later.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
A goat season that runs to January is closing after six days
A goat hunt east of Unakwik Inlet closes Sunday, six days into a season that runs to January. The department says 30 days is closer to normal.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
An appeals court reopens a McLaughlin Youth Center abuse conviction
An appeals court withdrew its decision upholding a former McLaughlin Youth Center officer's abuse conviction, sending it back over withheld records.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min read
Fish and Game sets Prince William Sound fall herring quota at 749 tons, citing weak spring spawn
Prince William Sound's fall herring quota came in 633 tons under what the plan allows, and the spawn number behind that call was never published.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Mat-Su asks AIDEA to build at Point MacKenzie, not on 20,000 acres near Houston
The state proposed giving AIDEA 885 acres at Port MacKenzie for free, one day after the borough voted to send AIDEA there instead of Houston.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago4 min read
Anchorage's school funding gap has shrunk to about $6 million
Anchorage's school funding gap for next year has halved to about $6 million, after the Legislature capped how much the local contribution can grow.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Summit on Aging offers 15-minute one-on-one slots with Alaska health leaders
Alaska's aging summit runs Oct. 15 to 17 in Anchorage, and you can book 15 minutes to tell state health leadership exactly what you think.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Anchorage's required 2027 school contribution rises to about $138 million
Anchorage owes its schools $138 million next year and may give up to $108 million more. The board says no school closes for money either way.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Anchorage's property tax cap rises $18.5 million for next year
Anchorage's property tax cap rises $18.5 million next year to $381.7 million. Last year the city collected everything it was allowed, minus $325.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Arctic's warmest summer since 1950 included the rain that flooded the Susitna Valley
The July rain that flooded the Susitna Valley is now logged as an extreme event of the warmest Arctic summer since 1950, according to a new climate review.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
A woman was killed at East 3rd and Orca, where the state mapped a cluster
A woman was killed by a driver who left the scene at East 3rd and Orca, on the edge of an area the state mapped as a pedestrian death cluster.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
A jet fuel truck at JBER is out until at least the end of December
A truck that pumps 600 gallons of jet fuel a minute is sitting dead on the JBER flightline. The replacement engine is not due until late December.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
A Dena'ina artist's work is headed for downtown Anchorage's signs
Dena'ina artist Sebastian Garber's MOA50 designs reach downtown Anchorage's wayfinding signs next year, drawing on Indigenous quillwork patterns.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Wasilla's road plan expired on a population forecast 38 percent too high
Wasilla's road plan expired, its parent comprehensive plan was repealed in 2011, and it assumed 3,700 more residents than the city actually has.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
The state held Kenai coho at two a day through November
Kenai coho limits stay at two a day through November instead of rising to three, on abundance numbers the state admits it can't monitor well.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read