Southcentral

Circle man arrested on first-degree murder charge in shotgun death

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Circle man on a first-degree murder charge after a fatal shotgun shooting at a residence Friday evening.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Man shot and killed in East Anchorage, the third death investigation there since July

A man was shot and killed late Saturday in East Anchorage, the third death investigation in the area since July. Police say no one is being sought.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Marijuana board chair's own store violation goes before the board they chair Sept. 2

Marijuana board chair Bailey Stuart faces a violation notice on their own retail store at the meeting they chair Wednesday, raising questions about whether they will step aside.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A grower denied renewal in June is still listed as active, owing $664,440

An Anchorage marijuana grower owes $664,440 in unpaid excise taxes and still appears active on state records months after the Marijuana Control Board denied its license renewal in December.

by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Trooper fires at armed man outside his Wasilla home after false report

A trooper fired at an armed man outside a Wasilla home Sunday after responding to a false 911 assault report, striking no one. The caller was intoxicated and had not been assaulted.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Frost advisory for Anchorage and the Mat-Su early Tuesday

Cover your plants Monday night. Frost is expected early Tuesday in colder pockets of Anchorage and the Mat-Su, a few days ahead of the usual first chill.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage firm will guard a federal satellite archive in South Dakota

An Anchorage company owned by Ahtna Athabascan shareholders will guard a federal satellite data archive in South Dakota for five years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025, state data show

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025. The Anchorage Assembly takes up a resolution Tuesday marking Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly weighs $305,000 more for South Goldenview road repairs

South Goldenview wants $305,000 for erosion repairs, the largest request yet from the Hillside neighborhoods that pay for their own roads.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Auditors found no central list of Anchorage's state agreements

Anchorage has taken on $17.2 million in state work over five years without a central list of the agreements, its internal auditors found.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August

Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kodiak salmon fishing ends Monday evening in Eastside and Northeast districts

Kodiak's east side closes Monday while the west and north hold through Wednesday. Karluk's king escapement last year was the second lowest on record.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage marks preparedness month after housing 655 evacuees

Anchorage took in 655 evacuees from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong. The Assembly recognizes September as National Preparedness Month on Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wind is stirring up 1912 volcanic ash over southwest Kodiak Island

Wind is stirring up ash from the 1912 Katmai eruption over southwest Kodiak Island, and Karluk and Larsen Bay residents should limit time outdoors.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Bristol Bay corporation's Anchorage arm takes $2.7 million Interior repair order

Anchorage contractor CCI Facility Contractors won a $2.7 million contract to repair water leaks at a former Interior Department building in Washington, D.C.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage weighs $470,000 no-bid sale of Government Hill lot

Anchorage would sell Chugach a Government Hill lot for $470,000 without taking bids, about $49,000 under what a broker valued it at in June.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage fills a watershed commission seat before its sunset date

Mayor LaFrance appointed wetland delineator Kara Dunham to Anchorage's Watershed Commission, with Assembly confirmation set for Sept. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly to vote Tuesday on $6.7 million wastewater bleach contract with lone bidder

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a $6.7 million bleach contract with the only bidder, raising the price from $7.96 to $9.96 per gallon for wastewater disinfection.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Mental Health Trust weighs a below-market lease for a youth treatment provider

The Mental Health Trust may lease an Anchorage office to a youth behavioral health nonprofit for $3,266 a year, against market rent near $327,000.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

$5.5 million for Anchorage public health nurses, WIC and child care inspectors

The Anchorage Assembly takes up $5.5 million in state grants Tuesday for public health nurses, WIC clinics and child care inspections, without a hearing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage legalized triplexes. Now it wants to drop their landscaping requirement

Anchorage legalized triplexes in 2023 and barely got any. Next it wants to drop their landscaping buffers, which some neighbors say screen the density.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage weighs a fiscal summit as property taxes carry the city

In 1982 the state covered 42 percent of Anchorage's operating costs. By 2024 it covered half a percent, and property taxes carried most of the rest.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kodiak seiners got four more days, or one, depending where they were

Kodiak seiners on the west and north sides got four more days Saturday. Four Alitak sections got one. The order gives no reason for the split.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

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

Anchorage homeowners wanted every big assessment rechecked. They got a narrower fix

Anchorage homeowners who saw assessments jump as much as 40% asked for a do-over. Three Assembly members proposed one. The Assembly passed something smaller.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Anchorage holds more property-appeal hearings, as hundreds of over-assessed homes get lower valuations

Mental Health Trust clears a road easement north of Seward

Kenai Peninsula Borough won a legal easement across Alaska Mental Health Trust land north of Seward to reach its own property, swapping access rights with the Trust.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Sutton man, 19, on DUI charge after car hits tree

Alaska State Troopers arrested a 19-year-old Sutton man on a DUI charge after his vehicle hit a tree and overturned on E Jonesville Mine Road early Saturday morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Cook Inlet Housing Authority asks Anchorage Assembly to make design-standard pause permanent

Anchorage paused its multifamily design rules in 2025. A housing developer wants the pause made permanent; neighborhood councils want it narrowed inste

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage wants $202,468 back from the owner of the Big Timber Motel it demolished

Anchorage spent $202,468 tearing down the Big Timber Motel after 14 years of code violations. Now it is trying to get the money back from the owner.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

ATF places $10 million more in supply orders with Anchorage's Bering Global Solutions

Bering Global Solutions, an Anchorage firm owned by an Alaska Native corporation, keeps a $10 million ATF contract after a federal appeals office rejected a rival's protest.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's park rezone meets the Knik Arm bridge route

Anchorage wants a park where the state wants a bridge. The port land rezone is the newest round in a Knik Arm Crossing fight going back decades.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Abbott Loop rezone drew 223 notices and no comments; hearing is Oct. 6

Anchorage Assembly takes its first vote Tuesday on rezoning a 0.27-acre Abbott Loop lot to allow denser housing, shifting from five to eight dwelling units per acre.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kodiak can't sell four lots it has owned since 1986 because they can't get a permit

Kodiak bought the land for a hospital in 1986, built ball fields instead, and still can't sell four lots that can't get a building permit.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

When the Memphis courthouse needs work, the government calls Anchorage

An Anchorage company owned by a Copper River village corporation has taken five federal orders at one Memphis courthouse this year, worth about $514,000.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Cordova's visitor numbers support 0.03 of a tourism liquor license. Rounded up, that is one.

Copper River Brewing seeks Cordova's first seasonal tourism liquor license, which would let families dine and hear live music April through September if the state approves it Sept. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Wasilla golf course seeks state license to serve beer and wine on the course

Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Wasilla wants to pour beer and wine across its grounds, range and deck. The state alcohol board takes it up Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

The Mental Health Trust granted Chugach an easement without saying what it charged

Chugach Electric won approval to bury power lines under Trust land at Community Park Loop, a move that will boost capacity for northeast Anchorage customers.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Tom Begich withdraws his campaign and endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

Tom announced he's withdrawing from the race for Governor and endorses JKT.

by Cale Green2mo ago3 min read

Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days

Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Federal grant of $3.6 million funds seismic retrofits on eight Interior Alaska bridges

Alaska has $3.64 million in federal money to earthquake-proof eight bridges its own engineers priced at somewhere between $5 million and $10 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage wetlands commission faces Oct. 14 sunset unless Assembly reauthorizes it

Anchorage's wetlands commission disappears Oct. 14 unless the Assembly votes to keep it, just as its own recommended wetlands plan update moves forward.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage moves to clarify its wetlands permitting, though some say it doesn't go far enough