Southcentral

Dan Sullivan endorsed Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race

Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan endorsed Sen. Dan Sullivan in a race that also features Daniel Sullivan Jr. He signed it "the OG Dan Sullivan."

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage considers naming Northeast Connector Trail after Karen Bronga

Anchorage's naming commission will weigh renaming a Centennial Park trail for Karen Bronga, a former Assembly member killed last month, at a Sept. 9 hearing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two rounds of rain this week could flood Susitna Valley gravel bars

Two rounds of rain this week could push rivers in the Susitna Valley toward bankfull. Gravel bars and low riverside camps may end up underwater.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound's seine fishery stays closed, its next opening tied to hatchery returns

Prince William Sound's purse seine fishery stays closed with no opening set. Its next opening now depends on salmon returns to the hatcheries, not a fixed date.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Dunleavy names a fentanyl awareness day; Alaska recorded 339 overdose deaths last year

Dunleavy proclaimed a Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. Alaska recorded 339 overdose deaths in 2024, down 5 percent, with fentanyl in about 73 percent.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly committees would consolidate under a draft from the Rules chair

Anchorage Assembly committees would consolidate and meet less often under the Rules chair's draft. Members have said the current load is too many hours.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

As a crime center vote nears, Anchorage weighs whether its privacy limits should be policy or law

Anchorage votes Sept. 1 on $600K for its police crime center. The chief says it adds no surveillance; a pending ordinance would put its privacy limits into law.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

A Bering Strait Native corporation will staff anti-trafficking work for the State Department

A Bering Straits Native Corporation subsidiary won a State Department contract to staff anti-trafficking work, supporting its 8,200+ Native shareholders.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Knik Tribe awarded $5 million to design fish passage fixes on Talkeetna Spur Road

Eight culverts on the Talkeetna Spur Road block salmon from more than 66 miles of stream. The Knik Tribe got $5 million to design the fixes.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Copper River gillnetters get a 12-hour opener Monday, half the last period

Copper River and Bering River gillnetters get 12 hours Monday, half of last week's opener, as Fish and Game tries to keep building early salmon escapement.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska lawmakers weigh whether to keep boards licensing dentists and barbers

Alaska lawmakers are weighing whether to keep the boards licensing dentists, chiropractors and barbers, and released the audits that will guide that call.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage police detail the limits on their Real-Time Crime Center

Anchorage police will delete license plate reader data after 14 days and limit searches to fewer than 10 employees, Police Chief Sean Case said.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage is considering expanding its surveillance network. The privacy rules are still a draft.

A Kodiak landscaper won $19,500 to resurface the base softball field

Five companies bid for the job of filling in the low spots in the Coast Guard's softball outfield in Kodiak. The winner gets 30 days and $19,500.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

The State Fair is open now

The Alaska State Fair is back in Palmer through Sept. 7 — a stacked concert lineup, giant cabbages and pumpkins, carnival rides and fair food.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A proposed rule would presume national forest roads and trails are open unless the Forest Service documents a reason to close them

A proposed rule would presume national forest roads and trails, including in Alaska, are open unless the Forest Service documents a reason to close them.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage wildfire mitigation would be paid for citywide, researchers say

UA researchers will recommend all of Anchorage pay for wildfire mitigation, not just high-risk neighborhoods. Their full report is due in October.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 18

Anchorage police ask cardholders to check statements in tap-to-pay fraud case

Anchorage police want cardholders checking four date ranges for charges they didn't make. For the July charges, the 60-day dispute window closes in September.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Enstar tells legislators it's 18 days short of gas for winter

Enstar told legislators it's 18 days, about 3 Bcf, short of gas for a normal winter after two supplies fell through, with deals underway still leaving a gap.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Anchorage keeps blowing past overtime budgets stuck on a 2010 baseline

Anchorage's police, fire and transit overtime again ran over budget, largely because the budgeted amounts still rest on an unadjusted 2010 baseline.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Alaska will give up 5 acres on Elrington Island despite unanimous opposition

Alaska will cede 5 acres on Elrington Island to the University of Alaska. All 13 public comments opposed it, citing lost hunting and subsistence access.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Driver kills Anchorage pedestrian at Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard, flees scene

A woman was killed by a driver who did not stop, at Seward Highway and Benson early Saturday. Her name is being withheld until family is notified.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Copper River village corporation is fixing federal buildings in Tennessee

A company owned by 260 shareholders from a Copper River village is painting judges' chambers in Memphis and fixing a fire pump in Jackson, Tennessee.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Golden Valley was short on reserves 94 percent of the last 250 days

Golden Valley was short on generation reserves 94% of the last 250 days, and its mix models 17 shortfalls a year against a benchmark of one per decade.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

AFN gives delegates another week to file convention resolutions

AFN gave delegates another week to file convention resolutions, now due Aug. 28. Divisive issues go to the Board rather than to the delegates.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska near Hope on Friday night

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska near Hope late Friday, felt by hundreds across the region but bringing light shaking and no damage.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Manley Hot Springs surcharge would nearly triple under a filing before regulators

Manley Hot Springs electric customers face a cost-of-power surcharge nearly three times higher on Sept. 1. The state credit that offsets it does not move.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Homer weighs spending $6,000 to inform voters about a road-tax measure, near a line the law draws

Homer may spend $6,000 to inform voters about renewing its road-and-trail sales tax, though the ordinance's own title admits it "may influence" the vote.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

South Slope Drive owners learn Monday what the sewer will cost them

Homer owners on South Slope Drive find out Monday what they owe for sewer. Past city sewer assessments have run past $11,000 for a single parcel.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

An Anchorage supplier shrank to six employees, and now it stocks federal Alaska

The Anchorage company filling federal orders for pens and clipboards had six employees in mid-2022. It now holds GSA and Navy work worth tens of millions.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

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

Anchorage holds six more property-appeal hearings next week, as about 660 over-assessed homes get lower valuations and the appeals board nearly doubles.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Chugach sees opportunity for its communities in the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup

Chugach, an Alaska Native corporation that contracts with the Coast Guard, is casting the service's Alaska buildup as an opportunity for its communities.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly tightens absence rule in 6-1 vote

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly lowered the absence threshold to 25 percent of meetings to forfeit a seat, down from 50 percent, and now counts work sessions in that total.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Coast Guard awards $143.4 million for 30 housing units and child care center at Kodiak ahead of two Arctic cutters

The Coast Guard is spending $143.4 million on 30 housing units and a child care center at Base Kodiak, ahead of two Arctic Security Cutters homeporting there.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Charter plane crash at Cape Newenham radar site kills eight

Eight people died when a charter plane crashed on approach to the Cape Newenham radar site in western Alaska. Two pilots and six passengers were aboard.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A group backing Begich for governor has spent nothing, with a website waiting for the general election

A new outside group backing Tom Begich for governor has spent nothing so far, its only financial trace a $1,116 debt for a website that wasn't even live yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: A new group formed to back Tom Begich for governor, days before the primary

Alaska's arts council wants to bring arts and culture into classrooms statewide, building on a Kodiak model

Alaska's arts council is launching a statewide effort to bring arts and culture into classrooms, expanding a decade-old Kodiak model to the rest of the state.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Palmer jury convicts Robert Hawes on four felony sex abuse counts

A Palmer jury convicted Robert Hawes, 72, on four felony sex abuse counts involving a 4-year-old child in 2021. He faces sentencing November 25.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage schools will open a new listening effort with a $42 million shortfall

Anchorage School District is launching a listening effort, opening with the $42 million shortfall it projects for 2028. Past rounds drew complaints.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

If you pulled an Upper Cook Inlet dipnet permit, you have until Aug. 31 to file, even if you never fished

Pulled an Upper Cook Inlet dipnet permit? File your harvest report by Aug. 31, even if you never fished, or you lose personal-use fishing privileges next year.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Catch a pike in an Anchorage lake and you have to kill it

Catch a northern pike in an Anchorage lake and you have to kill it. They are invasive south of the Alaska Range and they eat salmon and trout.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read