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AlaskaCare takes comment on adding massage therapists to DB retiree plan
Alaska is asking retirees whether the state health plan for defined benefit retirees should cover licensed massage therapists, with comments due by October 19.
by Walter AlaskaNews2h ago1 min read
Tlingit & Haida gets $1.05 million for Angoon youth classes and kinship caregivers
Tlingit & Haida got $1.05 million in federal funding for pregnancy-prevention classes in Angoon and kinship navigators across Southeast Alaska and Washington.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3h ago2 min read
Juneau and Anchorage youth shelters get $650,000 in federal grants for runaway and homeless youth
Youth shelters in Juneau and Anchorage are getting $650,000 in new federal grants to give runaway and homeless kids a safe place to stay and help getting home.
by Maggie AlaskaNews14h ago2 min read
Weather Service cancels Ketchikan wind advisory early after gusts fall short of forecast
Ketchikan's windstorm came in under budget: forecasters warned of 50 mph gusts, the airport topped out around 36, and the advisory ended three hours early.
by Walter AlaskaNews16h ago1 min read
Ketchikan Indian Community gets $900,000 to revive its fleet for subsistence trips, training and charters
Ketchikan Indian Community is putting 23 boats back to work with a $900,000 federal grant: elder-led subsistence trips, youth training and halibut charters.
by Maggie AlaskaNews15h ago2 min read
Petersburg Medical Center weighs $10 million apartment building to house its staff
Petersburg Medical Center needs somewhere for its staff to live. A 20-unit apartment building would do it, at about $500,000 a unit. The board is thinking.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Petersburg hospital CEO and board member differ on how federal budget law will affect Medicaid
Petersburg's hospital CEO told his board the federal budget law mostly adds paperwork for the state. A board member called it major Medicaid cuts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Lincoln Street in downtown Sitka to close Oct. 5 to 15 for water line work
Part of Lincoln Street by St. Michael's Cathedral closes Oct. 5 to 15 for a new water line. Sitka's downtown gets a detour, and everyone gets a longer walk.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min read
Ketchikan man, 78, dies after his vehicle leaves North Tongass Highway near Mile 13
John Olson, 78, of Ketchikan died Saturday after his vehicle left North Tongass Highway near Mile 13. Troopers haven't said what caused the crash.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 19h ago1 min read
Juneau two-bedroom rents rise 2.8%, but one-bedroom rents climb faster
Juneau's typical two-bedroom rent rose just 2.8% this spring, to $1,708. One-bedrooms were another story, up about 13% in the state's survey.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1d ago2 min read
Juneau's Suicide Basin refills fast as second release remains possible
Suicide Basin above Juneau is refilling after August's flood, and a second release could come anytime. None is forecast, and no flood watch is in effect.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Coast Guard awards $36.4 million to repair industrial facility at Base Ketchikan
The Coast Guard is spending $36.4 million to repair a building at Base Ketchikan, the borough's biggest federal contract this year by a wide margin.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell joins new group active in Juneau and Sitka elections
Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell is now co-chair of a new independent expenditure group focused on Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 municipal elections.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read
Yakutat set gillnetters get another opening, but still can't keep king salmon
Yakutat set gillnetters get another opening starting Sunday. Other salmon are fair game. Kings still aren't, in any size, whether for sale or for dinner.
by Bill AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read
Juneau kelp farm study suggests minimal influence on fish and invertebrates
A federal study of two kelp farms near Juneau found minimal impact on fish and invertebrates, though a missed sampling trip prevented statistical confirmation.
by Bill AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read
Typhoon Dujuan's remnants bring heavy rain, swells and a gale warning to Southeast Alaska this weekend
Typhoon Dujuan's remnants bring heavy swells, rounds of heavy rain and a gale west of Yakutat to Southeast Alaska this weekend. Friday stays dry.
by Alaska News3d ago1 min read
Petersburg assembly deadlocks 3-3, rejecting one-year data center moratorium
Petersburg's assembly split 3-3 on pausing data center permits, so there's no pause. The utility says the power grid comes with its own off switch.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Petersburg paid to advertise one of its two sales tax ballot questions, finance director says
Petersburg is voting on two sales tax questions and bought ads for one. The senior exemption initiative will have to get by on word of mouth.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read
Murkowski bill would modify and continue Snettisham's exemption from federal hydropower licensing
Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill Thursday to keep Juneau's Snettisham hydroelectric plant exempt from federal licensing rules, protecting the facility that supplies 70% of the city's power
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Three Alaska tribal housing groups win $15.7 million in federal grants for 58 homes
Three Alaska tribal housing groups won $15.7 million in HUD's latest competitive round, enough for 58 homes in Haines, Galena and Anchorage.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3d ago2 min read
Ketchikan planning commission to consider censuring commissioner over remarks about Ketchikan Indian Community
Ketchikan's planning commission will weigh censuring a commissioner over remarks about the Ketchikan Indian Community, a day after a removal law is introduced.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
FAA awards $19.6 million to replace worn-out lighting and signs at Haines Airport
Haines Airport's runway lights, taxiway signs and beacon have all reached the end of their useful life, per the FAA, which is sending $19.6 million to fix that.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3d ago2 min read
Tlingit & Haida delegates reelect Richard Peterson as president
Tlingit & Haida delegates reelected Richard Peterson as president Thursday and chose Clinton Cook as first vice president at the tribe's 91st Tribal Assembly.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Prince William Sound faces a winter without ferry service as the Aurora is overhauled
Prince William Sound faces a winter with little or no ferry service while the 1977-built Aurora is overhauled. New docks are the fix, and they're years away.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
New independent expenditure group registers for Juneau and Sitka municipal elections
A new outside spending group signed up for Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 elections. It hasn't said who it's backing, only that it favors economic opportunity.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Sitka Tribe and Metlakatla May Request Return of 11 Ancestors and 16 Items in October
Four museums and federal agencies hold at least 11 Alaska Native ancestors and 16 cultural items the Sitka Tribe and Metlakatla may request returned starting in October.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read
Juneau nearly doubled what it gives Eaglecrest this year
Juneau nearly doubled its support for Eaglecrest this year. At the old number, the ski area said it would have to cut more than half its staff.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Juneau Planning Commission approves second commercial tenant at Clinton Drive Domino's building
Juneau approved a second commercial tenant next to the Clinton Drive Domino's. Who actually moves in is still unknown, and no parking was added.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Juneau's planning commission approved a subdivision plat it rejected in July
Juneau's planning commission turned this subdivision down in July over drainage. The Assembly sent it back, and on Tuesday it passed it.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Ketchikan's new tourism board will not include the cruise line agencies
Ketchikan is seating a tourism board without the cruise agencies on it. Whether the industry has grown too fast stays with the city council.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Alaska will spend up to $250,000 studying a ferry terminal in Hyder
Alaska wants to study a ferry terminal for a town of 41 people. The reason is Canada: Hyder's road runs south through B.C., and Prince Rupert may not last.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Alaska Supreme Court takes up Sitka assault where a woman owes $104,000 to the doctor who pleaded guilty to assaulting her
A Sitka woman's doctor pleaded guilty to assaulting her. A civil jury never heard that, found against her, and she now owes him and the city $104,307.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read
Tlingit & Haida wins $1.57M to train Southeast Alaska overdose responders
Tlingit & Haida will spend $1.57 million over four years training responders and keeping naloxone stocked across Southeast Alaska communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
A federal grant funds Tlingit & Haida's plan to hear child protection cases
The Tlingit & Haida Tribal Court is preparing to open its own child protection cases, using authority Alaska courts recognized more than a decade ago.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago3 min read
Southeast's freight surcharge hits its highest published level
The fuel surcharge on Southeast freight hits 22.5 percent, the highest on record. Nobody outside the company can check the number against anything.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 5d ago2 min read
Hiker injured by bear on Jones Point Trail in Haines
A hiker attacked by a bear on the Jones Point Trail got herself out. It is the second bear attack in Haines in under a month, and both bears are loose.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Juneau moves to ban electric motorcycles on nearly all public property
Juneau would ban electric motorcycles on nearly all public property, with exemptions for Montana Creek Trail and the off-road vehicle park.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
A Spokane man gets 25 years for mailing fentanyl that killed two men
A Spokane man was sentenced to 25 years for mailing about 150 fentanyl pills to Skagway, a shipment that killed two men within about a day.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Juneau's JAMHI clinic gets $938,000 in congressionally directed funds to replace failing HVAC
Juneau has no road out. The clinic holding its primary care and behavioral health is getting federal money for failing HVAC and fire suppression.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read
FAA awards Sitka $2 million for seaplane base land and final design
Sitka has federal money to buy land and finish designs for a new floatplane base. The $34 million to actually build it hasn't turned up yet.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min read
