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Fort Wainwright advocates say domestic abuse goes beyond physical violence
Fort Wainwright advocates say domestic abuse can mean financial control, digital abuse or threats to pets. They're at the post Exchange twice this month.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2h ago2 min read
Wasilla man wins a federal design patent for his fish bonker after a 3½-year wait
Wasilla's Cody Christopher now holds a federal design patent on his fish bonker, protecting the club's look for 15 years after a 3½-year wait.
by Alaska News3d ago1 min read
Weather service warns of icy spots on Fairbanks-area roads Tuesday morning
Weather service warns of icy roads across Fairbanks and Interior communities Tuesday morning as wet spots freeze.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
State expects seismic retrofit of Tanana River Bridge at Big Delta to start in mid-October
Alaska is the most seismically active state, and DOT says earthquake work on the Big Delta bridge starts this month. Seven more bridges are in line.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Commercial vehicle crash closed Tok Cutoff near Slana on Monday morning
A commercial vehicle crash closed the Tok Cutoff in both directions near Slana early Monday. By late morning, Alaska 511 no longer showed the closure.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Trump claims permanent Greenland security control in Leif Erikson Day message
Trump says a security deal with Denmark and Greenland gives the U.S. permanent control over Greenland's defense, but Greenland says it retains approval rights over new U.S. military areas.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min read
FAA keeps plowing roads to Alaska navigation beacons as it retires others
The FAA pays local crews to plow roads to Alaska's radio navigation beacons each winter, even as it retires more than a dozen others in favor of GPS.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read
Denali Borough staff plan to waive tour permit user fees again, drawing committee pushback
Denali Borough land staff plan to waive commercial tour permit fees again in 2027, but all three Finance Committee members objected Wednesday, saying the delay wastes years of work on the fee program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
State to give highway department 200,000 cubic yards from Parks, Alcan pits at no charge
Alaska Department of Natural Resources will give the transportation department 200,000 cubic yards of gravel from two Interior highway pits at no cost.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fire crews to burn debris piles on Interior Army training lands through Oct. 31
U.S. Wildland Fire Service and Army Garrison Alaska will burn woody debris piles on Interior training lands from Oct. 6 through Oct. 31, with smoke visible from Fort Wainwright and nearby roads.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Healy Lake fuel surcharge more than triples; 750 kWh bill rises $7
Healy Lake's fuel surcharge more than tripled. A bigger state credit covers most of it for households: a 750-kilowatt-hour monthly bill rises about $7.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Senators question Golden Dome's $185 billion price as budget office puts full shield at $1.2 trillion
A Congressional Budget Office estimate puts a Trump missile defense system at $1.2 trillion over 20 years, six times the Pentagon's $185 billion target.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Tok's 40-Mile Air gets $45,000 contract for helicopter flights to track Yukon-Charley wolves
The Park Service is paying a Tok air service $45,000 for on-call helicopter time to keep tabs on Yukon-Charley's wolves. The wolves were not consulted.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Eight of nine Alaska tribes get smaller military cleanup agreements in latest Defense Department round
Nine Alaska tribes signed new Defense Department agreements to clean up old military contamination. The money has shrunk every year since 2023.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Federal board gives subsistence hunters 10 more days to hunt moose in the Tetlin refuge area
Rural subsistence hunters near Northway get 10 more days to hunt moose in the Tetlin refuge area, after warmer falls made moose harder to get, the board said.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Federal audit finds Eielson Air Force Base short hundreds of support workers, with one person left in housing
Eielson's housing office is down to one person, and hiring takes 407 days. A federal audit found more vacancies there than at eight other bases combined.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
The Greenland defense deal cites Golden Dome, the missile shield already anchored in Alaska
The U.S.-Greenland defense deal cites Golden Dome, a missile shield Congress funded but can't get spending details on. Its Senate sponsor is Dan Sullivan.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Tanana subsistence and personal use fishing goes 24 hours
Tanana River subsistence fishing opens to full gear around the clock Tuesday, after six straight years of restrictions on a fall chum run that came back.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Palmer pilot and Michigan passenger killed in eastern Alaska plane crash
Two people died when a Piper Super Cub went down in eastern Alaska on Sept. 17, two days after a separate crash near Aniak killed two men.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
BLM bought snowmobiles to get to Alaska's abandoned gold mines
BLM bought a UTV, an ATV and snowmobiles from a Delta Junction dealer this month to reach Alaska's abandoned gold mines. There are a lot of them.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Two dead in Piper Cub crash near Nabesna, troopers say
Two people died when a Piper Cub crashed shortly after takeoff from a dirt airstrip near Nabesna in Interior Alaska on Thursday evening, Sept. 17.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Chugiak fire chief to ask voters this spring for first mill rate increase since 2005
Chugiak's fire calls are up 27 percent, and the chief says it is not fires driving it. It is people without a doctor calling an ambulance instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska will clear Tok's fire debris free
Alaska will clear fire debris in Tok for free, but owners must sign a packet whose terms are final — and the form isn't posted where the state says it is.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Crews dig out buried hotspot near Tok home as Mukluk Fire hits 70% containment
Weeks after the Mukluk Fire, crews dug a still-smoldering log out of the ground near a Tok home, and fire managers expect more buried heat.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Four Yukon villages get money for broadband design, not construction
Four Yukon River villages are getting broadband drawings, not broadband. The trunk line they would connect to is now 17 months behind schedule.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Idaho firm that already runs the Alcan port wins its $48,169 snow removal order
An Idaho firm won a $48,169 federal task order to plow the Alcan border port near Tok. The same company already holds a $1.16 million contract to run operations and maintenance at the port and the Fairbanks Federal Building.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Alaska's August was warmer than its July, for the fourth time in a century
August was warmer than July in Alaska this year, which has happened four times since 1924. July was the coldest since 2008 and kept the fires down.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
The refuge at the top of the Alaska Highway is getting exhibits built for blind visitors
The first wildlife refuge most people see driving into Alaska is getting exhibits built for visitors who cannot see them. Taxidermy included.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wind topples two dozen trees onto Tok's power lines, stalling fire recovery
Winds knocked more than two dozen trees onto Tok's power lines Wednesday, some outside the burn scar, cutting power and stalling the Mukluk Fire recovery.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Delta Junction inventor wins design patent for sports bra with built-in neck guard
A woman in Delta Junction, population 918 at the last census, owns the look of a sports bra with a built-in neck guard for the next 15 years.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read
Gusts to 40 mph are coming across the Interior Tuesday into Wednesday
The Interior is in for gusts of 30 to 40 mph from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday night, and as high as 50 mph up in the hills and the passes.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Haines donation drive collects wood stoves and building supplies for Tok fire rebuilding
Haines residents are collecting wood stoves, refrigerators, and building supplies for Tok-area households rebuilding after the Mukluk Fire destroyed 50 homes in August.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Fish and Wildlife is putting GPS collars on moose in the upper Tanana
Tetlin refuge would like a word with its moose. It is spending $94,542 on GPS collars to learn where they go and how well they are eating.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
The roads torn up fighting the Tok fire have been graded back
The roads firefighters tore up while saving Tok have been graded back into shape. Residents need them to reach what is left of their property.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Most of what the Tok fire burned was outbuildings. Aid may not cover them.
Two-thirds of what the Mukluk Fire destroyed near Tok were outbuildings, and the only aid program for those families generally does not cover them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Fairbanks' utility is writing down when it would start turning off your power
Fairbanks' electric co-op is writing rules for when it would start rotating outages. It has run short on reserve power 236 of the last 250 days.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
E-Rate payments send $335,276 to broadband in three Alaska towns
Keeping King Salmon connected took $302,400 in a single federal payment. The FCC is now reviewing whether to keep the program that paid for it.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's smallest fire year since 1995 was also one of its most destructive
Alaska's quietest fire season in 30 years still took 50 homes at Tok, in a fire a climate specialist calls among the most destructive in state history.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Fifty homes destroyed at Tok in Alaska's lightest burn year since 1995
The Mukluk Fire destroyed more than 40 homes at Tok during Alaska's lightest burn year since 1995, making it one of the most destructive fires in state history despite record-low statewide acreage.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Mukluk Fire survivors near Tok have until Oct. 19 to register for state aid
People near Tok whose homes or property were hit by the Mukluk Fire have until Oct. 19 to sign up for state disaster aid. The fire destroyed 50 homes.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read