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State review of Mt. Edgecumbe wraps up, recommendations to come

A state review of Mt. Edgecumbe High School, prompted by safety complaints, wraps up Wednesday, but families won't see its recommendations until later.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Five Alaska legislators and candidates amend financial disclosures in two days

Five Alaska legislators and candidates amended financial disclosures this week, adding two Anchorage houses, nonprofit board seats, and a spouse's name to their filings.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A plan to let Alaskans invest in the gas pipeline has stalled

A plan to let ordinary Alaskans buy a stake in the state's gas pipeline has stalled for want of $2.5 million, even as the pipeline itself keeps moving ahead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 3

A Soldotna council member's consulting firm earned up to $1 million last year

Soldotna pays Daniel Nelson up to $5,000 a year to sit on its city council. Governments paid his consulting firm up to $1 million last year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wrangell elder's headpiece cleared for return from Wisconsin museum

A Tlingit headpiece worn by Tom Ukas can return to Alaska from a Wisconsin museum starting Sept. 23 after federal review confirmed it holds human remains and belonged to the Wrangell elder.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

The Indian Health Service transferred ownership of the Alaska Native Medical Center to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Aug. 24, 2026, opening access to uncapped federal lease payments while the legal authority for the conveyance remains undocumented.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 24

Follows: Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats

Sitka's Assembly race just went from three candidates to four. Mary Ann Hall has until Oct. 1 to make write-in votes for her actually count.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers refer charges after Ketchikan pursuit and crash

State Troopers referred felony charges against an 18-year-old Ketchikan driver who refused to stop on North Tongass Highway on Sept. 3, lost control, and crashed into a ditch during the pursuit.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 3

Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured

Fairbanks gets new federal flood maps in January, following the last major borough-wide revisions in 2014. Three of every four homes already in the flood zone carry no insurance.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Aug 21

The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Sitka's search for housing land narrows to two small parcels

Sitka's search for city land to build housing on has narrowed to two small parcels — the sites with the most room to build are the hardest to develop.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 2

Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan

A 26-year-old hiker was flown off Deer Mountain near Ketchikan on Saturday after becoming unable to walk, the second rescue on that trail in months.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night

A small wildfire was reported near Sandy Beach outside Wrangell on Friday. The state has not said whether it is contained or threatens any homes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan has five years to start disinfecting the sewage it discharges

Ketchikan's sewage plant does not disinfect what it discharges. EPA gave it five years to change that, and voters approved $15 million to do it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau code allows six hens. A Silver Street family is asking for 230 animals.

Juneau allows six backyard hens. A homeowner is asking for up to 200 chickens and 30 other farm animals, and neighbors are pushing back on the scale.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Federal money will put naloxone and first aid training on remote Alaska fishing boats

A nurse whose son died of an overdose at sea started mailing naloxone to fishing boats. Federal money will now expand it across remote Alaska.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau grants pay up to $13,500 to add a second unit, and a contractor list is coming

Juneau is offering homeowners up to $13,500 grants to build accessory dwelling units, with 16 awards available annually.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Juneau gathers its senior-housing help into one guide

Nine Southeast Alaska communities are getting naloxone vending machines

Naloxone is going into vending machines in nine Southeast Alaska communities you can reach only by boat or plane. None of the sites exist yet.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Southeast pink seining closes at 19.8 million fish; hatchery areas stay open

Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed Southeast pink salmon seining Friday after the fleet caught 18.7 million fish at the best prices in years.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau bought two fire trucks. Passengers will pay for them until 2035.

Juneau's airport wants to charge passengers through 2035, with 40 percent of the money going to two fire trucks it has already bought.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Hertz leaves Juneau airport Sept. 30, and three rental counters stay

Hertz ends car rentals at Juneau airport Sept. 30, freeing terminal space the airport will seek to fill through a competitive bid process.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau is weighing its first cap on whale watch operators

Juneau has never capped its whale watch fleet. The task force weighing whether to start is the same one weighing cruise ship passenger limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Former mayor Harry Brower Jr. files to run against Patkotak for North Slope Borough mayor

Harry Brower Jr. ran the North Slope Borough for seven years and wants it back. He and the incumbent are both from Utqiagvik, in a borough of eight villages.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 31

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.News2mo ago2 min read

Bids open for flights to seven roadless Alaska communities

The federal government is taking bids for subsidized air service to seven Alaska communities, with deadlines ranging from October through early 2027, as the per-passenger subsidy cap drops to $850.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Prince of Wales heat advisory ends after temperatures reach the 80s

National Weather Service raised its heat advisory forecast for Prince of Wales Island to 82 degrees Friday, three degrees above normal summer highs for the 5,700 residents there.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka's Assembly takes up how to pay for child care

Sitka's Assembly takes up a possible child care funding source Tuesday. A survey found most parents struggle to find care and employers are feeling it too.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

You can name your own price to see the Tlingit opera in Juneau

The closing performance of Juneau's Tlingit opera is entirely pay-as-you-can at the door, with limited pay-as-you-can seats at four other performances.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Creators of first Tlingit opera take public questions Thursday in Juneau

Alaska got early frost and a heat advisory in the same week

Alaska's first week of September brought early frost to Anchorage and Yakutat and a heat advisory to Prince of Wales Island, where Friday hits 80 degrees.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Tlingit & Haida tribal government opposes opening the Tongass

Tlingit & Haida opposes lifting Tongass road limits. Native corporations once cut more than half the region's timber, then left the business entirely.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Tlingit & Haida sought $8.4 million for child care after the landslides and floods, and got $1.1 million

Tlingit & Haida received $1.15 million in federal child care recovery money for six Southeast Alaska communities, about one-seventh of the $8.4 million the tribe requested.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sitka Assembly to interview municipal administrator applicant Gerrie Cotter on Sept. 10

Sitka's Assembly will interview Gerrie Cotter for municipal administrator on Sept. 10, the sole remaining candidate after a months-long search that started over at least once.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Sitka's sole finalist for city administrator is gone, and the Assembly is starting over

Suit seeks Alaska Judicial Council records on judge screening

A conservative legal group sued the Alaska Judicial Council for the scoring sheets it has used to rank judicial candidates since 2020.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

Metlakatla wins federal money to protect the hydro plant its island runs on

Metlakatla, Alaska's only Native reserve, gets $166,000 to protect the aging hydro plant its island depends on — a power source strained as its lakes run low.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Juneau Hydropower asks FERC for two more years to start Sweetheart Lake dam

Juneau Hydropower asked federal regulators to delay the Sweetheart Lake dam completion deadline by two years, to September 2031.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Montana Creek topped flood stage in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley, with advisories into Tuesday morning

Montana Creek rose over the low-water crossing on Montana Creek Road this week. Another foot of water would put it into yards along Mendenhall Loop Road.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

DOT&PF opens bidding to resurface Glacier Highway from Juneau's ferry terminal to South Lena

Alaska DOT&PF opened bidding to resurface 2.4 miles of Glacier Highway between Juneau's ferry terminal and South Lena, with $8.8 million in federal funding and work planned to start in August.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for six seats

Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for its Oct. 6 municipal election, with six seats on the ballot and registration closing Sunday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read