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Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan

Trump says he is coming to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan. Mary Peltola outpolled Sullivan by more than 13,000 votes in the August primary.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Nonresident lingcod retention reopens at Prince of Wales; yelloweye stays closed

Nonresident anglers around Prince of Wales Island can keep lingcod again starting September 1, but yelloweye rockfish stays closed to them through year-end under federal harvest limits.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fourteen states weighed in on whether an Alaskan belonged on Alaska's ballot

Fourteen states, the Alaska GOP and a national election law group filed briefs against a Petersburg man's candidacy. Two Alaskans filed for him, on their own.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion and none of it went into protected principal

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion last year and moved none of it into the part of the fund Alaskans cannot spend. That is two years running.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau weighs taxing nonprofit sales to help close its budget gap

Juneau is weighing whether nonprofits should pay sales tax like small businesses — a move that could raise $3.3 million but squeeze groups like the symphony.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Charter halibut committee meets online Sept. 30; comment accepted beforehand

Federal regulators meet Sept. 30 to discuss charter halibut permit policy that affects Alaska's guided fishing industry, which accounts for most of the state's sport halibut catch.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Army plans to return four Alaska children's remains from Carlisle

The Army began disinterring four Alaska Native children from a Pennsylvania cemetery in September to return their remains to families, more than 120 years after they died at a federal boarding school.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Southeast Alaska's king crab fishery will open, barely clearing the bar

Southeast Alaska's commercial red king crab season opens Nov. 1 with a 213,076-pound quota, the fourth opening since 2006 and the second in a row after years of closures.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land

You own the house and a trust owns the ground under it, and you pay $50 a month for the ground. Cordova is weighing whether that math works.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 25

Juneau's new flood evacuation maps were in use within a month

Juneau updated its Mendenhall Valley evacuation maps in July. By mid-August residents were being told to leave, as the river hit major flood stage again.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 8

None of Ketchikan's $1.65 million in landslide aid has been paid out

FEMA committed $1.65 million for Ketchikan's 2024 landslides. A year later none of it has been paid out, and the window to spend it closes Sept. 30.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Trust land near Control Lake would become a store, laundromat and fuel stop. Comments close Oct. 9.

Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office approved a negotiated sale of Control Lake land on Prince of Wales Island, skipping competitive bidding.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Southeast seiners get one 15-hour opening, in Sitka Sound

Southeast seiners get one 15-hour opening in Sitka Sound this week and nothing else. The fleet has thinned to 75 boats from 121 a week earlier.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage band teacher tells school board he now teaches 330 students a day

Anchorage band teacher Dan Whitfield teaches 330 students daily after the district cut a part-time director position, leaving classes of 45 to 83 students with no jazz band or extra help.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Necker Bay's goat zone closes after two billies fill the quota

Two billies filled the quota and closed Necker Bay's mountain goat zone for the season, the second Baranof Island zone to shut this year.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Sugpiaq artist who works in fish skin is in residency in Sitka

Sugpiaq artist Larissa Kramer, who works in fish skin, resin and botanicals, gives two free talks in Sitka this month during a museum residency.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's labor agency has management and a union teaching bargaining together

A city HR director and an IBEW business agent will teach Alaska public employers and unions how to bargain, together, at a state session this month.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitkana's new patent covers how its tidal generator looks, not how it works

Juneau's Sitkana won a 15-year design patent for its floating tidal generator, protecting the device's exterior shape.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Alaska's governor race upended in a day: a disqualification, a last-minute filing, and a lone Democrat

Alaska's governor race flipped in a day: Treg Taylor was disqualified, his wife filed at the deadline, and it's now three Republicans versus one Democrat.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to sell old City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute

Juneau took Sealaska Heritage Institute's $1.5 million for its old City Hall instead of seeking bids at $2.5 million. Nobody has appraised the building.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 17

Juneau's five-ship cruise cap moves toward city code

Juneau's five-ship-a-day cruise cap would move from a negotiated agreement into enforceable city code under an ordinance advanced Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Haines woman seriously injured by bear on Mt. Riley Road

A Haines woman was seriously injured in a bear attack on Mt. Riley Road early Saturday, Aug. 29, after the animal may have been drawn by dumped food waste nearby.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing

Juneau's Aug. 13 glacial flood was the mildest yet, damaging 12 homes — officials credit the barriers but say upkeep may cost more than the city planned.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Sitka requires appointments for large scrap loads and vehicles at Gary Paxton yard

Sitka's scrap yard now requires appointments for loads larger than a dump truck or for large vehicles, citing limited space and shipping container shortages.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau airport's control tower to get its first new roof since 1987

Juneau's airport control tower is finally getting a new roof — the original one's been up since 1987. The FAA covers most of the roughly $1 million tab.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

HunaTek takes a State Department order worth up to $6 million

A Juneau company owned by Huna Totem Corporation will staff the State Department's Western Hemisphere bureau, in an order that could reach $6 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka man to be paid $419,840 to put boats under Coast Guard helicopters

A Sitka man will collect $419,840 to park boats under Coast Guard helicopters so crews can practice hoisting people off the water. Only one company bid.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska has no marine radio examiner, so UAS is asking to become one

No one in Alaska can give the marine radio license exam in person. UAS has asked the FCC for permission to do it at its Ketchikan training center.

by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Deep Inlet closes to common property salmon fishing for broodstock

Alaska closed Deep Inlet to commercial salmon fishing Monday to let a hatchery collect broodstock, with no reopening date set, cutting off Sitka fishermen from a key fishing ground.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Deep Inlet reopens to the commercial fleet after the hatchery takes its cut

Southeast's sea cucumber divers get a smaller catch this fall

Southeast Alaska's sea cucumber dive fishery opens Oct. 5 with a 1.4 million pound harvest cap, down 18 percent from last season.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau's city-owned ski area has an unresolved drinking water violation

EPA records show a March drinking water violation at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, in the agency's most urgent category, with no resolution recorded.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Jai Mahtani is running for the Ketchikan council seat he resigned after a state settlement

Jai Mahtani quit the Ketchikan council two weeks after settling a state case over jewelry sold as Alaskan. He filed on the last day to win the seat back.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The FAA is paying $4.3 million to design a radar tower near Sitka

The FAA is paying $4.3 million just to design a radar tower on Biorka Island south of Sitka, with an option for the same firm to build it later.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

State note says AMCO wrongly made Metlakatla gather a liquor petition

State regulators made Metlakatla gather a public-support petition it did not need, an error staff blamed on a database and left noted in the file.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Four signatures clear a liquor store at a remote Alaska fishing lodge

A remote fly-in fishing lodge off Prince of Wales Island wants a guest-only liquor store, and its public approval came from the four people who live nearby.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Craig bakery-cafe wants to pour beer and wine on Friday and Saturday evenings

A Craig bakery-cafe wants to become a fenced beer garden on Friday and Saturday evenings. The drive-through would close while the beer is pouring.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Petersburg hospital rejects shared-kitchen lease for traveling staff

Petersburg Medical Center dropped plans to lease shared housing for traveling staff after two assistants clashed over kitchen supplies, and is now exploring building its own duplexes on tundra land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Petersburg hospital board weighs buying housing to address staffing gaps

Petersburg hospital gets preliminary nod for behavioral health grant

Petersburg Medical Center has preliminary approval for about $400,000 in behavioral health money, but cannot hire or buy anything until the state signs off.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Nome jury convicted a 78-year-old man on 28 counts of sexual abuse of a minor

A Nome jury convicted Isaac Ozenna Sr., 78, on 28 counts of sexual abuse of a minor involving nine children abused in Nome between 1984 and 2014.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Tlingit opera adds program guide and pre-show storyteller for audiences who do not speak the language

Alaska's first all-Tlingit opera adds program guides and a pre-show storyteller so non-speakers can follow the 1802-1804 Tlingit-Russian War told in the language itself, running Sept. 11-20 in Juneau.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read