https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/state-proposes-clear-expedited-screening-lanes-at-anchorage-airports-south-terminal Alaska News en 2026-08-17T21:37:51.726981+00:00 CLEAR expedited-screening lanes proposed at Anchorage airport, comments due Sept. 13 https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/mental-health-trust-panel-recommends-anchorage-lease-at-1-percent-of-market-rent Alaska News en 2026-08-17T21:26:41.736814+00:00 Mental Health Trust panel recommends 1 percent rent for behavioral health nonprofit https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/steadman-street-in-nome-reopens-before-school-buses-resume Alaska News en 2026-08-17T20:43:52.892966+00:00 State has not confirmed Steadman Street reopened, and Nome school buses start today https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/native-organizations-demand-division-of-elections-account-for-rural-precinct-vacancies-before-tuesday-primary Alaska News en 2026-08-17T20:29:08.174349+00:00 Native organizations demand Division of Elections account for rural precinct vacancies before Tuesday primary https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-senate-takes-no-floor-action-adjourns-until-friday Alaska News en 2026-08-17T20:13:51.730946+00:00 Gas tax package still off the Senate floor as the special session nears its limit https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-511-still-lists-tatlanika-fire-at-35-acres-as-agency-reports-put-it-above-31000 Alaska News en 2026-08-17T20:10:06.255413+00:00 Alaska 511 still lists Tatlanika Fire at 3.5 acres as agency reports put it above 31,000 https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/state-survey-finds-alaska-gasoline-averaging-663-a-gallon-last-winter Alaska News en 2026-08-17T19:37:46.151+00:00 State's latest fuel survey put Alaska gasoline at $6.63 a gallon, and it is seven months old https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/bethel-city-council-filing-closes-4-p-m-thursday Alaska News en 2026-08-17T19:37:44.83+00:00 Filing for four Bethel city council seats closes at 4 p.m. Thursday https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/filing-closes-monday-with-no-public-candidate-for-12-of-16-kodiak-island-borough-seats Alaska News en 2026-08-17T19:37:42.098+00:00 Filing closes at 3 p.m. Monday with no publicly known candidate for 12 Kodiak Island Borough seats https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/bbnc-names-ryan-york-to-succeed-retiring-coo-scott-torrison Alaska News en 2026-08-17T19:24:45.949789+00:00 New COO and CFO at BBNC as Scott Torrison retires after 18 years https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/amats-committee-to-vote-thursday-on-2625m-rebuild-of-downtown-anchorages-5th-and-6th-avenues Alaska News en 2026-08-17T18:20:12.239787+00:00 AMATS to vote on $293 million update for 5th and 6th avenues https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/interior-awards-ketchikan-air-service-15510-for-unuk-river-salmon-sampling-flights Alaska News en 2026-08-17T18:05:24.757805+00:00 Interior awards Ketchikan air service $15,510 for Unuk River salmon sampling flights https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/blm-awards-209974-reclamation-contract-to-anchorages-olgoonik-construction-services Alaska News en 2026-08-17T18:03:25.721829+00:00 Anchorage's Olgoonik wins $209,974 BLM well-reclamation contract in Wyoming https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/va-awards-373-million-contract-to-fix-building-100-moisture-barrier-at-anchorage-va-hospital Alaska News en 2026-08-17T17:58:56.420428+00:00 VA awards $3.73 million to repair the Building 100 moisture barrier in Anchorage https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/kodiak-history-museum-wins-30290-federal-grant-to-update-its-history-book Alaska News en 2026-08-17T17:54:19.249234+00:00 A $60,580 project, half of it federal, will update Kodiak's history book https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-takes-public-input-wednesday-on-inclusive-child-care-subsidy-rules Alaska News en 2026-08-17T16:53:47.106531+00:00 Alaska takes public input Wednesday on the extra child care subsidy for kids with disabilities https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/tanana-chiefs-conference-presses-alaska-delegation-on-flood-relief-and-clinic-grant Alaska News en 2026-08-17T16:15:09.822457+00:00 Tanana Chiefs Conference presses delegation for disaster aid built for Interior villages https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/tanana-drainage-closed-to-fall-chum-and-coho-harvest-through-dec-31 Alaska News en 2026-08-17T15:47:20.792378+00:00 Fall chum and coho harvest is closed across the Tanana drainage until Dec. 31 https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/faa-proposes-new-controlled-airspace-over-private-cook-inlet-oil-field-airstrip Alaska News en 2026-08-17T15:26:03.279427+00:00 FAA plan would give a Cook Inlet oil-field airstrip its first instrument approaches https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/ihs-awards-126-million-to-anchorage-firm-to-clear-patient-billing-backlog Alaska News en 2026-08-17T10:05:07.391954+00:00 Anchorage firm takes on an IHS billing backlog in Oklahoma City https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/two-seats-open-on-utqiagvik-scholarship-committee-letters-due-sept-17 Alaska News en 2026-08-17T07:23:22.52797+00:00 Two seats open on Utqiagvik scholarship committee, letters due Sept. 17 https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/southeast-purse-seiners-get-39-hours-starting-tuesday-across-ten-districts Alaska News en 2026-08-17T04:27:26.252344+00:00 Southeast seiners get 39 hours Tuesday, and three areas close after one day https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/cook-inlet-drifters-fished-a-12-hour-aug-3-window-in-three-sections-only Alaska News en 2026-08-17T04:24:18.331715+00:00 Cook Inlet drifters fish Monday, in Areas 3 and 4, and every Monday and Thursday after https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/one-donor-supplied-99-percent-of-the-18-million-behind-alaskas-ranked-choice-repeal Alaska News en 2026-08-17T03:27:36.48755+00:00 One donor supplied 99 percent of the non-individual money behind Alaska's ranked choice repeal https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/saint-marys-woman-42-dies-pinned-under-an-atv-in-pitkas-point Alaska News en 2026-08-17T01:22:37.414826+00:00 Saint Mary's woman, 42, dies pinned under an ATV in Pitkas Point https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/willow-creek-forecast-to-reach-minor-flood-stage-tuesday-under-susitna-valley-flood-watch Alaska News en 2026-08-17T00:22:38.720365+00:00 Willow Creek forecast to reach minor flood stage Tuesday under Susitna Valley flood watch https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/free-school-supplies-offered-in-nome-on-aug-26 Alaska News en 2026-08-16T22:07:23.769462+00:00 Free school supplies offered in Nome on Aug. 26 https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/anchorage-races-a-deadline-to-build-a-downtown-library-before-a-grant-expires Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:57:27.07064+00:00 Anchorage races a deadline to build a downtown library before a grant expires https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/two-days-out-ai-chatbots-betting-markets-and-polls-each-name-a-different-alaska-frontrunner Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:57:18.162+00:00 Two days out, AI chatbots, betting markets and polls each name a different Alaska frontrunner https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/yukon-fall-salmon-fishing-closes-at-the-peak-of-the-season-not-for-a-weak-run-but-to-meet-canadas-share Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:38:03.898+00:00 Yukon fall salmon fishing closes at the peak of the season, not for a weak run but to meet Canada's share https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/wasilla-man-fined-320-for-false-residency-claim-on-a-fishing-and-hunting-license Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:37:07.596+00:00 Wasilla man fined $320 for false residency claim on a fishing and hunting license https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/juneaus-cp-marine-adds-384604-state-department-award-second-in-two-weeks Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:00:00+00:00 A Goldbelt subsidiary in Juneau received $821,000 in State Department orders, neither competed https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/anchorage-tore-down-the-big-timber-a-downtown-blight-a-decade-in-the-making Alaska News en 2026-08-16T20:00:00+00:00 Anchorage tore down the Big Timber, a downtown blight a decade in the making https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/homer-planning-commission-asked-to-name-spit-erosion-public-works-campus-and-harbor-floats-as-top-capital-projects Alaska News en 2026-08-16T19:29:02.239098+00:00 Homer planning commission asked to name Spit erosion, public works campus and harbor floats as top capital projects https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/wind-advisory-warns-of-65-mph-gusts-on-anchorage-hillside-and-in-eagle-river Alaska News en 2026-08-16T18:19:48.900995+00:00 Gusts to 65 mph on the Anchorage Hillside and in Eagle River through tonight https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/anchorage-firm-wins-two-gsa-repair-orders-for-a-phoenix-federal-building Alaska News en 2026-08-16T17:52:52.420423+00:00 Anchorage firm gets $77,900 more work at the Phoenix building it maintains https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/cdc-sends-14-million-in-construction-orders-to-one-anchorage-firm-in-10-days Alaska News en 2026-08-16T17:50:13.276854+00:00 CDC orders $1.4 million more Atlanta construction from an Anchorage firm https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/koyukuk-and-innoko-villages-can-keep-salmon-again-starting-monday Alaska News en 2026-08-16T17:15:37.861182+00:00 Upper Koyukuk and Innoko villages can keep every salmon again starting Monday https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/kodiak-westside-afognak-and-alitak-sections-get-a-45-hour-extension Alaska News en 2026-08-16T12:30:17.448133+00:00 Kodiak westside, Afognak and Alitak sections get a 45-hour extension https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/heat-advisory-warns-of-80-degrees-near-umiat-sunday-afternoon Alaska News en 2026-08-16T12:27:49.307121+00:00 Heat advisory warns of 80 degrees near Umiat Sunday afternoon https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/troopers-arrest-palmer-man-after-abandoned-mobile-home-damages-old-glenn-highway Alaska News en 2026-08-16T12:11:42.784768+00:00 Troopers arrest Palmer man on felony charge over mobile home abandoned on Old Glenn Highway https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-will-build-software-to-help-inspect-its-bridges Alaska News en 2026-08-16T10:14:00.978063+00:00 Alaska will build software to help inspect its bridges https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/state-department-awards-anchorage-based-koniag-subsidiary-314270-for-inspector-general-writer Alaska News en 2026-08-16T10:09:53.329383+00:00 Koniag subsidiary lands State Department writer work, up to $1.6 million https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/researchers-weigh-broadening-who-pays-for-anchorage-wildfire-work Alaska News en 2026-08-16T09:22:59.988+00:00 Researchers weigh broadening who pays for Anchorage wildfire work. https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/ouzinkie-village-corporation-wins-courthouse-contracts-in-florida Alaska News en 2026-08-16T09:21:16.152+00:00 Ouzinkie village corporation wins courthouse contracts in Florida https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/prince-william-sound-seiners-get-12-hours-sunday-across-six-districts Alaska News en 2026-08-16T08:26:42.375431+00:00 Prince William Sound seiners get 12 hours Sunday across six districts https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/mayor-lafrance-faces-a-campaign-finance-hearing-over-her-2024-expenditure-reports Alaska News en 2026-08-16T08:16:26.210249+00:00 Mayor LaFrance faces a campaign-finance hearing over her 2024 expenditure reports https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-will-not-clear-1900-inactive-non-citizen-voter-flags-before-tuesdays-primary Alaska News en 2026-08-16T06:22:55.076133+00:00 1,900 Alaskans flagged as 'inactive non-citizen' can still vote Tuesday https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/hud-posts-85520-in-section-811-rent-subsidies-for-anchorage-disability-housing Alaska News en 2026-08-16T06:08:46.720832+00:00 HUD awards $85,520 to Anchorage disability housing provider https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/hud-sends-154-million-in-elder-housing-rent-subsidy-to-kotzebue-nonprofit Alaska News en 2026-08-16T06:00:14.274411+00:00 $1.54 million in federal rent aid for Kotzebue's four subsidized elder apartments https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/skagway-ferry-port-closed-indefinitely-state-gives-no-repair-timeline Alaska News en 2026-08-16T04:27:54.961997+00:00 Skagway ferry port closed indefinitely; state gives no repair timeline https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/coal-seam-fire-northeast-of-healy-grows-to-71-acres-with-no-crew-assigned Alaska News en 2026-08-16T01:26:58.643043+00:00 Coal seam fire northeast of Healy grows to 71 acres with no crew assigned https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/hoonah-and-ketchikan-dock-projects-renew-marine-mammal-permits-without-breaking-ground Alaska News en 2026-08-16T00:50:13.538473+00:00 Hoonah and Ketchikan dock projects renew marine mammal permits without breaking ground https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/heat-advisory-covers-noatak-kobuk-and-seward-peninsula-zones-until-8-pm-saturday Alaska News en 2026-08-16T00:47:58.978233+00:00 Heat advisory covers Noatak, Kobuk and Seward Peninsula zones until 8 p.m. Saturday https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/federal-government-adds-912130-to-seward-highway-and-tudor-road-interchange-rebuild Alaska News en 2026-08-16T00:26:16.153337+00:00 Trucks keep hitting the Tudor Road overpass. The rebuild is years out https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/a-pro-republican-group-discloses-small-ad-debts-for-two-house-candidates-listing-the-creditor-at-its-treasurers-address Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:58:23.825+00:00 A pro-Republican group discloses small ad debts for two House candidates, listing the creditor at its treasurer's address https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/dalton-corridor-suit-is-not-over-groups-appeal-and-700000-acres-remain-in-dispute Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:54:36.26+00:00 Dalton corridor suit is not over: groups appeal, and 700,000 acres remain in dispute https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/trump-takes-aim-at-alaskas-us-senate-primary-election Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:52:33.006+00:00 Trump takes aim at Alaska's U.S. Senate Primary Election https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/an-faa-cleanup-contract-for-gustavus-most-of-it-at-metlakatla Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:41:28.846+00:00 An FAA cleanup contract for Gustavus, most of it at Metlakatla https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/a-chamber-endorsement-for-begich-labors-backing-for-hill Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:20:51.67+00:00 A Chamber endorsement for Begich, labor's backing for Hill https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-takes-a-first-step-toward-new-air-permits-for-hilcorps-nikaitchuq-oil-field Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:14:47.645+00:00 Alaska takes a first step toward new air permits for Hilcorp's Nikaitchuq oil field https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/an-anchorage-firm-will-repair-the-state-departments-headquarters Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:07:35.021596+00:00 An Anchorage firm will repair the State Department's headquarters https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/seward-museum-wins-10000-federal-grant-to-make-wwii-exhibit-accessible Alaska News en 2026-08-15T22:04:12.253346+00:00 Seward Museum gets $10,000 to make World War II exhibit accessible