Alaska state government's executive branch, headed by the Governor and 15 cabinet departments. Oversees education, public safety, transportation, health, commerce, and natural resource management for the 49th state.
120 4th St, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
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Suzanne LaFrance
“every federal or state dollar that we secure for construction reduces the impact of future shipping surcharges by about $2.50 down the line. When you add this $191.3 million settlement to the $25 million from the state and the $61.5 million in federal grants secured under my administration, The impact is massive. We are effectively protecting Alaskans from as much as $694 million in future surcharges on food, goods, and everyday supplies.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“this port has been a longstanding issue in terms of it being repaired and upgraded.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Dan Sullivan
“I was very much in the mindset that it's time to settle the litigation. As the mayor, as the attorney general said, this has been going on for more than a decade. We have won, and the federal government shouldn't just be dragging its feet. Enough is enough.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Dan Sullivan
“what I've been doing in my position as your senator is engaging. We've been engaging for years on this, but to really kind of up the tempo on engaging with the top people in our federal government that was the Maritime Administration Director, the mayor, and Administrator Steve Carmel, who— that was the direct litigation against the city. Secretary of Transportation Duffy, Attorney General Blanch, as he mentioned. And my message to all of them was, hey guys, come on, let's settle this.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Dan Sullivan
“what this settlement is going to do, it is going to dramatically help us bring down costs on everything from food and fuel that Alaskans need.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Suzanne LaFrance
“it's the largest settlement in the municipality's history. Every single dollar of this funding will go directly toward construction costs for the Port of Alaska modernization program.”Governor Dunleavy: Press Conference: Port of Alaska · Jul 7, 2026
Troopers refer charges after Ketchikan pursuit and crash
Alaska State Troopers say a blue Honda fled an attempted traffic stop near mile 9 of the North Tongass Highway on Sept. 3 and crashed into a ditch near mile 17. Brian Burns, 18, of Ketchikan faces charges including failure to stop and third-degree assault.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago1 min read
Alaska Supreme Court rules: Officers Must Stop at Unclear Lawyer Requests
The Alaska Supreme Court adopted a state constitutional rule requiring police to stop questioning and clarify when a suspect makes an ambiguous request for a lawyer, affirming the reversal of Steven Ridenour's Kodiak murder conviction.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago4 min read
Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash
Alaska State Troopers said Trey Strout, 28, of Wasilla was arrested on charges of DUI and refusing a chemical test after a motorcycle crash near Mile 9 of Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday. He was remanded to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday
ADF&G's Advisory Announcement #21 opens the Chignik Bay, Central, Western and Perryville districts to commercial salmon fishing for 48 hours from 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, while lagoon waters south of Humes Point stay closed and Chinook non-retention rules remain in force.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Norton Sound commercial salmon fishing closed for the rest of 2026
Alaska Fish and Game closed Norton Sound's commercial salmon fishery for the rest of 2026, citing below-average catch rates and monitoring projects that had become inoperable.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Grants target Medicare aid Alaska seniors often leave unclaimed
Federal grants totaling about $271,814 will fund outreach helping low-income Alaska seniors enroll in Medicare savings programs, split between the state and tribal groups.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan
A 26-year-old hiker who could not walk after an injury past the summit of Deer Mountain was flown off the mountain Saturday by the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad and taken to Peace Health Hospital, Alaska State Troopers said.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals
Lower Cook Inlet's 2026 commercial salmon season ended with a preliminary harvest of 353,726 fish, but ADF&G's Sept. 4 wrap-up shows Kamishak Bay District pink and chum escapement below sustainable goals, along with Delight Lake sockeye.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night
Alaska 511 listed a new wildfire investigation near Sandy Beach in Southeast Alaska, discovered Friday night at 8:29 p.m. and still recorded at 0.00 acres, with cause and any threat to structures undetermined.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska Supreme Court bars Nome from taxing hospital staff housing
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Nome cannot tax a seven-unit apartment building Norton Sound Health Corporation uses to house doctors and nurses, finding the housing 'vitally necessary' because Nome has no feasible short-term rentals. The ruling binds any Alaska borough with a tribal health facility, which is why the Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan Gateway and Kodiak Island boroughs and the State of Alaska filed to support Nome, and Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, a tribal health coalition and the United States filed to support the hospital.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago4 min read
Hilcorp says the North Slope is running short of gravel and wants a new mine
Hilcorp Alaska has applied to build a new 64-acre gravel mine and access road seven miles northwest of Deadhorse in the Prudhoe Bay Unit. The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas is taking written comment until 4:30 p.m. Sept. 28 before it decides.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man
Alaska State Troopers located stolen property at a second Wasilla location on Saturday, a day after a resident reported the theft, and arrested James Cohen, 24, on felony theft and criminal trespass charges. He is held at Mat-Su Pretrial without bail.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
ConocoPhillips drilled in the NPR-A this winter and has not said what it found
ConocoPhillips added $104 million to its suspended well costs in the first half of 2026, attributed to multiple wells drilled in Alaska. No filing says four wells were drilled, names them, or reports a discovery, and two earlier Alaska finds have sat undeveloped for eight years.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years, with comments due Sept. 11
Alaska DOT&PF has posted notice of a proposed 20-year, no-rent lease of land at Ekwok Airport to the FAA for navigation, communication and weather aids. State listings show the notice active Sept. 3, with the comment period running to Sept. 11.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Doyon says the Rig 26 tundra cleanup is in its final phase
Doyon says cleanup at the site where Rig 26 toppled onto tundra 6.5 miles northwest of Nuiqsut is in Phase 3, with soil and surface water samples at a state-approved lab. DEC has published no situation report since February.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds
A local report says Scott Robb of Palmer won the Alaska State Fair's 30th Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off on Friday with a 122.7-pound cabbage and a $1,000 first prize. The fair's own 2026 results page names Robb but does not post the weight.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Dahlstrom reverses course, will certify Taylor for the November ballot
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said Friday she will certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor and Jose Tagle's nomination for Alaska State House District 22, four days after refusing to certify both on the Alaska Public Offices Commission's recommendation.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Southeast pink seining closes at 19.8 million fish; hatchery areas stay open
ADF&G closed directed pink salmon purse seine fishing in every Southeast Alaska district Friday. Seiners took 18.7 million pinks (19.8 million regionwide), an ordinary catch, but the department says prices were the best in many years.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Missing 11-year-old located safe in Wasilla
An 11-year-old boy reported missing in Wasilla, Franklyn Andersen, has been located safe, Alaska State Troopers said. He was last seen on a bicycle on Greensward Drive around 10:30 a.m.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska adopts Medicaid rules for specialized group home and family home habilitation
The Alaska Department of Health filed adopted changes Friday to Medicaid coverage and payment for specialized group home and family home habilitation services, adding the two services, certifying providers and updating the waiver rate chart that sets what providers are paid.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska prosecutors must prove a voter knew a registration form was false
The Alaska Court of Appeals held Friday that first-degree voter misconduct based on a false sworn statement requires proof the defendant acted with a consciousness of wrongdoing.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
State opens four-permit muskox hunt in Unit 26B as herd falls to 220
ADF&G will issue four bull-only muskox permits for the RX110 subsistence hunt on Oct. 1, two in Nuiqsut and two in Kaktovik, with a Dec. 15 to March 31 season. The Unit 26B herd is now estimated at 220 animals, below the state's objective of at least 300.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
The Peninsula caribou hunt opens Dec. 1 without a quota set
The Northern Alaska Peninsula winter caribou hunt opens Dec. 1 with a two-animal limit, though Fish and Game has not yet set the harvest quota.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Razor clam permit still required on Cook Inlet as September digging season runs on
ADF&G's Sept. 4 Southern Kenai fishing report again lists the Cook Inlet and North Gulf Coast razor clam permit among the orders diggers must read first. One permit per household, all harvesters listed, and an online report due Dec. 31 or no permit in 2027.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
ENSTAR wants to raise most gas hookup charges in Southcentral Alaska in 2027
ENSTAR's annual construction cost filing raises main, service line and most meter charges for 2027 while increasing free main allowances for smaller customers. Combined, most classes come out ahead, but G4 Low customers come out roughly $807 behind.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska kids can draw their way into the health department's bookmark contest
Alaskans ages 3 through 18 have until Oct. 9 to enter the Alaska Department of Health's second annual Healthy Heroes Bookmark Challenge, with one winning design per age group printed and mailed to the winner's school.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Norton Sound's health corporation is in line for $7.2 million
Norton Sound Health Corporation is set to receive about $7.2 million across seven projects under a new federal rural health program, pending grant agreements.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Registration opens for Oct. 12-13 Employment First Conference in Anchorage
The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education has opened registration for the Employment First Conference, set for Oct. 12-13 at Anchorage's Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center, with scholarship tickets offered at a reduced rate.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Two bulls close the bow-only moose hunt at Eklutna Lake, with hunters still out
ADF&G's Emergency Order R2-3-26 shuts down the RM445 bow-only bull moose hunt in the Eklutna Lake Management Area at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, after two bulls were taken from a population estimated at 70 animals against a three-bull ceiling.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
West Tudor Road down a lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching
Alaska DOT&PF crews are patching asphalt on W Tudor Road near Cambridge Way, closing one left lane in each direction around the clock until 9:34 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Kaktovik leaders back 1002 Area development and press AIDEA to weigh local knowledge
Kaktovik's mayor, tribal administrator and village corporation board members used a Tuesday visit by AIDEA board members and staff to urge that local traditional knowledge shape drilling decisions in the ANWR Coastal Plain. The account of the visit comes from AIDEA's release.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Alaska put a price on crisis beds the Legislature created in 2022
The Alaska Department of Health opened comment Thursday on the first Medicaid rates for subacute crisis facilities created by law in 2022. Hourly stabilization pay would fall 36 percent below the existing crisis observation rate, while daily residential rates would top the chart.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak salmon fishing extended into Sunday across multiple districts
ADF&G's Sept. 2 Kodiak advisory, Emergency Order 4-FS-K-45-26, keeps multiple districts and sections fishing until 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6. Most of the Afognak District and six Northwest Kodiak bays close a day earlier, in the final commercial period of the 2026 season.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
DOT&PF opens bidding to resurface Glacier Highway from Juneau's ferry terminal to South Lena
Alaska DOT&PF's Southcoast Region is taking sealed bids to resurface Glacier Highway from the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal to South Lena, a 2.4-mile stretch backed by an $8.8 million federal formula grant. The contractor furnishes all labor, materials and equipment.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged
The state's quarterly count of missing Alaska Native and American Indian people fell from 363 to 355 last quarter, entirely through cases the state had already ruled environmental or not suspicious. The 21 suspicious cases and 17 unclassified cases did not move.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter
Anchorage's water utility reported about 240 frozen service lines last winter, triple a normal year, with some customers waiting a month for running water.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs would nearly triple
TDX Manley Generating has asked state regulators to nearly triple its cost-of-power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs, with public comment closing Sept. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
The Permanent Fund wants $215 million to run itself
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation trustees advanced a $215.4 million FY2028 operating budget request to the governor's budget office, with $163 million of it for external investment manager fees.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Koyukon elder ties Galena swallow decline to Air Force mosquito spraying in TCC bird booklet
A Tanana Chiefs Conference booklet of Koyukon bird knowledge, published Sept. 2, carries elder Benedict Jones's account linking Air Force pesticide spraying at Galena to fewer swallows. No state or federal data cited addresses Galena specifically.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers found a vehicle with disabling damage at Old Murphy Dome Road and the Elliot Highway in Fairbanks on Wednesday. The driver was not at the scene, remains unidentified, and the investigation is ongoing, troopers said.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read