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
Nonresident lingcod retention reopens at Prince of Wales; yelloweye stays closed
ADF&G's Sept. 3 Prince of Wales report shows nonresident lingcod retention reopened Sept. 1, while demersal shelf rockfish, including yelloweye, remain closed to nonresidents. Alaska residents may still keep one a day, two in possession.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska's youngest students are improving in math and reading. Older grades aren't.
Alaska's 2025-2026 AK STAR results, released Thursday, show math and reading proficiency rising in grades 3-5 while grades 6-9 hold near 29 to 32 percent. Commissioner Deena Bishop called achievement in the higher grades relatively flat.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
HEX plans to triple its gas deliveries, enough to cover a tenth of demand
AIDEA said Wednesday that HEX has expanded its Allegra Leigh Platform in Cook Inlet from six wells to as many as 14 and plans to triple firm gas deliveries to ENSTAR starting in April 2027. State studies still put the basin's current-demand horizon near 2030.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Troopers arrest two after 4-wheeler pursuit near Wasilla's Sage Road
Alaska State Troopers say a 4-wheeler fled a stop in the Sage Road area near Wasilla on Wednesday night. Cassandra Pitka, 32, of Wasilla, wanted on a warrant, and driver Mica Messinger, 45, of Anchorage, are jailed at Mat-Su Pretrial in Palmer.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska raised the age of consent, and school districts have new duties
Guidance for the Association of Alaska School Boards warns that conduct between a school employee and a 16-year-old student that was lawful in June is now a felony staff must report to police. On school grounds, districts owe parents notice and the state a crime-of-violence report.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Fourteen states weighed in on whether an Alaskan belonged on Alaska's ballot
The Alaska Supreme Court decided an election-administration appeal by summary order on June 29, 2026, and 66 days later has not published the promised opinion, leaving the reasoning and the ruling's effect undisclosed.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Golden Valley is still getting paid for a storm from Christmas 2021
FEMA committed another $1.36 million toward Golden Valley Electric Association's repairs from the Christmas 2021 Interior windstorm, nearly five years later.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska would give 20,000 acres near Houston to a state authority for free
Alaska is proposing to convey about 19,950 acres near Houston to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority at no cost for an industrial district.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Anchorage would trade away land it bought five years ago for $2.35 million
An ordinance would dispose of the 9.6-acre former Tozier Track through a non-competitive property exchange rather than open bidding. The Anchorage Assembly takes public testimony October 6, with written and phone comments due by 5 p.m. October 5.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion and none of it went into protected principal
The Alaska Permanent Fund closed FY26 at $91.9 billion with $8.19 billion in statutory net income, and no inflation-proofing transfer for a second year.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska would change who can question the medical report in a workers' comp fight
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board have proposed changes to the board's procedural rules under 8 AAC 45, including a ban on block billing in attorney fee applications. Written comment closes Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Seward Lagoon youth-only coho fishery extended through Oct. 5
ADF&G extended the Seward Lagoon youth-only coho fishery through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, five days later than last year's cutoff. The lagoon and outfall stream stay closed to anglers 16 and older, with a two-fish daily limit.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Copper River dipnet and subsistence fishing runs through Sept. 30
Miles Lake sonar counting ended July 28 with what ADF&G calls a below-average Copper River run, but the Chitina personal use dip net fishery and the Glennallen Subdistrict subsistence fishery both remain open through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January
Alaska's ferry system is working toward one monthly Cordova-Whittier round trip this winter, with no service in January and February still uncertain.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Southeast Alaska's king crab fishery will open, barely clearing the bar
Southeast Alaska's commercial red and blue king crab fishery opens at 10 a.m. Nov. 1 with a regionwide guideline harvest level of 213,076 pounds, clearing the 200,000-pound regulatory minimum by about 6 percent for a second straight season.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Troopers search by air and ground for missing hunter near Halibut Cove
Alaska State Troopers are searching by air and ground for a solo hunter near Halibut Cove who last messaged his wife by satellite device at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31. A Super Cub flight and a helicopter search of his last known coordinates did not find him.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Anchorage trails plan adds inland fallback route for stalled Kincaid-to-Potter Marsh trail
The 2026 Recreational Trails Plan says the South Coastal Trail extension from Kincaid Park to Potter Marsh is still blocked by mixed support from bluff-top property owners and unresolved routing inside the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, so planners propose an inland alternate. The AMATS Technical Advisory Committee takes up the plan Thursday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Unit 22C bull moose season closes 12 days early, after two days
Emergency Order R5-06-26 ends the resident and nonresident RM840 bull moose hunt in Unit 22C at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 12 days before the scheduled Sept. 14 close, because the 30-bull quota is expected to be met. Three other RM840 areas stay open.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Wasilla man arrested at Anchorage courthouse on sexual abuse warrant
Anchorage Judicial Services arrested Raymond Topkok, 59, of Wasilla at the Nesbett Courthouse on Tuesday on an outstanding warrant charging multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Bail was set at $30,000. The charges are accusations only.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska schools warned on parental consent for surveys and student records
Alaska school districts could lose federal funding if they run sensitive student surveys without written parental consent or keep records parents cannot inspect, under U.S. Department of Education guidance DEED sent to districts Wednesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska says school improvement grant reviews are delayed by staffing gaps
Alaska's education department told districts Sept. 2 that reviews of school improvement grant applications submitted in July are delayed because the School Recognition and Support administrator is on maternity leave and the new program manager started in August.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Strong chum run opens Tanana coho fishing and more gear this weekend
Starting 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, personal use fishers in Subdistrict 6-C from Fairbanks to Salcha may use 6-inch or smaller mesh gillnets and keep coho salmon, an expansion Fish and Game ties to a fall chum run now projected above 900,000 fish.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Southeast seiners get one 15-hour opening, in Sitka Sound
ADF&G's Sept. 1 announcement opens Section 13-B in Sitka Sound from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, under Emergency Order 1S7226. Districts 1 through 4 and Section 13-A stay closed, with several bays and inlets carved out of the opening.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Mat-Su explores building the troopers a new home and leasing it back
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday directing its manager to negotiate a 20-year lease with the state and develop a proposal for an $8 million Alaska State Trooper facility and a $5 million regional 911 dispatch annex near Tate Drive and Bogard Road.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Districts learned about $115 million after school had already started
Anchorage's superintendent says state leadership told districts on Aug. 31 that the full $115 million for schools is available, about $32 million of it for Anchorage. The Department of Revenue has not published the determination, and the money sits behind a $127 million dividend payment.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Norton Sound summer crab harvest reaches 111% of quota
Norton Sound crabbers landed 297,072 pounds of red king crab in a 10-day summer season worth $3.5 million, 111% of the combined quota, while the Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association's CDQ share went unharvested, ADF&G reported Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Necker Bay's goat zone closes after two billies fill the quota
Alaska's spring rental survey found median two-bedroom rents up 2.6 percent statewide, with record increases in the Mat-Su and Kenai Peninsula boroughs.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Fortymile caribou Zone 2 closes Sept. 5 as fall quota nears
ADF&G's Emergency Order R3-10-26 closes the RC860 Fortymile caribou hunt in Zone 2, the roadless area, at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 5. Harvest since the Aug. 10 opening is expected to reach the 100-bull quota. Zone 3 stays open.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska rent increases were the smallest in five years, but Mat-Su and Kenai set records
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development's spring rental survey found rents up across the state in 2026, with a median increase smaller than in the past few years. The findings appear in the September issue of Alaska Economic Trends.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Dunleavy vetoed a faculty seat on the board that governs the University of Alaska
Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 10, which would have added a tenured faculty member to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, though the measure passed both chambers with 44 combined votes, four more than a two-thirds override would require.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
A barge of secondhand equipment is bringing a military antimony refinery to Port MacKenzie
Nova Minerals barged nearly 500 tons of processing equipment from Seattle to Port MacKenzie for a federally funded antimony refinery, with construction to start on arrival in early September 2026.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago3 min read
Alaska districts have three weeks to apply for hunter education money
Alaska school districts can apply through 5 p.m. Sept. 18 for a share of $500,000 in state hunter education grants, capped at $50,000 per district. Fifteen districts won awards last year. Final grants are set for Oct. 17 and run through June 30, 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Four groups keep full Medicaid after Oct. 1. Refugees and asylees are not among them.
Refugees, asylees and trafficking victims on Alaska Medicaid could lose full coverage Oct. 1 under a federal law limiting matching funds to citizens, green card holders, Cuban and Haitian entrants and COFA migrants. The state filed notice Tuesday of a plan amendment.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Alaska child care providers must file rates under categories the state has not adopted
Alaska's Child Care Program Office is requiring every provider in the Child Care Assistance Program to report rates in the AKCCIS portal between Sept. 14 and Sept. 30, and to give families written notice before Oct. 1, under proposed rules that are not yet final.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Norton Sound's commercial salmon season ends with the counting towers down
ADF&G closed Norton Sound Subdistricts 2 through 6 to any further commercial salmon gillnet periods for 2026, citing poor catch rates and monitoring projects that are inoperable, leaving the region without reliable coho escapement estimates.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Purse seining is finished for the year in Lower Cook Inlet
Lower Cook Inlet's Outer and Eastern districts closed at 10 pm Monday, ending purse seine fishing in the region for the rest of the 2026 season.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Motorcyclist critically injured in Kalifornsky Beach Road crash near Kasilof
A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Kasilof and was flown to Anchorage and then Seattle, Alaska State Troopers said. The pickup driver was uninjured and the investigation continues.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
An Anchorage man will serve 20 years for abusing a 4-year-old relative
Jose Dominguez Ballesteros was sentenced to 35 years with 15 suspended for sexually abusing a family member who was 4 when the abuse started.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
$21 million for 29 miles of the road that supplies the North Slope
The Federal Highway Administration awarded Alaska DOT&PF a $21,082,014 formula grant covering resurfacing of 29 miles of the Dalton Highway plus work on nine bridges. The award period runs through Jan. 31, 2029.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Atlas Air would get five more acres of cargo ramp in Anchorage
Alaska DOT&PF opened a 30-day comment period Monday on a supplement to Atlas Air's land use permit at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, adding about 224,120 square feet of cargo ramp for six months at $38,847.47 a month. Comments are due Sept. 30.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read