State of Alaska

State tells Alaska schools how its hands-only CPR requirement will roll out in 2027

Alaska schools must offer hands-only CPR where practicable starting in 2027. The state, still picking which grades, told districts its plan Wednesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Golden Valley asks regulators to waive 15-day shutoff notice for prepaid power

Golden Valley wants to cut off prepaid customers once their balance runs out, with a morning email or call, instead of the usual 15 days' notice.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read

State offers lease for what would be Alaska's first giant data center

Alaska offered STAK Energy a 50-year lease on North Slope land for a giant data center that would run on its own gas power plant, tied to no grid.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago4 min read

Follows: STAK says ExxonMobil signed 15-year gas deal for proposed North Slope computing campus

Wasilla police shoot and wound man who pointed gun at officers, investigators say

Wasilla police shot and wounded a man Tuesday after he fled and pointed a gun at officers. He faces charges once cleared, and the state will review the shooting.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Whittier gets $4.1 million in federal money to design a DeLong Dock replacement

Whittier got $4.07 million in federal money to design a replacement for its 70 year old DeLong Dock.

by Melinda Communities.News1d ago2 min read

Kodiak's salmon catch fell a third below average, but the season paid more than usual

Kodiak's salmon fleet caught a third fewer fish than usual this summer but was paid more than average. Westside king runs missed their goals again.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

State approves giving AIDEA 6,800 acres near Houston, a third of what it first proposed

The state approved giving AIDEA 6,800 acres near Houston free, a third of what it first proposed, and added a clause returning undeveloped land to the state.

by Alaska News2d ago3 min read

State asks judge to keep absentee ballot review lists from Peltola campaign

The state told a judge the ballot lists Peltola's campaign wants don't exist as records yet and are private. Sullivan's campaign backed the state.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Area M's June chum catch was near average as fish board moves to reconsider voided limits

Area M caught nearly 500,000 June chum this year with no cuts, after the state voided limits on the fishery. Now the fish board is moving to reconsider them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago4 min read

Golden Valley Electric moves to settle rate case as high power costs strain its cash

Golden Valley Electric is negotiating to settle its rate case, which decides how much base rates go up. The co-op says high power costs strain its cash.

by Melinda Communities.News2d ago2 min read

Alaska Air Guard squadron that watches the state's skies gets a new name

The Guard squadron that tracked the 2023 surveillance balloon and guided fighters to Russian and Chinese bombers is now a battle management control squadron.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Officers find suspected drugs on inmates at Fairbanks Correctional Center

Fairbanks jail officers found inmates with white powder, crystals, Suboxone and marijuana concentrates Tuesday, at least the fourth drug case there this year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read

USDA proposes rules for Alaska's SNAP work-limit reprieve, which must end by 2028

USDA proposed rules for Alaska's SNAP work-limit reprieve, which by law ends by 2028. The state says its old eligibility system is one reason it needs it.

by Bill AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read

About 775 noncitizens lose full Alaska Medicaid, and just over half are children

About 775 refugees, asylees and other noncitizens lost full Alaska Medicaid coverage as of Oct. 1 under a new federal law. Just over 400 are children.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read

Troopers seek tips after moose found near Palmer with only its antlers taken

Someone took only the antlers from a moose near the Matanuska River in Palmer and covered the rest with brush. Wildlife Troopers want to know who.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Kotlik man charged with first-degree assault after alleged knife attack

Troopers charged a Kotlik man with first-degree assault after they say he cut a friend repeatedly with a knife early Monday. The friend was medevaced to Bethel.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Ketchikan boy dies after collapsing Monday; state medical examiner requests autopsy

A Ketchikan boy collapsed and stopped breathing Monday morning and died at a local hospital despite CPR, troopers said. An autopsy is planned.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Scientists recommend a higher Gulf pollock limit for 2027, then a cut in 2028

Federal scientists recommend raising the Gulf pollock catch limit about 17% for 2027, then cutting it for 2028. Their surveys point in different directions.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read

Juneau has slightly fewer jobs than in 2012 as state work shrinks and mining grows

Juneau has slightly fewer jobs than in 2012 as state government shrinks and mining grows. The icebreaker that might help needs somewhere for its crew to live.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

More Alaska homes could qualify for federal internet money as challenge window grows

Over 5,000 more Alaska homes and businesses could qualify for federal internet money. The feds just gave challengers more time to try knocking some off.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readFrom Nov 6

Fewer Alaskans smoke, but 1 in 4 adults still use tobacco or nicotine, state says

Far fewer Alaska adults smoke than in 1997, but about 1 in 4 still use tobacco or nicotine. The state is pitching its Quit Line before the Nov. 19 Smokeout.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

Operator of two Cook Inlet crude tankers asks the state to renew their spill plan

Two tankers haul North Slope crude up Cook Inlet to Nikiski about once a month. Their operator wants the state to renew their spill plan. Comments close Dec. 9.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

Alaska proposes new tool to decide who qualifies for Medicaid home care services

Alaska Health Department proposed a new tool to decide who qualifies for Medicaid home and personal care services. Public comment runs through Dec. 18.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

State seeks a shipyard to build a 96-foot wildlife trooper vessel for Southeast

The state wants a shipyard to build a 96-foot wildlife trooper vessel for Southeast. It says the last one was made with "dramatically inferior materials."

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

Man pleads guilty in child sexual abuse case, admits abusing seven children

A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday and admitted sexually abusing seven children in Fairbanks and Anchorage. The state says he'll get 35 years to serve.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

Atigun Pass on the Dalton Highway reopens to one lane after avalanche closure

Dalton Highway's Atigun Pass reopened to one lane Monday after an avalanche closure, with vehicle recovery work still underway near Milepost 243.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Follows: State closes Dalton Highway over Atigun Pass due to high avalanche activity

Waiver holding off SNAP's work time limit outside Anchorage now runs to October 2027

The waiver keeping SNAP's work time limit off outside Anchorage now runs through Oct. 31, 2027, a year past the date the state listed in September.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

State says 12,850 Alaskans on Medicaid would need to prove they meet work rules

About 12,850 Alaskans on Medicaid would have to send proof they meet new federal work rules to keep their coverage, the state health department estimates.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

AIDEA launches InvestNorth to finance Alaska data centers, but Alaskans can't invest yet

AIDEA launched InvestNorth Monday so Alaskans might someday own a piece of data centers it helps finance. There's no project, no price and no way to invest yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

Driver in a Parks Highway ditch near Cantwell had a .251 breath test, troopers say

Troopers say a driver who ended up in a Parks Highway ditch near Cantwell on Sunday night blew a .251, more than three times Alaska's legal limit.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Fish and Game takes caribou permits to three Bristol Bay villages

Fish and Game staff will hand out caribou permits in Levelock, Igiugig and Kokhanok before a Dec. 1 hunt near Iliamna Lake. It ends early if hunters reach 100.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

EPA drafts rules on whether used work gloves count as hazardous waste

Are the leather gloves worn all day on Alaska's oil fields hazardous waste once they're tossed? EPA has drafted rules on that, its regional chief said.

by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Caribou hunt on remote Unimak Island reopens Nov. 15 after fall quota goes unmet

Hunters took fewer than 100 caribou on remote Unimak Island this fall, so the state is reopening the hunt Nov. 15. Last year's hunters got one.

by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

State energy board moves to accept up to $150 million for a second Railbelt power line

Alaska's energy board moved to take up to $150 million in Defense Production Act money for a second Southcentral-Interior line. The other $268 million? TBD.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min readFrom Nov 5

Follows: State energy board votes on nearly $5 million solar loan for Red Dog Mine

Tanana Chiefs plans advocacy workshop as Board of Game takes up Ambler Road hunting

Tanana Chiefs Conference will hold an advocacy workshop Nov. 20, the day the Board of Game takes up an Ambler Road hunting closure TCC wanted five times wider.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

Alaska would keep letting floating processors leave fish waste on the seafloor

Alaska would keep letting floating processors leave up to an acre of fish waste on the seafloor at each spot. The EPA has said no other state allows it.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

North Stephens Passage king crab fishing closes Monday, eight days into a rare season

Southeast's rare king crab season is already closing in North Stephens Passage, eight days in. The state expects boats to hit the area's target Monday.

by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

State takes comment on North Slope seismic survey and three airport lease extensions

The state is taking comments on a 205-square-mile North Slope seismic survey and on no-bid lease extensions at the Birchwood, Dillingham and Girdwood airports.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readFrom Nov 4

Alaska takes a new look at the 705-foot Susitna dam as Cook Inlet gas runs short

AEA's board voted to take a new look at the shelved 705-foot Susitna dam, eyeing a 2033 tax-credit deadline as Cook Inlet gas runs short. No money to build yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min readFrom Nov 5

Alaska Supreme Court will weigh state search warrants for Metlakatla tribal property

A Ketchikan judge ruled state courts can't issue search warrants for Metlakatla tribal property. The Alaska Supreme Court hears the state's challenge Jan. 6.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read