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
Stebbins man arrested after armed standoff with troopers
Alaska State Troopers arrested Tristan Thrasher, 25, of Stebbins on Monday after a standoff on a bluff ended without gunfire. He faces two counts of Assault in the 3rd Degree and two counts of Assault in the Presence of a Minor, with more charges pending.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Bears are still raiding the Kodiak dump, weeks after a state plan to keep them out
Bears continue to get into the Kodiak Island Borough landfill on Monashka Bay Road despite a repaired electric fence and a Bear Management Plan the state approved July 15, and borough staff attribute it to a constant attractant. ADEC and ADF&G will join an Assembly work session Thursday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A planned Anchorage road would cut into a Hillside couple's yard — so the commission hit pause
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to postpone approval of the 65% design for the state's Mountain Air Drive extension after two property owners testified the plan would cut 45 feet into their lot, take their only usable yard and force them to relocate their well.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Scammers are posing as the PFD to phish Alaskans, and the state says don't bite
Alaskans who moved or changed banks must update their Permanent Fund Dividend records by Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, to be current before October mass payments, and the PFD Division says a fraudulent email using the subject line "IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION" is circulating.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A new gold claim would push mining into a creek the government has spent a decade repairing for fish
A new gold claim near Chicken would extend mining into Jack Wade Creek headwaters, where the BLM has spent a decade restoring salmon and grayling habitat in the Fortymile Wild and Scenic River corridor.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
The Situk's Rodeo Hole reopens Wednesday, the kings already gone upstream
ADF&G is reopening the stretch of the lower Situk River from 300 feet above the weir down through the Rodeo Hole at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, after surveys found nearly all king salmon had moved upstream. The drainage stays closed to king salmon fishing.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Parks Highway drops to one lane at Nenana's Tanana River Bridge Aug. 18
State crews will close the right lane in both directions at the Tanana River Bridge in Nenana from 7 a.m. Aug. 18 through 6 p.m. Aug. 20 for a routine inspection, with work each day between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Troopers cite 19 anglers for fishing violations on Kenai, Kasilof
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited 19 anglers on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers between July 22 and Aug. 9, 18 for failing to release snagged fish and one for using bait. Troopers seized 18 fish that were donated to charity. The charges are accusations.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Alaska says some permits now clear in under a week — as the reforms behind that speed draw both praise and alarm
At a Resource Development Council breakfast in Anchorage on Monday, Alaska's natural resources, environmental conservation and Fish and Game commissioners said some state permit cycle times are now under a week, and that Administrative Order 360 lets agencies rewrite regulations without the legislature.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Senate majority to regulators: reconsider the rejected gas storage project, and make BlueCrest produce
At a press availability Monday, Alaska Senate majority members said they are sending a letter asking the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to reconsider its denial of Enstar's Kenai gas storage petition. They also called on the governor to get BlueCrest's undeveloped Cosmopolitan lease into production.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
A pilot survives an upside-down plane crash in the Kenai refuge
A pilot who crashed his Cessna 185 on the shore of Trapper Joe Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday sent a 911 text saying he had no major injuries. A helicopter from Anchorage flew him out for evaluation of minor injuries, troopers said.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Cordova faces a thin ferry winter with four vessels in overhaul
Cordova's council takes up the Alaska Marine Highway System's winter 2026-27 ferry schedule at a 5 p.m. work session Monday with state Rep. Louise Stutes. It is a discussion, not an action item, and no vote is scheduled.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Deadhorse airport upgrade will fill nearly 79 acres of wetlands with no mitigation
Airfield striping began overnight at Deadhorse Airport and the contractor is close to finishing borrow hauling to the Phase 3D infield, the final stretch of a drainage and wildlife-fence project at the North Slope's aviation gateway.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska lacks the skilled workers for the LNG project, a report says
A workforce analysis from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development projects about 6,600 workers at peak Alaska LNG construction, and roughly 8,600 statewide when concurrent projects are counted. It warns demand will exceed the state's current training output.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska takes public input Wednesday on child care facility safety rules
The Alaska Child Care Program Office holds its fifth 2026 engagement session from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, taking input from providers, families and advocates on licensed child care facility health and safety requirements under 7 AAC 10.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska Senate Majority sets Anchorage press availability on stalled gas session
Alaska's fourth special session on gas pipeline taxation has produced no votes in two weeks, as Cook Inlet gas supply is projected to run short by the mid-2030s.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Prince William Sound's purse seine fleet stays closed, waiting on weather
Announcement #31, posted Aug. 9, holds Prince William Sound purse seine fisheries closed for Monday, Aug. 10, because weather grounded the aerial surveys ADF&G uses to gauge wild stock escapement. Daily updates run through Wednesday.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Driver escapes uninjured after vehicle overturns and burns on Steese Highway in Fox
A driver walked away uninjured after striking the shoulder on the Steese Highway in Fox late Saturday, overturning and burning the vehicle. Alaska State Troopers said the driver was avoiding another vehicle that had drifted into the lane. No charges were filed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Petersburg-area drift gillnet fishery opens for about 40 hours
Alaska Fish and Game will open a section near Petersburg to about 40 hours of unrestricted drift gillnet fishing, Aug. 11 to 13, after the purse seine fishery there.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A hiker was carried off a Hatcher Pass trail, the second rescue there this summer
Alaska State Troopers, State Parks, Palmer Rescue and Mat-Su Borough EMS carried an incapacitated adult hiker off Reed Lake Trail in Hatcher Pass on Thursday to a waiting ambulance. It was at least the second rescue on the route this summer.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
ADF&G closes Northern District set gillnet fishing for 12 hours Monday
Emergency Order 2-F-H-32-26 closes set gillnet commercial salmon fishing in the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, a coho conservation measure that takes a scheduled period from the fleet at peak season.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Palmer man arrested on DUI, refusal and 2021 warrant after Palmer-Wasilla Highway report
Alaska State Troopers arrested Chad Deardorff, 49, of Palmer late Saturday after a REDDI report of an erratic driver on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway. Troopers said he refused a breath test, and a five-year-old warrant for DUI and weapons misconduct surfaced during the stop.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska Peninsula salmon fishing keeps opening and closing as managers work around sockeye returns
Alaska Peninsula commercial salmon fishing has opened and closed repeatedly this season as ADF&G manages harvest around sockeye returns, with the 20th advisory posted this month.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A sockeye surge doubles the Fish Creek salmon limit for a week
Mat-Su anglers have until Aug. 15 to keep six salmon a day at Fish Creek. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened the fishery early on Aug. 3 with raised limits after a strong sockeye return, and the limit reverts to three fish on Aug. 16.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The state closes Kuskokwim subsistence coho fishing as the run lags
ADF&G closed subsistence coho fishing with gillnets, fishwheels, beach seines and dip nets in Kuskokwim Sections 1-3 at 4 p.m. Friday, after sonar counted about 43,000 coho through Aug. 5 against an average of roughly 106,500. The working group meets Wednesday.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The state will renew a Sitka hatchery's Deep Inlet lease for 10 years, not the 25 it wanted
Alaska DNR's Southeast Regional Land Office decided on Feb. 26, 2026, to renew the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association's Deep Inlet net pen lease near Sitka for 10 years, though the association asked for 25. The decision is not final until the appeal period passes.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
A company is drilling near Cantwell for the source of half a million ounces of gold
Avidian Gold wants to drill 30 holes near Cantwell in the Valdez Creek district, hunting the source lode of more than 500,000 ounces of placer gold never traced to its origin.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
State proposes five-year lease extension for Noatak school site at airport
The Northwest Arctic Borough has asked the state to extend its lease on about 73,651 square feet at Noatak Airport for five more years at $10,826.70 a year, keeping the village school and its bulk fuel tank farm on state airport land.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Big Lake man charged with 21 theft counts after Mat-Su traffic stop
Alaska State Troopers say a July 25 traffic stop in Big Lake led to felony drug and theft charges against Jonathan Meeks, 39, who was arrested Saturday on a federal warrant and is held at Mat-Su Pretrial without bail.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Shaktoolik and Unalakleet subsistence fishers must pull beach seines Tuesday
Subsistence fishers in Shaktoolik and Unalakleet must remove beach seines by Aug. 11 under a Fish and Game closure tied to weak king salmon returns, though gillnetting stays open.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wasilla woman charged in storage-unit burglary that netted stolen firearms
Alaska State Troopers charged a Wasilla woman with 14 counts in a December 2025 storage-unit burglary that netted stolen firearms, and are seeking a second suspect.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A woman lost overnight near Port Heiden was found alive, her dog by her side
A local pilot spotted a woman missing since early August 7 about five miles off an area trail near Port Heiden on Saturday afternoon, ending a search by Alaska State Troopers, local residents and the Coast Guard. Her dog stayed with her and reportedly chased off a bear.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Fairbanks blood-draw arrest raises a question about the evidence-tampering charge
Alaska State Troopers say Alfred Lee Nelson II, 46, resisted a court-ordered blood draw at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital after a July 25 speeding stop on the Mitchell Expressway, drawing a tampering charge on top of DUI and refusal counts.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Father and daughter rescued by boat from Kenai River island at mile 73
Todd Torkelson and his 24-year-old daughter, Claire, were stranded on an island at mile 73 of the Kenai River on July 27 after the water rose too swiftly to wade back. Alaska Wildlife Troopers coordinated a boat pickup that returned them to shore.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Lower Cook Inlet seiners are shut down while set netters keep fishing, days before the season ends
Southern District purse seine crews in Lower Cook Inlet have been shut down since 10 p.m. July 31, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Aug. 7 update kept the closure while set gillnetters fish toward an Aug. 15 season end.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Upper Cook Inlet reopens to a one-king limit after a spring closure
Upper Cook Inlet salt waters north of Bluff Point reopen to a one-king limit Aug. 16 through Sept. 15, after a closure to protect Cook Inlet king stocks in low productivity.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kotzebue chum fishermen get a better price but have just one buyer left
Copper River, the only registered buyer in Kotzebue this season, is paying 57 cents a pound for iced chum and 60 cents for iced and bagged, nearly 20 cents above 2025. ADF&G has scheduled 22 eight-hour periods since the July 10 opener.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
King Cove road materials arrive on scene as local workers hit another milestone in the development of a contested project
A barge of equipment and materials for the King Cove-Cold Bay Road project has arrived in King Cove while local residents complete safety and commercial driver training for project work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Potter Drive designs test Anchorage guidance on in-street bike lanes
A DOT&PF concept report offers four designs to give Potter Drive its first sidewalks and bike facilities, and flags that Anchorage's street plan calls in-street bike lanes rare on industrial collectors while the AMATS Non-Motorized Plan recommends a separated bikeway there.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
The state is drilling test holes for a Seward Highway fix, as a bigger $1.5 billion plan draws fire
As Alaska rebids a Seward Highway drilling contract, a far larger $1.5 billion rebuild draws fire from Anchorage's advisory committee, which calls it oversized.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read