State of Alaska

Bethel judge sentences Wassillie Brink to 30 years in Kasigluk assault

A man with a prior conviction for sexual abuse of a minor got 22 years to serve for a 2022 assault in Kasigluk. Western Alaska's rate is double the state's.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Fairbanks driver on DUI charge after Steese Highway stop

DUI arrest in the north

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Unalaska wants the state to look at a ferry from Cold Bay during pollock season

Unalaska wants the state to look at running a ferry from Cold Bay during pollock season. The ferry system is short on boats and the dock has pile damage.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 8

Troopers seize 4.5 ounces of suspected heroin after Sterling traffic stop

Troopers say they found 4.5 ounces of suspected heroin and two guns in a truck near Sterling, charging the driver with six counts. He's presumed innocent.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Soldotna man arrested on DUI and weapons charges after Ninilchik traffic stop

A Soldotna man was arrested after Alaska State Troopers found his green SUV near Ninilchik following REDDI calls and watched it speeding and swerving on the Sterling Highway.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Permanent Fund's budget is up $5.3 million, and most of it goes to managers

The fund that pays for most of Alaska's government is raising its own budget $5.3 million. Most of that is fees to outside money managers.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 3

A new Wasilla group spent $43,000 on six House candidates with D.C. money

A Wasilla group registered Sept. 1, took $250,000 from a national Republican committee Sept. 9, and spent $43,000 on six House candidates Sept. 10.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Southeast king crab quota rests on a figure the state's own report gives two ways

The assessment gives two rates for unsurveyed water. One clears the opening threshold; the other does not, and the report does not explain which was intended.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Follows: Southeast Alaska's king crab fishery will open, barely clearing the bar

Bristol Bay's Nushagak opened late this year to protect its king salmon

Bristol Bay's Nushagak District opened weeks late this season to protect its struggling king salmon, delaying the fleet's access to the sockeye run.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska approves three land releases for University of Alaska

Alaska is transferring hundreds of thousands of acres to the University of Alaska under its federal land grant, led by a 220,000-acre Ray Mountains selection.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Downtown Wasilla would go one-way under an $83 million state program

Downtown Wasilla would go one-way under an $83 million state program. The construction contract is estimated at $50 million to $60 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska would swap dated national manuals for an undated state guidebook

Alaska hospitals would follow a state guidebook instead of two national manuals for data reporting. The guidebook has no edition date. The manuals do.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Pilot uninjured after plane flips during off-airport landing in Caribou Hills

A pilot walked away uninjured after flipping his plane during an off-airport landing in the Caribou Hills, and was flown back to Soldotna by helicopter.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Gakona woman on felony meth charges after Glennallen stop

Alaska State Troopers arrested Yahneenah Sinyon of Gakona on felony methamphetamine charges after a Glenn Highway stop on July 22 turned up roughly 73 grams of meth and over $1,000 in cash.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage grant would keep HIV testing and outreach going through 2027

A $114,470 state grant on the Anchorage Assembly's agenda would keep the city's offsite HIV education, counseling and testing running through June 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Southeast king crab registration closes Oct. 2 ahead of a Nov. 1 opening

Southeast Alaska crabbers have until Oct. 2 to register for the red and blue king crab season, which opens Nov. 1 with a quota of about 213,000 pounds.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Left lane closed at mile 117 of New Seward Hwy until about 4 p.m.

Left northbound lane of New Seward Highway at mile 117 is closed until about 4 p.m. Saturday after a minor incident.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Dunleavy proclaims Sept. 9 FASD Awareness Day, citing Alaska's high per capita rate

Gov. Dunleavy proclaimed Sept. 9 FASD Awareness Day, citing Alaska's high rate of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and urging pregnant people to abstain from alcohol.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound seine season ends Monday, after Friday's Cannery Creek opening

Prince William Sound seining closes for the year Monday night. The last openings reached hatchery waters that are usually off-limits to the fleet.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 9

Wrangell-St. Elias weighs 10 more days of subsistence moose hunting

Rural subsistence hunters in the Wrangell-St. Elias area could get 10 more days to take a moose this fall, with the park set to decide Monday.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska proposes letting one marijuana caregiver serve multiple patients

Alaska proposes letting one medical marijuana caregiver serve multiple patients and doubling the ID card term, its first rule update since 1998.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Air Guard crew rescues two pilots in separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna

An Alaska Air National Guard helicopter crew rescued two pilots from separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna on Thursday, flying both to an Anchorage hospital.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska streamlines the fall round of its $272 million rural health fund

Alaska is streamlining the fall round of its $272 million rural-health fund — one application instead of two, and about 11 weeks to awards, down from 24.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Wind topples two dozen trees onto Tok's power lines, stalling fire recovery

Winds knocked more than two dozen trees onto Tok's power lines Wednesday, some outside the burn scar, cutting power and stalling the Mukluk Fire recovery.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Three Alaska National Guard wetland surveys go out to bid, with proposals due Sept. 21

Alaska Army National Guard is buying wetland surveys at three aviation facilities in Kotzebue, Bethel and Nome, budgeted at $45,000 to $50,000 each, with proposals due 2 p.m. Sept. 21.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Comment closes Oct. 12 on a plan to dig antimony 80 miles from Trapper Creek and refine it at Port MacKenzie

Alaska is taking comment until Oct. 12 on permits for the Estelle gold and antimony project, whose applicant is a Nova Minerals subsidiary that won $43.4 million in federal defense funding to make military-grade antimony trisulfide.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska has reviewed 22 police shootings since 2024 and charged no one

Alaska prosecutors have reviewed at least 22 police shootings since 2024 and charged no officer. The record clears the officer every time.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 8

ConocoPhillips asks Alaska regulators to set Willow drilling and injection rules

ConocoPhillips asked state regulators to set Willow's drilling and injection rules. Nuiqsut's city and tribe dropped their opposition letter in 2023.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 3

A $16 million award would restructure primary care across the Interior

The biggest award in Alaska's rural health program is $16 million to change how primary care gets delivered and paid for across the Interior.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Alaska adds $16.8 million in rural health awards without naming who gets the money

Troopers arrest Anchorage man after 85 mph pursuit ends in Wasilla crash

Alaska State Troopers arrested Luke Debaere, 23, after he fled a traffic stop on the Parks Highway and crashed into trees in Wasilla, reaching 85 mph through residential areas.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

War-driven oil prices are filling Alaska's treasury while straining its households

The same oil price spike is filling Alaska's treasury and straining its households — and Trump's $2 gas promise would take more than the war ending.

by Alaska News2mo ago5 min read

An antimony project's construction schedule began before comment opened

Construction schedules for an antimony mine and refinery began back in June. The state opened comment on whether to approve the work on Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Ninth Circuit says tribal law cannot shield employees from federal civil rights suits

A federal appeals court ruled tribal governments cannot shield their own employees from civil rights lawsuits by writing immunity into tribal code.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

The Kenai coho limit stayed at two when it was supposed to go to three

Kenai River anglers expected the coho limit to rise to three fish on Sept. 1. It stayed at two instead, and will stay there through November.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Rabies is climbing among wildlife across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Rabies is rising among Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wildlife. Foxes come in to den in village landfills in late winter, and rural dogs live outdoors.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Troopers arrest Wasilla driver on DUI, assault charges after rollover

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Wasilla driver on DUI and assault charges after a rollover crash on North Wasilla-Fishhook Road late Wednesday left two people with minor injuries.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

More than 200 coho counted at Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 200 coho have passed through Bear Creek weir near Seward, with freshwater fishing expected to improve over the next few weeks.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

Sitka loses coho fishing as weak returns leave the hatchery short

Sitka anglers lose coho fishing in Bear Cove and Deep Inlet through October after this year's silvers came back too weak for the local hatchery to spawn.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Man arrested in Soldotna on felony sex offender registry charge

Troopers arrested a 74-year-old Soldotna man Thursday on a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, after a probation compliance check. The dispatch says he has two prior convictions for the same offense.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Flooding closes state vocational rehabilitation office in downtown Fairbanks

Flooding closed the state Department of Labor office in downtown Fairbanks on Friday, Sept. 11, halting walk-in service for vocational rehabilitation and disability employment support.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read