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
Alaska's budget balances this year on high oil and a reduced dividend
Alaska's budget balances this year with $106 million to spare, thanks to oil running $19 a barrel high and a dividend set $1.2 billion below the formula.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
FAA hires Calista-owned firm for next round of decades-old Cold Bay fuel cleanup
FAA awards $471,000 contract to Calista subsidiary Brice Solutions for fuel-contaminated soil cleanup and groundwater monitoring in Cold Bay, Alaska.
by Alaska News4d ago3 min read
Alaska health officials warn concentrated kratom products can cause overdoses drug tests miss
Alaska health officials warn concentrated kratom and 7-OH products can cause opioid-like overdoses; naloxone can help, and a federal 7-OH ban is pending.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Fairbanks job fair Thursday: retail, grocery, restaurant and bank employers
Fifteen retail, grocery, restaurant and banking employers, including Fred Meyer, Walmart and Key Bank, meet job seekers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at 675 7th Ave. in Fairbanks. Walk-ins are welcome, and six more fairs follow through May.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Alaska closed its Bering Sea scallop grounds after the two-boat fleet hit the cap
Alaska Fish and Game closed commercial weathervane scallop fishing in Registration Area Q on Wednesday after the fleet reached the area's guideline harvest level.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Kodiak's salmon fishery opens for 54 hours starting Thursday at noon
Alaska Fish and Game opened Kodiak commercial salmon fishing for 54 hours from noon Thursday through 6 pm Saturday across Afognak, Northwest and Eastside districts.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Denali Borough needs 150 more housing opportunities, assessment says
A housing assessment found Denali Borough employers need at least 150 more housing units, even with flat population, because most homes sit seasonally empty.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Governor candidates split over how to close Southcentral gas gap
Alaska governor candidates proposed different ways to close Southcentral's gas gap: enforcement, incentives, stable taxes and power diversification.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read
Alaska Power Company asks to waive charges for customers cut off by disasters
Alaska Power Company asked state regulators for permission to waive reconnection, customer and demand charges for customers cut off by a disaster.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Alaska will spend up to $250,000 studying a ferry terminal in Hyder
Alaska DOT&PF is seeking bids on a $200,000 to $250,000 feasibility study for a ferry terminal in Hyder, a community the marine highway does not currently serve.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Troopers seek driver of silver pickup in Fairbanks Turtle Club hit-and-run
Alaska State Troopers seek the driver of a newer silver Chevrolet pickup who hit a parked rental vehicle at the Turtle Club near Fairbanks and drove away.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago1 min read
Alaska Supreme Court takes up Sitka assault where a woman owes $104,000 to the doctor who pleaded guilty to assaulting her
The Alaska Supreme Court will hear Breanna Wampler's appeal Nov. 20 after a Sitka jury, never told of Dr. Richard McGrath's guilty plea, ruled against her civil claims.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read
Federal grant of $310,307 funds condition survey of Alaska's ferry fleet
Federal money will fund a condition survey of Alaska Marine Highway vessels as the low bid to replace the 1964 Tustumena came in $49 million over budget.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Alaska has five weeks to commit $33 million in federal rural health money
Alaska has about $33 million of its $272.2 million first-year rural health award left to commit before a firm federal deadline on Oct. 30.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Alaska will score rural health grant applications on cost-effectiveness
Alaska will score fall rural health grant applications on cost-effectiveness for the first time, with proposed frameworks out for comment through Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Troopers arrest Nikiski man on felony DUI charge after rollover on Nikiski Avenue
Alaska State Troopers say a 31-year-old Nikiski man fled a single-vehicle rollover on Nikiski Avenue late Tuesday and was tracked to a residence near Bernice Lake through the electronic monitor he wore under conditions of release for pending domestic violence charges.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Payless would pay more than $500,000 over document fees under proposed settlement
More than 5,000 Alaskans would get $100 each under a settlement with Payless Used Car Sales over document fees left out of advertised online prices.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Palmer's plan to test whether its two main wells can produce more clears state review
Palmer has asked the state for a $1.5 million loan to find out whether the two wells that supply about 90% of its water can produce more. The study cleared state environmental review Tuesday; follow-on design work may include a standby generator.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Cook Inlet gas storage at 69.5% as winter nears, with one field shut in for maintenance
Southcentral Alaska's two commercial gas storage fields stood at a combined 69.5 percent of capacity as of Sept. 21, with gas going in and none coming out.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Man dies entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers said a man became entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The notice was posted Sept. 22 and gives a response date that has not yet arrived.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
The Alaska Court System awarded a $5.25 million contract to expand the Palmer Courthouse
The Alaska Court System awarded a $5.25 million contract to expand the Palmer Courthouse, weeks before the Legislature added a fifth superior court judge.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read
Knik Tribe awarded $199,482 for Palmer fingerprinting site and mobile units
The Knik Tribe will receive $199,482 in federal funding to buy fingerprinting systems for prospective foster, kinship and adoptive families in the Mat-Su Borough.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye run falls below 50 million for first time since 2014
Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye run came in at 45.7 million, the first under 50 million since 2014, with a preliminary exvessel value of $264 million.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Wasilla commissioner asks if city should pause commercial development
A Wasilla planning commissioner asked whether the city should halt new commercial development until state road funding problems are resolved. The chair disagreed.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Hiker injured by bear on Jones Point Trail in Haines
A hiker was attacked by a bear on the Jones Point Trail in Haines on Monday and self-rescued with non-life-threatening injuries. The bear has not been found.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
The Supreme Court will rule on Dunleavy's agriculture department after he's gone
The Alaska Supreme Court hears Gov. Dunleavy's appeal Nov. 19 over whether he could create a Department of Agriculture by executive order during a special session.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Alaska takes final 2026 public input Wednesday on child care grant rules
Alaska's Child Care Program Office holds its final 2026 public engagement session Wednesday, covering the Child Care Grant Program for licensed providers.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
A police drone searched south Anchorage for a brown bear before dawn
Anchorage police used a drone to help Fish and Game search for a nuisance brown bear near Sabine Street and East 142nd Avenue early Tuesday morning.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min read
Left lane closed on O'Malley Road northbound until 4 p.m. Tuesday
The left northbound lane of O'Malley Road near O'Malley Centre Drive is closed Tuesday until 4 pm for guardrail and fencing repair in Anchorage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
A teen moose hunter was flown to a hospital after a tree stand fall near Fairbanks
Alaska Wildlife Troopers flew a teenage moose hunter to a Fairbanks hospital after he fell from a tree stand about 12 miles southeast of the city on Monday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Alaska lifts 500-day hiring and regulation freeze, no reason given
Gov. Mike Dunleavy revoked the state hiring, travel and regulation freeze after 500 days, in a four-sentence order that gives no reason for the change.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
One black rockfish a day in Kodiak and Afognak waters
Rockfish limits around Kodiak and Afognak run through Dec. 31: five a day, no more than two of a species, with only one black rockfish and one yelloweye
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Spann sues state, governor and PFD director in Anchorage court
Stephen Spann, creator of a petition demanding Alaska pay the full statutory Permanent Fund Dividend, sued the state, naming the governor and revenue commissioner.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Homer's tsunami evacuation route is being raised and widened
Federal highway money will rebuild Kachemak Drive, a designated tsunami evacuation route in Homer, raising and widening the road from the Sterling Highway east.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Palmer pilot and Michigan passenger killed in eastern Alaska plane crash
Pilot Cabot Pitts and passenger Connor Helsel died when a Piper Super Cub crashed in eastern Alaska on Sept. 17, the NTSB investigation is open.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago1 min read
AIDEA's board takes six major projects into executive session in Kotzebue
The AIDEA board meets Tuesday in Kotzebue with the Ambler Road, Red Dog Mine, ANWR, West Susitna Access and Ketchikan Shipyard listed for closed executive session.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read
Troopers cite a Wasilla hunter over evidence of sex missing from his moose
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a Wasilla man near Eureka after finding the moose he harvested no longer had evidence of sex naturally attached to the meat.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago1 min read
Goat hunt RG249 north of Valdez Arm closes
Alaska Fish and Game is closing the RG249 mountain goat hunt north of Valdez Arm in Unit 6D at 11:59 pm Tuesday after hunters reported five of seven allowed points.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Flags fly at half-staff Tuesday for former Ketchikan Rep. Cheri Davis
Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered flags lowered Sept. 22 for former Rep. Cheri Davis, a Ketchikan Republican who served in the Alaska House from 1989 to 1992.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
A new poll has Kreiss-Tomkins ahead in the first round and the last
An AARP poll puts Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins at 40 percent in Alaska's governor's race, ahead of three Republicans, and winning a ranked-choice simulation 55-45.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read