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
Troopers find two asleep in sedan towing stacked logs, cocaine in driver's lap
Alaska State Troopers say they found a driver and passenger asleep in a log-hauling sedan near Skyline Drive in Soldotna, with cocaine in the driver's lap, and arrested the driver.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Repairs begin on the Nome-Council Highway, four years after Merbok
Permanent repairs have begun on three Merbok-damaged stretches of the Nome-Council Highway, four years after the 2022 storm breached the road.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska could lose $80 million in school money over a two-point miss
Alaska could lose $80 million in federal school funding after failing a federal equity test by under two points. The state is appealing the finding.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Comment closes Monday on giving 20,000 Houston-area acres to AIDEA
Alaska's DNR has issued a preliminary decision to convey 19,950 acres north of Houston to AIDEA at no cost for industrial development, with public comment closing at 5 p.m. Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
A stolen pickup went through the doors of three Tongass Avenue businesses
Dale Withem, 48, was indicted on six felony counts and one misdemeanor stemming from property damage and a vehicle theft in Ketchikan on Sept. 4. He is scheduled for arraignment Thursday before Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
State to drop Whittier voter misconduct cases after appeals ruling
Alaska will dismiss voter misconduct prosecutions against Whittier residents after an appeals court found the grand jury got the wrong definition of intent.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago3 min read
Troopers airlift injured boater from Cosna River after capsizing en route to air ambulance
A boater with a severe leg injury was flown to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Sunday after the boat carrying the party toward an air ambulance pickup capsized on the Cosna River, Alaska State Troopers said.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Four Southeast shrimp areas open Oct. 1, including one the department had ruled out
Four Southeast Alaska shrimp pot areas open Oct. 1, including District 15-East, which the department had said in July would not reopen this year.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Dunleavy proclaims Sept. 13-19 Suicide Prevention Week in Alaska
Gov. Mike Dunleavy designated Sept. 13-19 as Suicide Prevention Week in Alaska, urging people worried about someone to ask directly and stay with them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Every number in Dunleavy's annual literacy proclamation has fallen since 2024
Every figure in Gov. Dunleavy's annual adult literacy proclamation has declined since 2024, including adults without a diploma, graduates and people served.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Bethel judge sentences Wassillie Brink to 30 years in Kasigluk assault
Wassillie Brink, 52, was sentenced in Bethel to 22 years to serve for the 2022 sexual assault of a woman in Kasigluk, the Alaska Department of Law said.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Fairbanks driver on DUI charge after Steese Highway stop
Alaska State Troopers stopped a vehicle near Steese Highway and Farmers Loop Road early Sunday after seeing it driving with no taillights and failing to hold a lane. The driver refused a breath test, and troopers got a warrant for a blood draw.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers say stolen truck hit dump truck head-on in North Pole
Alaska State Troopers say a stolen truck collided head-on with a dump truck on Holmes Road in North Pole, and arrested Charles Hills on vehicle theft and DUI charges.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Unalaska wants the state to look at a ferry from Cold Bay during pollock season
Unalaska's City Council asked the state to study seasonal ferry service between Cold Bay and Unalaska during the pollock A season and as a backup to air travel.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Soldotna man arrested on DUI and weapons charges after Ninilchik traffic stop
Alaska State Troopers say they found a green Toyota SUV near mile 140 of the Sterling Highway on Saturday evening after REDDI complaints, then watched it speeding and swerving before stopping it. A Soldotna man was arrested on DUI and weapons charges.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers seize 4.5 ounces of suspected heroin after Sterling traffic stop
Alaska State Troopers say they seized about 4.5 ounces of suspected heroin and two firearms in a traffic stop near Sterling and charged a Soldotna man with six counts.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
The Permanent Fund's budget is up $5.3 million, and most of it goes to managers
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation approved a fiscal 2028 budget $5.3 million above this year, with $3.7 million of it in alternative manager fees.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Southeast king crab quota rests on a figure the state's own report gives two ways
Southeast Alaska's king crab assessment contains two different harvest rates for unsurveyed water, one yielding 211,573 pounds and clearing the 200,000-pound threshold, the other yielding 199,148 pounds and falling short.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Bristol Bay's Nushagak opened late this year to protect its king salmon
Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye harvest closed near 29.7 million fish, about 92% of the preseason commercial forecast, but Nushagak District permit holders started late: ADF&G held openings until king salmon triggers in the stock-of-concern plan were cleared.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska proposes to pay for crisis mental health beds for the first time
Alaska is proposing its first Medicaid rates for subacute crisis beds: $81.16 an hour for stabilization, which is 36% below what the state already pays for a comparable 23-hour stay, and daily residential rates that top every other figure on its chart. Comments close Oct. 21.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Downtown Wasilla would go one-way under an $83 million state program
The state opens bids Sept. 25 on a $50 million to $60 million construction contract within an $83 million downtown Wasilla program.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska would swap dated national manuals for an undated state guidebook
Alaska's Department of Health proposed changes Sept. 11 that would set hospital discharge reporting requirements from a state guidebook instead of two national manuals, including one for Medicaid transfer payment codes. Comments are due Nov. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Gakona woman on felony meth charges after Glennallen stop
Alaska State Troopers arrested Yahneenah Sinyon of Gakona on Saturday on felony drug charges stemming from a July 22 traffic stop at mile 187 of the Glenn Highway, where a search warrant turned up about 73 grams of methamphetamine.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Pilot uninjured after plane flips during off-airport landing in Caribou Hills
A pilot was uninjured after flipping his plane during an off-airport landing in the Caribou Hills and was flown to Soldotna, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Anchorage grant would keep HIV testing and outreach going through 2027
A $114,470 state grant before the Anchorage Assembly would continue the city's offsite HIV education, counseling and testing for high-risk residents through mid-2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Southeast king crab registration closes Oct. 2 ahead of a Nov. 1 opening
Southeast Alaska crabbers must register by Oct. 2 for the red and blue king crab season, which opens Nov. 1 as a competitive fishery with a quota of about 213,000 pounds.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska approves three land releases for University of Alaska
Alaska is releasing state-selected land to the University of Alaska under its federal land grant, including about 220,000 acres in the Ray Mountains and smaller parcels.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Left lane closed at mile 117 of New Seward Hwy until about 4 p.m.
Alaska 511 reports the left northbound lane of the New Seward Highway near mile marker 117 closed after an incident at 7:08 a.m. Saturday. The closure is planned to lift at 4 p.m. Severity is listed as minor, and drivers are told to slow down.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Dunleavy proclaims Sept. 9 FASD Awareness Day, citing Alaska's high per capita rate
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proclamation naming Sept. 9 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day says Alaska's per capita FASD prevalence stays high compared with other states and that lifetime costs run into the millions of dollars per person.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Wrangell-St. Elias weighs 10 more days of subsistence moose hunting
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is weighing a 10-day extension of the federal subsistence moose season for qualified rural residents in Unit 11, with a decision expected Sept. 14.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska proposes letting one marijuana caregiver serve multiple patients
Alaska's health department proposed letting a single medical marijuana caregiver serve more than one patient and extending registry ID cards to two years.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska streamlines the fall round of its $272 million rural health fund
Alaska is opening a streamlined fall round of its Rural Health Transformation Program, cutting the time from application to awards to about 11 weeks from 24.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Three Alaska National Guard wetland surveys go out to bid, with proposals due Sept. 21
The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs wants wetland delineation surveys at Army National Guard aviation facilities in Kotzebue, Bethel and Nome, covering about 1.7, 11 and 4.57 acres. Proposals on all three are due 2 p.m. Alaska time Sept. 21.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w 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 Range Resources, a Nova Minerals subsidiary holding $43.4 million in federal defense funding for antimony, is seeking state approval to dig antimony ore 80 miles southwest of Trapper Creek and refine it at Port MacKenzie. Written comments are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 12, 2026.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska has reviewed 22 police shootings since 2024 and charged no one
A review of the Alaska Department of Law's published releases shows that all at least 22 completed reviews of officer-involved shootings since January 2024 ended without criminal charges against an officer.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago3 min read
ConocoPhillips seeks looser Willow drilling rules; hearing window open
ConocoPhillips has asked Alaska regulators to ease drilling and injection rules for Willow, and Alaskans have until Sept. 22 to request a public hearing.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
A $16 million award would restructure primary care across the Interior
Foundation Health Partners would receive $16 million to change how primary care works across the Interior, the largest single award in Alaska's Rural Health Transformation Program, with another $6.5 million going to PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center for robotic surgery.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Anchorage man after 85 mph pursuit ends in Wasilla crash
Alaska State Troopers say a silver Ford Escape fled a traffic stop on the Parks Highway Thursday night and crashed into trees on Susitna Drive after a 4.7-mile chase. Luke Debaere, 23, of Anchorage, was remanded to Mat-Su Pretrial on DUI and other charges.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
War-driven oil prices are filling Alaska's treasury while straining its households
War-driven oil prices have boosted Alaska's petroleum revenue while pushing gas to $5 and diesel past $6, and federal forecasts show Trump's below-$2 gas promise isn't supported.
by Alaska News2w ago5 min read
An antimony project's construction schedule began before comment opened
Alaska opened public comment on draft approvals for the Estelle antimony project, whose own construction schedules began nearly three months ago.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read