State of Alaska

tate restarts historic review of Cowles Street rebuild after adding buried power lines

Fairbanks' Cowles Street rebuild got bigger, so the state is redoing its historic homework on a corridor with 31 cataloged sites and four Register listings.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Alaska districts have until Nov. 15 to recertify more than 15,000 migratory children

Alaska counted more than 15,000 children as migratory last year, a program built largely on fishing for food. Districts must recertify them by Nov. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Alaska Railroad among 231 railroads granted longer driving hours for track emergencies

Railroad drivers rushing to a derailment or washout can again drive into their 17th hour on duty. In Alaska, separate federal rules already allow the 20th.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Ketchikan viaduct repairs slip to 2030, the second delay since August

Ketchikan viaduct repairs slid from 2027 to 2028 and now 2030, and a draft state plan would spend $10.25 million designing a partial Water Street replacement.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Anchorage drops landfill injection well plan and turns to an evaporator for leachate

Anchorage's landfill trucks about 118,000 gallons of leachate a day to the sewer. Plan B for a 2028 state deadline: evaporate some of it with landfill gas.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Mat-Su manager tallies $386 million in outside grants, led by $249 million rail award

Mat-Su Borough is getting $386 million in outside grants, led by $249 million to finish the Port MacKenzie rail extension.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Trawl briefing leaves state board asking about its own waters

Fish board members asked if federal trawl science covers state waters. Not the state-run fisheries, it turns out. Trident showed a net that touches bottom less.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago4 min read

Ketchikan's storm damage estimate tops $4 million as the state steps in

Ketchikan's storm damage estimate has topped $4 million, with a collapsed harbor storm drain added to the Ward Cove substation, and the state is helping pay.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

St. Paul Island fuel facility seeks state renewal of its oil spill plan

St. Paul Fuel wants the state to renew the spill plan for the tank farms holding 1.1 million gallons of the island's fuel. Comment opens Wednesday.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Late elk hunt won't open on western Afognak after hunters near the harvest limit

Afognak elk hunters already reported 51 of the 54 elk Fish and Game planned to allow, so the late registration hunt won't open on the island's west side.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Alaska faces $45 million SNAP bill unless error rate drops below 6%, commissioner says

Alaska's health commissioner says the state has until year's end to cut its SNAP error rate from 20% to under 6%, or the next governor gets a $45 million bill.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Non-aviation rent at Kodiak Airport starts at twice recent aviation rates

A Kodiak Airport lot is up for bid for non-aviation use at 37.5 cents a square foot, roughly twice what aviation tenants there have recently been charged.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 15

Archangel Road in Hatcher Pass closes to vehicles for the winter

Archangel Road in Hatcher Pass closed to cars for the winter Tuesday. Reed Lakes hikers, you're walking now. Snowmachiners, your season is coming.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Fairbanks couple killed, toddler hurt in Parks Highway crash at Trapper Creek

A Fairbanks couple died Monday when their Subaru crossed the center line and hit a pickup near Trapper Creek. Their toddler was hurt. The Parks Highway closed for about five hours.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Goat hunt north of Port Valdez closes Wednesday night after harvest tops the limit

Hunters north of Port Valdez reported 9 goat points against a cap of 8, so Fish and Game is shutting the hunt Wednesday night, 10 days early.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Fish and Game offers 20 permits Wednesday for a Resurrection Peninsula goat hunt

Fish and Game opens 20 permits Wednesday for a November goat hunt on the Resurrection Peninsula. Take a nanny and you're out of goat hunting for five years.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Commercial vehicle rollover closes Tok Cutoff Highway near mile 52 Monday evening

A commercial vehicle rollover closed the Tok Cutoff Highway near mile 52 Monday evening, reopening pushed to 10:20 pm.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Duffy announces $250 million federal grant to finish Port MacKenzie rail link

Duffy brought $250 million to finish the Port MacKenzie rail link, started in 2013, and promised to have dirt turning by spring at "Trump speed."

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Ballot Measure 3 would add one word to Alaska's voting law, with most money from one donor

Ballot Measure 3 would add one word, "only," to Alaska's voting law. The Legislature's lawyer says it changes nothing. A Wisconsin CEO is funding most of it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Which judges are on your Alaska ballot, and why the council opposes two

Early voting is open, and the back of your ballot has judges on it. The council says keep 18, cut two in Kenai and couldn't agree on one in Juneau.

by Alaska News3w ago4 min read

Early voting has begun in Alaska. Here's what's on the ballot and how to vote.

Early voting opened Monday for governor, Senate, House and whether to keep ranked-choice voting. Here's where to go, what to bring and when results come.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Searchers bring two hunters out of Power Creek Basin near Cordova after a minor injury

Troopers, Cordova crews and 40 volunteers pulled two hunters from Power Creek Basin Sunday after a minor injury. One got hurt packing game, the other got soaked helping him.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Marshall man, 23, on child sexual abuse and assault charges

Troopers arrested a 23-year-old Marshall man Saturday on seven charges, including sexual abuse of a minor, after a girl's assault was reported in September.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Juneau closes Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge a year after setting aside money to replace it

Juneau closed the Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge as unsafe. A year ago it set aside $750,000 to replace it in 2026. None was spent through July.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 10

State offices close Monday for Alaska Day, marking the 1867 transfer from Russia

State offices are closed Monday for Alaska Day, marking the 1867 handover from Russia. The anniversary was Sunday, so state workers get the day after.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Fish and Game names low bidder for $3.58 million Susitna Landing boat launch rebuild

Fish and Game picked Nodak Electric & Construction's $3.58 million bid to rebuild Susitna Landing boat launch on the Kashwitna River in Willow.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Jul 22

Alaska asks for free civics lessons as a new graduation requirement approaches

Alaska students starting high school in fall 2027 will need to pass civics to graduate. The state is asking for free lessons to post, not writing its own.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Proposed Moose Range rules limit target shooting to areas that don't exist yet

The state wants target shooting in the Moose Range limited to designated shooting areas. Asked where those are, DNR said Friday: there aren't any yet.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer voters will decide on the road tax, a council race and an Assembly seat Nov. 3

Homer votes Nov. 3 on keeping its road tax, a City Council race and a borough Assembly seat. The mayor's race has exactly one name on the ballot.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Anchorage 18-year-old jailed after 100 mph pursuit on Parks Highway in Wasilla

An 18-year-old Anchorage man was arrested after a 100 mph chase on Wasilla's Parks Highway, stopped by spike strips. He faces six charges, including DUI, and is jailed without bail.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Kotlik man charged with attempted murder after reports he pointed a shotgun at two people

Alaska State Troopers arrested a 21-year-old Kotlik man on two counts of attempted murder and 14 other charges after reports he pointed a shotgun at two people.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

State plans to destroy abandoned skiff on Wasilla's Seymour Lake unless its owner claims it

A 24-foot skiff whose registration ran out in 2012 is headed for the scrap heap on Seymour Lake, unless its owner shows up and pays the state's bill.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Gravina Island sea cucumber divers get two hours as the area's cap nearly runs out

Divers have nearly hit the sea cucumber cap off Gravina Island's west shore in two weeks, so the state is giving them two hours there Tuesday.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Southeast Alaska sea cucumber dive fishery opens with a 1.4 million-pound cap

Callers posing as troopers are demanding gift cards and crypto to clear warrants

Real troopers don't call for gift cards. Someone posing as one has been phoning Alaskans demanding gift cards or crypto to clear fake warrants, troopers say.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Fish and Game closes Yakutat commercial set gillnet fishery for the rest of the season

Fish and Game closed Yakutat's commercial set gillnet fishery for the season on Oct. 15, matching the usual mid-October closing date.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Follows: Yakutat set gillnetters get another opening, but still can't keep king salmon

Narwhal Exploration seeks state approval to drill up to three wells in West Harrison Bay

Narwhal Exploration wants to drill up to three oil wells from ice pads in Harrison Bay this winter, a year later than first planned. Comments are due Oct. 30.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

State moves to finalize Juneau sewage plant permit despite years out of compliance

Juneau's downtown sewage plant was out of federal compliance in 12 of 13 quarters. The state is about to renew its Gastineau Channel permit anyway.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

After-hours online protective order petitions now count as filed the next business day

Alaska courts now count after-hours online protective order filings as filed the next business day, matching eviction filing rules. Filing before 11:59 pm Alaska time still counts as that same day.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Appeals court upholds conviction for threat during Ketchikan bail hearing

Alaska Court of Appeals upheld Michael Henderson's conviction for threatening a witness during his son's Ketchikan bail hearing. The jury found the threat real, and he's serving 18 months.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

RGA-funded PAC spends $1.5 million backing three Republicans and opposing Kreiss-Tomkins

Kodiak PAC, funded by the Republican Governors Association, spent $1.5 million backing three GOP tickets and opposing Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins before Alaska's Nov. 3 governor's race.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read