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 Supreme Court says a sleep clinic performs services in the field of health and owes the tax
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed on July 17 that Alaska Sleep Clinic performs services in the field of health and owes corporate income tax for 2016 through 2018. A court video summary walks through the three arguments the justices rejected.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Three Alaska governor candidates agree on the problems, diverge on government's role
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Treg Taylor and Dave Bronson agreed on Alaska's problems but diverged on solutions at a Last Frontier Republican Club forum Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago7 min read
Alaska Supreme Court says a judge may remove a plaintiff from his own trial, after warnings
The Alaska Supreme Court held for the first time that a trial judge may exclude a disruptive civil plaintiff from his own trial after warnings, ruling in a June 5, 2026 property-line case that the right to be present is weaker in civil cases than in criminal ones.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska starts spending its $272 million in rural health money
Advisory council member Monique Martin asked why no off-grid sanitation projects, no rural facility renovations and few child care proposals have advanced so far in Alaska's rural health awards. Officials said federal guidance on allowable uses is still unsettled.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Pile driving at a Juneau fuel dock could damage seals' hearing
NOAA Fisheries proposes to let PetroMarine Services harass more than 1,600 harbor seals, sea lions, whales and porpoises during roughly 81 days of work at the Juneau Rock Dump terminal starting Jan. 1, 2027. Comments are due 30 days after Sept. 10 publication.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Juneau's wastewater permit would be renewed despite a record of violations
Alaska's environmental agency proposes renewing Juneau's permit to discharge treated wastewater into Gastineau Channel, despite a record of recent violations.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska closes another zone of the Fortymile caribou hunt
Alaska closed Zone 2 of its Fortymile caribou hunt Friday after expecting its 100-bull quota met. Two of four state zones remain open.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
A Jeep rolled in Nikiski with a 14-year-old inside and the driver was arrested
Alaska State Troopers said a 56-year-old Nikiski man was arrested Tuesday on DUI and first-degree child endangerment charges after a Jeep rolled onto its side off Holt Lamplight Road with a 14-year-old passenger aboard. No injuries were reported.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska is adding a fingerprint background check to EMS licensing, starting in 2027
Alaska will require fingerprint-based background checks for EMS license applicants and renewals in 2027, tied to joining the interstate EMS Compact on Sept. 20.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Coast Guard finds 15-year-old alive on capsized skiff off St. Lawrence Island; two dead
A Coast Guard HC-130 crew found a 15-year-old clinging to an overturned 18-foot skiff four miles east of St. Lawrence Island on Monday. Two other boaters were recovered dead. All three were taken to Nome aboard the good Samaritan vessel Northwest Explorer
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Minnesota hunter cited for wanton waste of a caribou near Sagwon
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 38-year-old Minnesota man on Aug. 22 near Sagwon after an investigation found he failed to salvage all edible meat from a bull caribou and pulled the antlers from the kill site first. Arraignment is set in Utqiagvik Court.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
A Fairbanks entrance is closed while crews build a year-round bike path
Alaska DOT&PF has fully closed the main entrance of South University Avenue in Fairbanks from Sept. 8 through Sept. 14 for the University Avenue South Bicycle/Pedestrian Facility project. The Alaska 511 card lists no detour, no closure hours and no bike or pedestrian access details.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak's silver salmon are stacking up at the Buskin, waiting for rain
Kodiak's silver salmon are holding at the mouth of the Buskin River, waiting for rain before moving upstream, with only about 500 coho counted at the weir so far, biologists say.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
The public dock at King Salmon Airport would stay open five more years
Alaska's transportation department proposes extending the Bristol Bay Borough's lease of the public dock at King Salmon Airport through 2030.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers find drugs on an inmate at the Fairbanks jail
Alaska State Troopers responded Wednesday to a report of drugs found on an inmate during intake at the Fairbanks Correctional Facility. The item is being sent for testing, charges are going to the District Attorney's Office, and the investigation is ongoing.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Red Dog's port has carried a top-tier air violation for years with no penalty
EPA records show the port shipping Red Dog ore has carried a high-priority air violation for dust since 2019, unresolved by Alaska, with no penalty recorded.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Ninety-two Alaska water systems are listed as serious violators
EPA compliance data list 92 Alaska public water systems serving 29,185 people as serious violators of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The state's last formal enforcement action against any of them was in August 2020. Informal contact has continued, with 2,487 actions logged.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
A Fox placer miner asked to move Treasure Creek. The state's public notice says equipment and an operator.
A Department of Natural Resources public notice for a Treasure Creek placer mining amendment near Fox describes only added equipment and an operator, while the underlying application file contains an unresolved handwritten request to divert the creek, with comments due Sept. 16.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Sand Point salmon fishery gets 131-hour opening in Stepovak sections
ADF&G's Advisory Announcement #27, issued Tuesday, allows purse seine and set gillnet fishing for 131 hours from 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 in the Stepovak-area sections, while other Alaska Peninsula districts stay open until further notice.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Southeast geoduck season set at 264,000 pounds, first opening planned Oct. 7
ADF&G set the 2026/27 Southeast Alaska commercial geoduck season at a 264,000-pound guideline harvest level, down from 443,600 pounds last season. The season opens by regulation Oct. 1, with the first opening planned Oct. 7 if paralytic shellfish poison tests clear.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Troopers seek red Subaru driver in Fairbanks hit-and-run at Farmers Loop
Alaska State Troopers say a red Subaru rear-ended a vehicle at Farmers Loop and Tanana in Fairbanks on Sept. 5 and fled. The case remains open with no driver identified, according to the Sept. 9 daily dispatch.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections
Alaska's education department has proposed removing entire chapters of rules governing libraries, museums and archives, over public comments asking to keep them.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago3 min read
A conservative group sues Alaska's judicial council for diversity records
America First Legal Foundation is suing the Alaska Judicial Council for records on how it weighs diversity when screening candidates for state judgeships.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
State proposes 55-year Adak Airport lease, competing bids due Oct. 8
Alaska DOT&PF has proposed leasing 6.6 acres at Adak Airport to Adak Development Group LLC for 55 years at $62,582.58 a year, for a hangar, aviation fuel sales and live seafood storage. Competing applications or objections are due by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
State tax office flagged seller of Anchorage cannabis concentrate license as non-compliant
An Anchorage marijuana license transfer went before the state board with a Department of Revenue finding that the seller was not compliant on taxes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Seward state park advisory board takes public comment at Sept. 16 meeting
The Seward State Park Citizen Advisory Board meets Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the AVTEC Culinary Academy in Seward, in a hybrid format with a Microsoft Teams option. The notice encourages public participation but lists no specific topic or land-management decision.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Moose hunter flown off upper Chistochina River after medical emergency
A moose hunter who had a medical emergency on the upper Chistochina River was flown to Gulkana Airport by Alaska Wildlife Troopers and a Fairbanks fire medic on Monday, Sept. 7, and turned over to EMS, troopers said.
by Alaska News2w ago1 min read
Gunfire reports in Nondalton ended in an arrest on eight charges
Alaska State Troopers say a 22-year-old Nondalton man was arrested Sept. 4 after reports of gunfire in the village, and is charged with first-degree burglary, third-degree assault and three counts of violating conditions of release.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Missing an unemployment filing could cost Alaska employers five times as much
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development warned in its third-quarter 2026 employer newsletter that accounts missing quarterly unemployment insurance reports or payments can be assigned a 5.40% penalty rate, up to $2,927 per employee. Third-quarter filings are due Oct. 31.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Troopers investigating death of a Kachemak Selo man found nothing suspicious
Alaska State Troopers said a family found Mihey Reutov, 35, dead in Kachemak Selo on Monday, Sept. 7. A preliminary investigation identified nothing suspicious, and his body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
A Tyonek man died Saturday after neighbors heard gunshots
Joseph Standifer, 48, died in Tyonek on Saturday after neighbors heard gunshots, Alaska State Troopers said. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Two EMS providers assaulted on Parks Highway in Nenana, troopers say
Alaska State Troopers say two emergency medical providers were assaulted early Monday along the Parks Highway in Nenana. David Williams was remanded to Fairbanks Correctional Center on two counts of fourth-degree assault. The charges are accusations only.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
A plan to let Alaskans invest in the gas pipeline has stalled
AGDC's September 3, 2026 president's report told its board that a program to sell Alaskans 8-percent-yield pipeline tokens is on hold for lack of $2.5 million, and that three special legislative sessions ended without property tax relief the corporation says will delay the project.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago3 min read
Alaska's Permanent Fund had a banner year, but the money is spoken for
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation says $4.0 billion left the Earnings Reserve Account to fund the state's FY27 budget and dividend, with another $4.1 billion already committed for FY28.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago4 min read
Southeast king crab reopens for a second year after a long drought
Southeast Alaska's red and blue king crab fishery reopens Nov. 1 with a limit of about 213,000 pounds, a second straight season after seven years of closures.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears
Nova Minerals' antimony processing equipment is ashore at Port MacKenzie while the plant's state air permit application remains on hold. No public comment period has opened, and the records do not show whether construction may lawfully begin first.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
Troopers refer charges after Ketchikan pursuit and crash
Alaska State Troopers say a blue Honda fled an attempted traffic stop near mile 9 of the North Tongass Highway on Sept. 3 and crashed into a ditch near mile 17. Brian Burns, 18, of Ketchikan faces charges including failure to stop and third-degree assault.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago1 min read
Alaska Supreme Court rules: Officers Must Stop at Unclear Lawyer Requests
The Alaska Supreme Court adopted a state constitutional rule requiring police to stop questioning and clarify when a suspect makes an ambiguous request for a lawyer, affirming the reversal of Steven Ridenour's Kodiak murder conviction.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago4 min read
Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash
Alaska State Troopers said Trey Strout, 28, of Wasilla was arrested on charges of DUI and refusing a chemical test after a motorcycle crash near Mile 9 of Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday. He was remanded to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday
ADF&G's Advisory Announcement #21 opens the Chignik Bay, Central, Western and Perryville districts to commercial salmon fishing for 48 hours from 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, while lagoon waters south of Humes Point stay closed and Chinook non-retention rules remain in force.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read