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“This administration has done more to save, protect and expand coal in our country than any administration perhaps ever.”President Trump Makes an Announcement on Beautiful, Clean Coal · Jun 4, 2026
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“You cannot go straight to community care as a veteran. That's just false. You can't just— I can't tomorrow just decide to go to community care.”Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 and 2028 advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs. · May 20, 2026
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“more than $8 billion of the $10.9 billion increase for healthcare services in FY '27 is for community care. The difference is even more significant in the department's FY28 advance request, with the VA asking for a $17 billion increase in community care and near stagnant levels for direct care.”Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 and 2028 advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs. · May 20, 2026
Alaska's seat on the halibut commission is open, and you can nominate yourself
NOAA is taking nominations through Sept. 14 for the Alaska-resident seat among the U.S. commissioners to the International Pacific Halibut Commission, the body whose catch limits and season dates govern Alaska commercial, charter and subsistence halibut fishing.
by Maggie AlaskaNews7h ago1 min readAI
Charter plane crash at Cape Newenham radar site kills eight
A Security Aviation Cessna 441 that left Anchorage crashed Thursday afternoon on approach to the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site airstrip in western Alaska, killing two pilots and six passengers. The NTSB is investigating.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
Level 3 GO evacuations ordered north of the Alaska Highway as the Mukluk Fire spreads near Tok
A fire reported in a Tok backyard shortly before noon Monday grew to about 20 acres in roughly two hours, forcing Level 3 GO evacuations north of the Alaska Highway. State notices describe two different evacuation stretches, and a downed powerline is arcing near the fire.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Skagway is under another wind advisory, gusts to 40 mph through Saturday
NWS Juneau has a wind advisory in effect for the Municipality of Skagway until 7 p.m. AKDT Saturday, with south winds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 40 mph strong enough to down tree limbs and scatter unsecured objects.
by Alaska News12h ago1 min readAI
An Alaska water system logged the EPA's most urgent violation
EPA drinking-water data show a public water system serving 771 Alaskans recorded a Tier 1 health-based violation on March 1, the agency's most urgent notification level, while five smaller systems logged Tier 2 treatment-technique violations later that month. The data does not name the communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews10h ago1 min readAI
NOAA pays $1.57 million for samples from subsistence-harvested seals
NOAA has awarded the Alaska Department of Fish and Game a $1.57 million cooperative agreement running Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2029, to sample ice seals harvested for subsistence in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas and to survey Steller sea lion haulouts in Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews14h ago2 min readAI
A toxic bloom killed fur seals off St. George with the highest saxitoxin level ever recorded in the species
A harmful algal bloom killed northern fur seals off St. George Island with a record saxitoxin level, and federal money will keep tribal monitors tracking the depleted population.
by Maggie AlaskaNews14h ago1 min readAI
A storm could raise water 4 to 6 feet at low-lying Norton Sound villages
NWS Fairbanks issued a high surf advisory late Friday for Eastern Norton Sound, with water 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line near Koyuk and Elim from 4 a.m. Monday to 4 p.m. Tuesday. A separate advisory covers the Yukon Delta Coast.
by Maggie AlaskaNews18h ago2 min readAI
The feds are tightening subsidies for flights to small towns, but Alaska is exempt by name
A tighter federal cap on flight subsidies takes effect Oct. 1, but Congress exempted Alaska's 65 communities by name, where the flights are lifelines for food and health care.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
Chugach sees opportunity for its communities in the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup
Chugach Alaska Corporation says the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup, with cutters bound for Kodiak and Seward, could benefit its coastal communities if infrastructure keeps pace.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
A Fort Yukon tribal crew that fights fire across the country just locked in funding through 2031
The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments' Fort Yukon-based Type 2 wildland firefighting crew secured $500,000 in federal funding through 2031, continuing a generations-old Alaska Native firefighting tradition.
by Maggie AlaskaNews14h ago2 min readAI
Alaska students will spend the year researching the veterans buried at Fort Richardson
The VA's National Cemetery Administration awarded the University of Alaska Anchorage $325,000 for a one-year Veterans Legacy Program project sending dual-enrolled high school students and undergraduates into the burial records of Fort Richardson National Cemetery, with a campus memorial and a cemetery walking tour among the deliverables.
by Melinda Communities.News2d ago2 min readAI
Tok evacuation order still stands after phone alert expired Tuesday
The Mukluk Fire crossed Red Fox Drive in Tok and reached 16% containment, while the wireless alert carrying the evacuation order expired Tuesday unreissued.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
BLM closes spur road and gravel pit at Moose Creek Landing through fall
BLM has closed a spur road and gravel pit off Nome Creek Road at Moose Creek Landing to motor vehicles through the fall so hydroseeded ground can revegetate after summer construction. The agency will re-evaluate the closure in the spring.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI
Juneau to Mendenhall Valley: the next glacial flood is coming, plan now
Juneau is urging Mendenhall Valley residents to prepare for the next Suicide Basin glacial outburst flood, expected around Aug. 1-9, with 1,900 homes in the advisory area.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Juneau lifts its Suicide Basin flood evacuation
An Alaska 511 advisory keeps View Drive restricted to local traffic from Terrace Place to the end of the road, with no end time listed, after the Mendenhall River crested Thursday at 14.7 feet, below the 16.1- to 16.6-foot crest the National Weather Service had forecast.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's largest fisheries lab swaps ozone for ultraviolet to treat its water
NOAA's Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute near Juneau is replacing its ozone disinfection system with ultraviolet units and a sand filter under a $155,653 contract.
by Melinda Communities.News4d ago1 min readAI
Eight Alaska fishery disaster requests are past the deadline federal law sets
NOAA Fisheries has missed its own posted determination deadlines on eight of twelve pending Alaska fishery disaster requests, blocking any aid allocation to affected communities.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Willow Creek forecast to reach minor flood stage Tuesday under Susitna Valley flood watch
NWS Anchorage posted a flood watch for the Western, Southern and Central Susitna Valley from 7 p.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Wednesday. Willow Creek at the Parks Highway is forecast to cross minor flood stage Tuesday morning and peak at 10.29 feet that afternoon.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
A sharp cut to West Coast salmon limits lands on fish Alaska shares
Federal managers cut Chinook troll limits off Washington and Oregon by three-quarters and closed parts of California's salmon fisheries, affecting stocks shared with Alaska.
by Bill AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Hoonah and Ketchikan dock projects renew marine mammal permits without breaking ground
NOAA Fisheries renewed marine mammal permits for Hoonah's cargo dock and Ketchikan's ferry berths through August 2027. Neither project has started construction.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
NOAA is still testing groundwater in the Pribilofs, decades after it left
NOAA awarded a $186,644 contract for groundwater monitoring under the 1996 Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration Agreement, running through January 2028.
by Alaska News2d ago2 min readAI
Juneau's glacial outburst flood crested Thursday at 14.7 feet, above major flood stage
Alaska 511 posted a flooding risk Wednesday evening for Back Loop Bridge Trailhead Forest Service Road at mile marker 4, both directions. The road is not fully closed, and no end time is listed. The City and Borough of Juneau is advising flood-zone residents to evacuate.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A $3.73 million contract will fix water intrusion at the Anchorage VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $3,730,000 contract to Palmer-based Red Point Construction, LLC to repair the Building 100 envelope moisture barrier at the Anchorage VA Medical Center, with work running from September 15, 2026 through September 14, 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min readAI
An airman's idea for a cargo cart is out to bid at JBER
A new Air Force solicitation seeks engineering and fabrication of a Version 2.0 Logistics Operational Device cart, a manual alternative to K-loaders, with final fit-checks and operational testing at JBER alongside the 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min readAI
Rain is coming to the Interior, and the small creeks will rise — but the big rivers are low enough to take it
NWS Fairbanks issued a hydrologic outlook Monday for up to 2 inches of rain that could cause significant rises in small streams feeding the Koyukuk and Middle Yukon rivers. Mainstem rivers are low, so forecasters see no flood concern. The outlook runs through 4 p.m. Tuesday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Wind advisory warns of 55 mph gusts on the Richardson Highway Sunday and Monday
NWS Fairbanks issued a wind advisory for the Eastern Alaska Range north of Trims Camp from 10 a.m. Sunday to 7 p.m. Monday, with south winds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts to 55 mph, strongest Sunday night into Monday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Heat advisory warns of 80 degrees near Umiat Sunday afternoon
NWS Fairbanks has a heat advisory in effect from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday for the Western and Central Arctic Plains, with highs near 80 degrees near Umiat and instructions to hydrate and check on elderly neighbors. Forecasters say a trough ends the heat Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
Interior wind event hits highways as the Mukluk Fire burns near Tok
Gusts to 75 mph at Isabel Pass and 65 mph near Delta Junction accompanied the Mukluk Fire near Tok, with forecasters warning the winds could stir the Tatlanika fire.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska through Friday evening
A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska, including Juneau and Ketchikan, through Friday evening, with temperatures in the lower 80s and most homes lacking air conditioning.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Yentna River passes flood stage near Lake Creek with water expected in lodge cabins
The Yentna River near Lake Creek crossed its 20.5-foot flood stage Monday afternoon and passed the crest NWS Anchorage had forecast for Tuesday morning. Willow Creek has been revised below flood stage, and the Skwentna above action stage.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Water begins flowing over Suicide Basin ice dam, NWS tells Juneau to finish flood prep
NWS Juneau said Tuesday that water has started spilling over the Suicide Basin ice dam and urged residents along Mendenhall Lake and the Mendenhall River to finalize flood preparations. Past releases have taken up to six days to begin after overtopping starts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
It's July, and it's snowing on the road to the Arctic
Snow and ice closed in on Atigun Pass in late July, forcing chains on the Brooks Range crossing that is the only road link to Alaska's North Slope.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
A declining Fortymile caribou herd, short hunts, and a dispute over timing
A BLM emergency closure and Aug. 14 reopening cut the federal head start in Fortymile Zone 1 from four days to two, though the state's 48-hour hunt leaves two more federal-only days at the end. Tanana Chiefs Conference filed a complaint Wednesday over the timing.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Three years and three permits later, Ketchikan's airport ferry still has no backup berths
NOAA Fisheries has reissued the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities a marine mammal harassment permit for ferry berth construction in Tongass Narrows, the third since 2023. The state told the agency in June that no pile driving or drilling has occurred.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Heavy military flying returns over Anchorage as Red Flag-Alaska war games resume
Red Flag-Alaska 26-3 brings fighter jet training over Anchorage into late August, though the base and Pacific Air Forces give different start dates. JBER lists Aug. 14, not the Friday before the exercise, as its heavy flying day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Flood Watch issued for Seward as atmospheric river targets Kenai Peninsula through Tuesday
NWS Anchorage issued a Flood Watch for the Southern Kenai Mountains through Tuesday morning, warning that an atmospheric river could drop 3 to 5 inches of rain on Seward starting Sunday, with a 20 percent chance of up to 6 inches.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A Juneau builder with a long wetlands-filling history moves to settle federal charges
The United States and the State of Alaska have lodged a proposed consent decree resolving Clean Water Act claims against Duran Construction Company LLC and two individual defendants. The Justice Department listed the public comment period as "To Be Scheduled" as of July 30, 2026, and the decree takes effect only if a federal judge enters it.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
A federal rule will stop habitat destruction from counting as "harm" to listed species
Interior's semiannual regulatory agenda, published Friday, lists the rescission of the Endangered Species Act definition of "harm" at final rule stage. The change would drop habitat modification from the definition, a shift with direct bearing on Alaska salmon habitat and federal permitting.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Heat advisory covers Lower Matanuska Valley through Monday
The National Weather Service in Anchorage issued a heat advisory Sunday for the Lower Matanuska Valley, with afternoon highs in the middle to upper 70s and overnight lows only in the low to mid 50s. It runs until 8 p.m. Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI