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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
Army sets up new units at JBER and Fort Wainwright to receive soldiers moving to Alaska
11th Airborne Division sets up Installation Reception Companies at JBER and Fort Wainwright to receive and prepare soldiers and families moving to Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2h ago1 min read
High wind watch warns of 65 mph gusts in the Alaska Range this weekend
NWS Fairbanks has a High Wind Watch for the Northern Denali Borough and Eastern Alaska Range north of Trims Camp from 4 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Sunday, with gusts up to 65 mph possible. Travel could be difficult on stretches of the Parks and Richardson highways.
by Walter AlaskaNews8h ago1 min read
Fire crews to burn debris piles on Interior Army training lands through Oct. 31
The U.S. Wildland Fire Service may begin burning woody debris piles Tuesday at Fort Wainwright, the Yukon Training Area and the Donnelly Training Area. Smoke may be visible from the Richardson Highway and Chena Hot Springs Road through Oct. 31.
by Maggie AlaskaNews9h ago2 min read
Who's spending for and against Begich and Hill in Alaska's U.S. House race
Outside spending in Alaska's U.S. House race: Club for Growth Action, Wheel Dog PAC, HMP, Your Community PAC and others for or against Nick Begich and Bill Hill.
by Walter AlaskaNews13h ago3 min read
Choi-Wan remnants could push water 4 to 6 feet above high tide on Bering Strait coast
NWS Fairbanks expects minor coastal flooding in Teller and Nome Thursday into Saturday, while High Wind Watches warn of gusts up to 90 mph in the western Aleutians starting Wednesday. No alert covers the Kuskokwim Delta coast yet.
by Walter AlaskaNews22h ago3 min read
Skagway under wind advisory until 7 pm Monday, gusts to 45 mph
NWS Juneau has a wind advisory for the Municipality of Skagway until 7 p.m. Monday, with south winds of 15 to 25 mph, gusts to 45 mph, and a risk of downed limbs and a few power outages.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago1 min read
Trump urges Alaskans to reelect Begich in video attacking Hill
President Donald Trump released a video Saturday urging Alaskans to reelect Rep. Nick Begich on Nov. 3. He credited Begich on tax cuts and Alaska LNG and attacked independent challenger Bill Hill.
by Alaska News1d ago2 min read
Super PAC 'Protecting Alaska Fishermen' commits $1.4M against Sullivan
Protecting Alaska Fishermen super PAC reports $1.4 million in independent expenditures opposing Sen. Dan Sullivan; FEC filings show no donors yet.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
EPA ties rise in health-based water violations to missed service-line inventories
EPA records show 67 Alaska drinking water systems with health-based violations for missing the Lead and Copper Rule service-line inventory deadline; 22 remain open.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read
Vance visit brings flight limits to Anchorage and Fairbanks
FAA temporary flight restrictions for Vice President JD Vance's Alaska visit cover JBER, Merrill Field and Fairbanks International Airport Monday and Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Montana Creek reaches flood stage in Juneau, spills over Montana Creek Road crossing
Montana Creek in Juneau reaches flood stage Sunday, flooding the Montana Creek Road low water crossing; National Weather Service flood advisory canceled by 1:30 pm.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Alaska Communications presses FCC to block or condition GCI-Quintillion sale
Alaska Communications is asking the FCC to block or condition GCI's $310 million purchase of Quintillion, whose undersea fiber links the North Slope and northwest Alaska. It has offered more than $75 million for 20 years of guaranteed access, which GCI and Quintillion have not publicly answered.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago5 min read
Northrim shareholders vote Oct. 20 on buying Oregon bank, its first expansion outside Alaska
Northrim BanCorp shareholders vote Oct. 20 on issuing 5.96 million shares to buy PBCO Financial, parent of Oregon's People's Bank of Commerce, its first branches outside Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Wind advisory for Unalaska and Nikolski Sunday with gusts up to 50 mph
National Weather Service wind advisory for Unalaska and Nikolski Sunday, 4 am to 10 pm: west to southwest winds 30 to 40 mph, gusts to 50 mph; gale warning for Unalaska Bay.
by Alaska News2d ago1 min read
Snow and freezing rain advisories cover Copper Valley and McCarthy into Sunday morning
NWS Anchorage advisories warn of snow, sleet and freezing rain in the Copper Valley until 10 a.m. Sunday and in McCarthy until 7 a.m., with travel that could be very difficult before rain takes over.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Federal managers raise Bering Sea perch, rockfish and flatfish catch limits
NMFS added nearly 4,000 metric tons to Bering Sea and Aleutian catch limits for Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish and 'other flatfish' from Oct. 30 through Dec. 31, citing late availability of catch data. Comments are due Oct. 15.
by Alaska News2d ago2 min read
NTSB report details fog, aborted landing and second attempt before fatal Cape Newenham crash
NTSB preliminary report on Aug. 20 Cape Newenham Cessna 441 crash that killed eight: fog, missed approach, abandoned diversion to Platinum, second approach.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read
Coast Guard hoists ship captain 58 miles south of Adak with Air Guard help
Coast Guard and Alaska Air National Guard medevac ailing master of container ship One Majesty 58 miles south of Adak, a 1,000-plus-mile rescue ending in Anchorage.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Wind advisory covers Sitka, Prince of Wales and Annette Island until 10 am Sunday
NWS Juneau has a wind advisory until 10 a.m. Sunday for Sitka, Prince of Wales, Annette Island and western Kupreanof and Kuiu, with gusts near 45 mph. Rain totals of 1.5 to 3 inches are forecast across the panhandle.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read
Loring board weighs dock grant options with $60,625 on hand and an $8.5 million cheapest fix
Loring Service Area Board meets Oct. 9 on dock grants; PND Engineers priced breakwater options from $8.5 million to $63.5 million against a $60,625 fund balance.
by Melinda Communities.News3d ago1 min read
Juneau airport board to vote on $4.6 million for snow-removal equipment
Juneau International Airport Board votes Oct. 8 on $4.6 million in FAA grant money plus $250,000 local for snow-removal equipment: loaders, sanders, blowers, broom.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Trump says South Korea is still studying Alaska LNG, threatens to 'double it up'
Trump says South Korea is still studying Alaska LNG and has not signed on, two days after the White House announced Korean investment; threatens to 'double it up.'
by Bill AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Failing controls keep shutting down JBER's F-22 paint booths, Air Force says
The Air Force plans a sole-source, $79,890 award to WHESCO Group to replace outdated controls on four F-22 paint booths at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
by Alaska News3d ago2 min read
Senate committee advances five-year renewal of federal program mapping Alaska's geology
Senate Energy committee advances S. 4870 reauthorizing USGS Earth MRI geologic mapping program through 2031; Murkowski cites critical mineral and geothermal data gaps in Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Murkowski cosponsors Senate resolution marking Filipino American History Month
Sen. Lisa Murkowski cosponsors S.Res. 931, recognizing October 2026 as Filipino American History Month. Filipinos are Alaska's largest Asian American group.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Murkowski cosponsors bill letting housing builders use industry certifications to prove materials are US-made
Murkowski cosponsors Build American Efficiency Act letting HUD-funded housing builders use Make It American certifications for Build America, Buy America compliance.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Cordova science center gets NOAA grant to rebuild Prince William Sound ocean profiler
Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova gets $354,971 NOAA grant to replace obsolete control computer and battery on its robotic ocean profiler, with Georgia Tech.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Dense fog advisory for Lower Matanuska and Southern Susitna valleys ended early Thursday
NWS Anchorage cancelled a dense fog advisory for the Lower Matanuska and Southern Susitna valleys at 6:24 a.m. Thursday, hours early. The densest fog was recorded at Wasilla late Wednesday evening, a quarter mile at 10:33 p.m.
by Alaska News5d ago1 min read
Western Gulf of Alaska Pacific ocean perch fishery closes through Dec. 31
NMFS closes Western Gulf of Alaska Pacific ocean perch directed trawl fishery Oct. 1 in Statistical Area 610 after fleet reaches its 1,508-ton 2026 allowance.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Seoul protested U.S. Alaska LNG announcement, says investment remains under review
South Korea says it agreed only to review Alaska LNG, with no $54 billion investment approved; Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan objected to Commerce Secretary Lutnick.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read
Bethel commission to weigh $675,000 gravel trail to YKHC campus to replace closed boardwalk
Bethel commission reviews $675,000 City Sub-YK Trail plan Oct. 7: a gravel trail to the YKHC Primary Care Center replacing a closed elevated boardwalk.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Suicide Basin release to push Mendenhall Lake near 10 feet Friday
Mendenhall Lake is forecast to crest at 9.8 to 10.3 feet Friday after a secondary Suicide Basin release, flooding the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center area.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Federal regulators approve Norton Sound group's trade of unused flatfish quota for 900 tons of rock sole
NMFS approves NSEDC flatfish exchange: 900 metric tons of Bering Sea rock sole CDQ for unused flathead and yellowfin sole; what the Community Development Quota program is.
by Bill AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Boater swims to Admiralty Island after fishing vessel sinks, rescued by Coast Guard a day later
Coast Guard helicopter rescues boater on Admiralty Island after 40-foot fishing vessel Tyee sinks near Murder Cove; survivor wore immersion suit, flown to Sitka.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Senate vote to advance data center utility cost bill fails 57-43
Senate blocks Ratepayer Protection Act, H.R. 9340, 57-43; bill would have states consider making data centers pay grid upgrade costs; Murkowski, Sullivan voted yes.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Senate stalls congressional stock trading bill on party-line vote
A bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after a 53-47 vote fell short of 60. Murkowski and Sullivan both voted to advance it.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Senate confirms Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41
The U.S. Senate confirmed Keith Sonderling as Secretary of Labor 47-41 on Wednesday. Murkowski and Sullivan voted yes on confirmation and on cloture, after Murkowski pressed him in July on seafood worker visas.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
What the Senate permitting bill would change in Alaska, section by section
Senate permitting bill Alaska impact: NEPA deadlines, court remedies, wetlands permits, tribal consultation, Ambler Road, Pebble, Alaska LNG, Cook Inlet PowerLink and the RCA.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago7 min read
Up to 11 inches of snow expected on Richardson Highway through Isabel Pass
Winter weather advisory for the Richardson Highway in the Eastern Alaska Range: 6 to 11 inches of snow near Isabel Pass, Mileposts 205 to 235, through Thursday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Skagway wind advisory runs until 1 p.m. Thursday, gusts near 40 mph
National Weather Service wind advisory for Skagway Thursday morning: southwest winds 20 to 30 mph, gusts near 40 mph; could affect docking for high-profile vessels.
by Alaska News6d ago1 min read