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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
The military is adding a thousand people to a base that's already full
JBER family housing is nearly full as the military plans to add about 1,050 personnel in Alaska. An Anchorage Assembly resolution weighs the added housing pressure.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A bill to give the Coast Guard its own secretary, one of several that haven't moved
Sens. Dan Sullivan, Rick Scott and Tommy Tuberville have introduced the Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act, which would create a Senate-confirmed civilian Secretary of the Coast Guard. Civilian oversight now defaults to the secretary of Homeland Security.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A cap on what families pay for child care is going away, with both Alaska senators' votes
The U.S. Senate declined to overturn a rule removing a federal cap on child care copayments for low-income families. Murkowski and Sullivan both voted to let it stand.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska keeps trading its old flight beacons for GPS, one route at a time
The FAA will amend GPS route T-388 near Kodiak on Oct. 29, part of a statewide effort to replace Alaska's aging ground-based navigation aids with satellite routes.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
A halibut-bycatch report is dropped for the Bering Sea's biggest bycatch fleet
A federal notice folds away a separate halibut-bycatch report on the Amendment 80 trawl fleet, which accounts for most Bering Sea halibut bycatch, amid a long accountability fight.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Copper River Valley and McCarthy under a heat advisory through Sunday, up to 83
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the Copper River Valley and McCarthy through Sunday, with highs of 78 to 83 degrees and a risk of heat illness.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak's spaceport is expanding as the FAA moves to waive its reviews
As Rocket Lab expands Kodiak's spaceport for Space Force missile-defense launches, the FAA has proposed waiving NEPA, Endangered Species Act and historic-preservation reviews.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Another round of damaging wind is headed for the Interior
The National Weather Service issued a high wind watch for Interior Alaska, with gusts up to 70 mph possible around Delta Junction and the Eastern Alaska Range through Aug. 5.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
NTSB: Bering Air crash that killed 10 was a chain of preventable failures
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday determined that Bering Air Flight 445 was flying above its maximum gross weight when the pilot let airspeed decay into a stall near Nome on Feb. 6, 2025, killing 10, and faulted the FAA for not increasing oversight of the carrier.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A paperwork snag with Europe threatens a major market for Alaska seafood
A paperwork dispute with the EU threatens a major market for Alaska seafood, as NOAA confirms processors still face requirements its own systems aren't set up to handle.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A sacred Athabascan site stranded inside Denali for 47 years moves closer to return
The Senate committee advanced the Geese House Site Conveyance Act, transferring a sacred Athabascan site inside Denali National Park to Doyon, Limited, nearly 50 years after it was selected.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Begich holds front-runner's edge as Hill emerges from the field to challenge him
Rep. Nick Begich III leads Alaska's U.S. House race in fundraising and independent polling as independent Bill Hill consolidates the challenger field ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
NOAA scouts new fish-farm zones as Gulf of Alaska planning proceeds
NOAA opened public comment through Sept. 13 on where to site the next Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. The Gulf of Alaska is already in a separate NOAA planning process.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
Bering Sea crab fee drops by half, but the itemization fight remains
The federal cost-recovery fee on Bering Sea crab fell to 0.67% as fishery value rose, but harvesters still can't get an itemized accounting of the enforcement costs they pay.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Green card seekers in Alaska face a wider benefits review starting Sept. 18
Alaskans whose green card applications are subject to the public charge test will face a broader, case-by-case review of benefit use starting Sept. 18, when a DHS rule rescinding the 2022 regulation takes effect. A revised Form I-485 will be required.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
For Alaska's rural broadband, federal permits are the bottleneck
With Alaska 60% federal land and over $1 billion allocated for rural broadband, the broadband industry told a Senate hearing that federal permitting is the real bottleneck.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska stands up a new office to coordinate military affairs
Gov. Dunleavy created the Alaska Military Affairs Office to coordinate defense matters and pursue federal funding, backed by a Pentagon OLDCC grant of undisclosed size.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Eielson airshow returns this weekend, with brief highway stops for the flyovers
The free Arctic Lightning Airshow returns to Eielson Air Force Base Aug. 2 weekend. Drivers on the Richardson Highway face brief traffic stops during aerial performances.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska takes over hazardous waste rules, with enforcement in question
Alaska won EPA authorization to run its own hazardous waste program, the first state in 25 years, shifting permitting and enforcement to DEC amid questions about remote reach.
by Lucas Brown1mo ago1 min readAI
The Gulf of Alaska's ocean station was saved. The funding still isn't.
The Gulf of Alaska's Ocean Station Papa was spared from dismantling after Sen. Murkowski's bill, but she's now pressing NSF on funding to keep the ocean-monitoring network running.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
Murkowski moves to shield the offices funding Alaska Native and special education
A bipartisan bill led by Sen. Lisa Murkowski would block moving the Office of Indian Education and special education offices that fund programs in Alaska schools.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A federal tax break for K-12 teachers may finally reach Alaska's preschool teachers
A federal bill advancing in the Senate would extend the educator expense deduction to Alaska's early childhood teachers, letting them write off up to $350 in classroom supplies.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
State opens comment on $5.8 million Cook Inlet setnet relief plan
Alaska opened public comment on a draft plan to spend $5.8 million in federal disaster relief for the 2023 Upper Cook Inlet East Side setnet salmon fishery.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
The water rights Alaska Natives can't claim
Sen. Lisa Murkowski chairs a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday on five bills addressing Indian water rights settlements. None involve Alaska, but the committee's handling of settlement funding has drawn her attention before.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska's senators move to shore up the NSF office that funds most UA research
Sens. Sullivan and Murkowski introduced a bill to make permanent the NSF Office of Polar Programs, which funds most University of Alaska research, amid deep proposed NSF cuts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Juneau's flood barriers came from an Illinois stockpile
Juneau's Mendenhall River flood barriers came from an Army Corps stockpile in Illinois. Phase 1 cost locals millions; the feds fully funded the $35 million Phase 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
State cost-share helps Kenai and Mat-Su fix eroding riverbanks
A state-federal cost-share program will reimburse Kenai and Mat-Su landowners for fixing eroding streambanks with salmon-friendly bioengineering. Deadlines Sept. 30 and Oct. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A federal minerals program is funding science on the seafloor mining wants to dig
A $678,748 NSF Critical Minerals grant funds UAF-led research at Davidson Seamount, mapping mineral-rich hydrothermal seafloor that scientists say is also vital habitat.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
To understand today's coastal flooding, a UAF scientist will study an ancient one
A $462,771 NSF grant funds UAF research using fossil diatoms to reconstruct how the Bering Land Bridge flooded — insight aimed at today's western Alaska coastal hazards.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
Eight welders certify in Nome as a $400 million port job looms
Eight adult students from the Bering Strait Region finished a three-week Kawerak-sponsored welding certification course at the Nome-Beltz High School lab on Saturday, July 25, aimed at hiring tied to the Port of Nome expansion and other regional infrastructure work.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
A tiny fire near Koyuk has smoldered under investigation for a month
The Kilusiktok fire northeast of Koyuk remains under investigation more than a month after it was spotted June 25, listed at under a quarter-acre with no reported threat to structures.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Begich bill would make Alaska trawlers carry salmon excluder gear
Rep. Nick Begich introduced a bill requiring Alaska trawlers to carry salmon excluder and seafloor-contact gear, mirroring Sen. Sullivan's, amid a fight over Chinook bycatch.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
UAF grant aims to read what a volcano is doing while it does it
NSF awarded UAF $360,443 to study whether seismic and infrasound signals can measure eruption intensity in real time, comparing Shishaldin and Mount Etna.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
NOAA asks how to simplify import rules Alaska waited a decade for
NOAA Fisheries opened comment on streamlining seafood import restrictions covering 240 foreign fisheries, seven months after they took effect. Comments run 60 days.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
The state ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow
Alaska's Board of Fisheries ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto beach seines their permits don't authorize, deepening a years-long wind-down as drift rules stay unchanged.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A rare stretch of 75-degree heat is coming to Bristol Bay this week, could disrupt berry picking and fishing
National Weather Service warns of rare 70-75 degree heat in Bristol Bay this week, with risk to elders and infants and possible disruption to subsistence activities.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
The water keeps coming back to Kotzebue Sound
The National Weather Service forecasts water 1 to 2 feet above normal high tide at Kotzebue, Kivalina and Red Dog Dock, the second warning for the coast in two days.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Whale permit for Ketchikan bridge counts down to the single animal
NMFS issued two incidental harassment authorizations for the Ward Creek Bridge replacement in Ketchikan, permitting limited disturbance of humpback whales through 2030.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI