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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
Sullivan ad misleads on Peltola's military vote, fact-checkers find, as Senate race tightens
FactCheck.org ruled Friday that Sullivan campaign ads misleadingly claimed Peltola opposed military pay raises; she voted against a partisan House bill but backed the final compromise that delivered a 5.2% raise. The finding lands as both candidates press concrete fuel and fisheries proposals in a race four forecasters now call a toss-up.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Wind advisories warn of 65 mph gusts across Interior Alaska this weekend
NWS Fairbanks issued three simultaneous wind advisories Friday covering Northern Denali Borough, Delta Junction, and the Eastern Alaska Range, with gusts up to 65 mph expected from Saturday evening through noon Monday during peak summer recreational traffic.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Peltola puts numbers on rural fuel crisis: $21 a gallon in Noatak, $15 coming for St. Mary's
Senate candidate Mary Peltola named specific per-gallon fuel prices facing YK Delta communities in a Thursday KYUK interview in Bethel, calling for a congressional investigation into price gouging and expanded civilian refining capacity before barge-season prices lock in for winter.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
BSAI Pacific cod trawl season ends early for AFA catcher/processors
NMFS is shutting down directed Pacific cod fishing by American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands starting July 20 and running through year's end, after the sector reached its 2,112-metric-ton directed fishing allowance.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Murkowski, Schatz introduce $800M bill for Native children and families
Senators Lisa Murkowski and Brian Schatz introduced S.4976 on Friday, proposing over $800 million for Native children's health, education, housing, and welfare, with nearly $500 million available through immediate tribal set-asides upon passage.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
NSF awards UAF $877,501 for mass spectrometer to support fisheries and minerals research
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Alaska Fairbanks $877,501 on July 16, 2026, to acquire a high-resolution mass spectrometer that will support research in aquaculture, critical mineral extraction, and marine carbon sequestration through July 2029.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min readAI
Comment window opens on Alaska fishing license transfer paperwork renewal
NOAA Fisheries has opened a 30-day public comment window, closing around August 16, on renewing the paperwork system that governs how Alaska commercial fishing licenses for groundfish, crab, and scallops change hands, the last formal input opportunity before OMB decides.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Senate panel advances water bill with Alaska Native village sanitation, Nome port, and Juneau flood provisions
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 Tuesday with Alaska-specific provisions: a national security designation for Nome's Arctic port, fast-tracked Army Corps engineering for Juneau's glacial flooding, and $60 million annually for Alaska Native village sanitation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Parks Highway closed at MP 274 near Clear Space Force Station
A disabled semi-truck is blocking the Parks Highway at Milepost 274, south of Clear Space Force Station, closing the road as of early Thursday. The Alaska 511 alert lists the closure as active through 1:33 AM UTC Friday, July 18.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
NMFS proposes removing economic data reporting requirements for BSAI trawl and crab programs
NOAA Fisheries has published a notice of availability for proposed amendments that would eliminate Economic Data Reports for Alaska's Amendment 80 trawl catcher/processor fleet and Bering Sea crab harvesters, citing high costs and limited management use. A separate proposed rule would follow, and public comments must be received by September 15, 2026.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks rally targets data centers as Air Force pursues Eielson lease
Alaskans for Data Center Accountability holds a Fairbanks rally Saturday evening against 15 proposed statewide data centers, the same week the Air Force's Eielson lease interest appeared as one item in Mayor Hopkins' chair report at the borough's April 28 Economic Development Commission meeting.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Space Force nominee warns China's counter-space buildup is moving at 'breathtakingly fast' pace
Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that China is rapidly expanding weapons designed to destroy U.S. satellites and track carrier strike groups, and defended a 124% budget increase as equipment-driven, not a personnel expansion.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Democrats challenge Sonderling on overtime rollbacks, education transfers at HELP hearing
The Senate HELP Committee grilled Keith Sonderling on Thursday over his three months as acting Labor secretary, with Democrats citing overtime rollbacks affecting 4 million workers, a pending rule that could strip minimum wage protections from 3.7 million home care workers, and the transfer of K-12 education programs to a department they say lacks the expertise to run them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
BLM opens comment window on Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans land allotment data collection
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment by August 17, 2026, on extending the information collection that supports land allotment claims for Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans and their heirs.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Senate committee advances bill to give land to five landless SE Alaska Native communities
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted July 16 to advance legislation that would let five Southeast Alaska Native communities excluded from the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act form urban corporations and receive land entitlements, sending the bill to the full Senate.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Salmon River near Hyder still rising; road to Canada at risk
The Salmon River near Hyder stood at 23.8 feet Wednesday afternoon and is still rising from a glacier-dammed lake outburst that began July 13, with NWS Juneau warning the only road connecting Hyder to Premier, Canada could flood before the river crests.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska senators cast deciding votes to advance trade court nominee, 49-48
The U.S. Senate voted 49-48 on Wednesday to advance Kara Marie Westercamp's nomination to the Court of International Trade, with both Alaska senators voting in favor; a final confirmation vote is still pending on a court that handles tariff disputes affecting Alaska seafood exporters.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min readAI
A Washington pharmacy fight could hit Alaska's military families hardest
A Senate fight over TRICARE's pharmacy contract could hit Alaska's military families hardest, where cuts that pushed out local pharmacies leave a plane ride or unreliable mail-order as the alternative.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
The West Coast dips into the halibut stock Alaska shares
The West Coast's Area 2A opens its third halibut period July 21, drawing on the same coastwide Pacific halibut stock Alaska's commercial and subsistence users share.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A shifting wall threatens Bethel's freight lifeline
The Army Corps says a shifting sheet pile wall at Bethel's City Dock needs engineering evaluation, raising concern for the port that supplies the roadless Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
USDA moves to rescind the roadless rule on the Tongass
USDA is moving to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule on Alaska's Tongass, which would lift federal limits on roads and timber harvest in the largest U.S. national forest.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Denali proposes a daily vehicle cap on its previously restricted road
The National Park Service is accepting public comments through July 17 on a proposed rule that would replace Denali's seasonal vehicle cap with a daily limit of 160 motor vehicles on the restricted section of the park road.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska runs on federal money, and a proposed rule change has people worried
Alaska nonprofits, municipalities, and Tribal-finance groups submitted comments opposing a proposed OMB rule that would revise federal grant regulations, warning it could disrupt services ranging from food security to disaster recovery across the state.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
U.S. Senate stalls defense bill, freezing $2.6B for Alaska
The Senate blocked the FY2027 defense bill 50-46 over the Iran war and budget, stalling $2.6 billion in Alaska military construction. Sullivan and Murkowski voted yes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Begich votes to prohibit separate credit-card codes for gun stores
Alaska's sole U.S. House member Nick Begich voted yes on a bill that passed 221-201 to bar payment networks from assigning merchant category codes specific to firearms retailers, a measure now headed to the Senate.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
EPA moves to stop Alaska's cold from shutting down diesel engines
EPA has proposed a rule that would require diesel engine manufacturers to include cold-weather protections for diesel exhaust fluid systems, addressing a safety concern raised by Alaska operators who face power-limiting engine derates in extreme cold.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage trades summer warmth for a cool, wet stretch
Anchorage faces several days of rain and clouds with highs near or below 60, running below the normal July warmth, as a slow-moving trough parks over Alaska into next week.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Permanent daylight time would push Anchorage's winter sunrise past 11 a.m.
The U.S. House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, a change that would push winter sunrise times an hour later across Alaska and intersects with competing state legislation over which time standard Alaska should keep year-round.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Yentna River forecast to crest above flood stage tonight
The National Weather Service in Anchorage issued a flood advisory Tuesday for the Yentna River near Lake Creek, where the river is forecast to crest at 21.0 feet around 10 p.m. Wednesday, half a foot above flood stage, with water expected to enter several cabins in this bush-access-only corridor.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Interior Alaska breaks ground on the nation's northernmost veterans cemetery
Construction began on Alaska's first state-owned veterans cemetery in Salcha, near Fairbanks. The $16.7M VA-funded site will serve more than 12,000 Interior veterans.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
The federal unit handling Alaska's MMIP cases can't return a family's calls
A Crow Nation professor told a House subcommittee Tuesday that her family has gone 10 months without a response from the federal Missing and Murdered Unit on her niece's 2019 murder, while the primary agent on the case was reassigned and then resigned. BIA's top law enforcement official defended new task force structures and AI tools but acknowledged the unit can always do better.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
BLM's Campbell Tract replanting job is open only to women-owned firms
Only women-owned businesses can bid on a BLM contract to grow 1,710 native plants and revegetate a decommissioned trail on Anchorage's Campbell Tract. Quotes due July 24.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska won up to $160M to hunt critical minerals with AI and microbes
The NSF picked UAF to lead a new critical-minerals "innovation engine" worth up to $160M, using AI-enabled exploration and biomining — in a state holding 56 of 60 US critical minerals.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Freezing rain possible at Kaktovik and Point Thomson through Wednesday night
The National Weather Service Fairbanks warned Tuesday of a mid-July icing event along the Beaufort Sea Coast, with temperatures dropping into the lower 30s and light freezing rain possible through Tuesday night before conditions improve Thursday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Yentna and Skwentna rivers headed for high water
Heavy rain will push Alaska's Yentna and Skwentna rivers to bankfull this week, flooding gravel bars and low riverside camps in the western Susitna Valley through the weekend, the NWS warns.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
NRA backs Sullivan after endorsing Peltola two years ago
Sen. Dan Sullivan is highlighting an A+ NRA endorsement in his tight Alaska Senate race against Mary Peltola — but the same group backed the gun-owning Democrat just two years ago.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A glacier-dammed lake is emptying into the Salmon River near Hyder
An outburst flood from Summit Lake, the largest self-draining glacier-dammed lake in Canada, is swelling the Salmon River near Hyder and could flood the road to Premier, cresting Wednesday or Thursday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Sullivan backs a contested Trump border judge; Murkowski doesn't vote
Sen. Dan Sullivan voted to confirm Trump judge Arthur "Rob" Jones, a Texas border prosecutor who declined under oath to say Biden won 2020, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski did not vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Kuskokwim subsistence fishing reopens as salmon run strong
Subsistence fishing reopened on the lower Kuskokwim as Chinook and chum runs met goals, with Alaska resuming mainstem management under a federal ruling protecting subsistence priority.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
A tip about a truck running over seagulls ended in a DUI arrest at Kasilof
A report of a pickup driving over seagulls at Kasilof Beach led Alaska State Troopers to arrest a Fairbanks man on DUI and weapons charges, plus a federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act citation.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min readAI