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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
How bubbles can throw off the sound Alaska uses to count its fish
A new $400,926 NSF grant will study "bubble sweep" — air bubbles that scatter the sound beams UAF's research ship Sikuliaq uses to map the seafloor and count fish in Alaska's seas.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min readAI
A faster way to settle Native trust estates, starting in Alaska
The Interior Department launched an online probate system for Alaska Native and American Indian families settling trust estates like Native allotments, with Alaska in the first rollout.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska's newsroom is auditing what AI tells voters — and it keeps changing
Voting Monitor, an Alaska News project, tracks how 15 AI models answer voter questions about the 2026 races — finding recommendations that shift daily and change by a user's region.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies; Alaska's senators mourn a colleague
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has died suddenly of an aortic dissection, and Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan joined colleagues in mourning his death.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
More than 200 Alaska watersheds have turned orange
More than 200 Alaska watersheds have turned orange in a decade as thawing permafrost exposes sulfide minerals, releasing iron and metals into rivers communities depend on.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Wind Advisory: gusts to 65 mph forecast for Anchorage Tuesday
NWS Anchorage issued a Wind Advisory for all of Anchorage on Tuesday, July 14, with southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts reaching 45 to 65 mph from 4 AM to 10 PM AKDT, posing power-outage and driving risks, especially along the Seward Highway between Potter Marsh and Bird Point.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska wants out of a diesel rule that shuts trucks down in the cold
Alaska is seeking an EPA exemption from a diesel emissions rule that can shut down engines in extreme cold, when frozen diesel exhaust fluid triggers automatic power cuts.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Higher-than-normal tides along western Alaska's coast through Tuesday
Elevated tides are running along western Alaska's coast through Tuesday, up to 3 feet above the high tide line in Eastern Norton Sound, with 1-to-2-foot rises on the Yukon Delta and Nome Coast.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A 'conservation' rezone on Kodiak's coast draws a federal warning
A proposed conservation rezoning of 47 acres on Kodiak's Cliff Point Road drew a warning from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over possible harm to adjacent refuge waters.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Air Force opens bidding to lease 4,400 acres at Eielson for private development
The Department of the Air Force issued a formal solicitation Saturday to lease roughly 4,400 acres across four Eielson AFB parcels to a private developer for up to 50 years, with proposals due August 10 and no government utilities, financing, or emergency services included.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readAI
NSF awards UAF $1.77 million to build AI geohazard forecasting tools
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Alaska Fairbanks $1,772,170 on July 10, 2026, to develop AI-driven tools that fuse seismic, satellite, and weather data into a continuously updating hazard forecast, with Alaska and Pacific Northwest landslides as test beds through 2032.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readAI
Heat advisory warns Arctic Plains villages of 80-degree Monday
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a heat advisory for the Western and Central Arctic Plains, warning that temperatures could reach 80 degrees Monday, unusually high for the region and a real risk where home air conditioning is rare.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
NWS Juneau narrows wind advisory to Ketchikan, Annette Island, Prince of Wales
NWS Juneau canceled the Wind Advisory for Sitka, Wrangell, and Western Kupreanof on Monday afternoon as the storm tracked south, but kept it in effect through 7 p.m. for Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Annette Island, and Prince of Wales Island, where gusts hit 45 mph and rainfall totaled up to 3.5 inches.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Doyon wants to raise Fort Richardson water rates by nearly half
Doyon Utilities has proposed a 50.90% increase in annual water revenue requirements for Fort Richardson, the largest rate change in a batch of military utility filings now before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. Public comments are due July 21.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
NWS issues overlapping fire-weather alerts across northern Alaska through July 9
NWS Fairbanks has kept the Northern Seward Peninsula, Upper Kobuk Valleys, and Lower Koyukuk Valley under a Fire Weather Watch through Wednesday evening, while a separate Red Flag Warning for the Upper Koyukuk Valley runs until midnight July 9. Forecasters flagged uncertainty about how far north thunderstorms could push.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
A wildfire is burning in protected caribou habitat in the Kanuti refuge
The lightning-caused Konedsin Minnkohwin Fire is burning 159 to 200 acres of protected caribou habitat in Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge near Allakaket, where crews aim to hold it in place.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Conservative groups back Sullivan, one with a six-figure ad buy
Two conservative groups endorsed Sen. Dan Sullivan's re-election, with Americans for Prosperity Action adding a six-figure statewide ad buy in his race against Mary Peltola.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
King Cove finally gets its road, and the lawsuits are still coming
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the last federal permit needed for the King Cove–Cold Bay road on July 10, clearing the way for construction to begin within 30 days after more than three decades of advocacy and litigation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
The strange snow bug Alaska is spending $750K to understand
A UAF researcher won a $746,000 NSF grant to sequence the genomes of snow scorpionflies, rare cold-adapted insects, work that could resolve how they relate to fleas.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage wetlands plan gets first update in over a decade as federal rules shift
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission is set to vote Monday on forwarding the first update to the city's 2014 Wetlands Management Plan to the Assembly, driven by the Army Corps ending General Permits in 2021, the Sackett v. EPA ruling shrinking federal protections, and the loss of dedicated wetlands staff.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Allied forces rehearse the next war in the Alaska wilderness
Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from the 20th ASOS used Red Flag-Alaska 26-2 at Eielson AFB and JBER to demonstrate an expanded battlefield role that now includes small drones, electronic warfare, and real-time targeting in degraded environments, with allied senior leaders watching to assess future participation.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska is about to burn 54,000 acres on purpose, to grow more moose
Alaska plans a 54,000-acre prescribed burn in the Alphabet Hills north of Lake Louise this July to regenerate willow and birch browse for moose, with habitat benefits expected in 5 to 15 years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Smokejumpers parachuted into a roadless village to save its solar array
A lightning-sparked tundra fire that escaped the Selawik landfill was stopped at 21 acres within 100 yards of the village's solar array and near its tank farm, the two power sources for a community with no road access and no grid connection.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Your 911 call now finds you where you are, not where your bill goes
GCI activated location-based 911 routing, sending emergency calls and texts to the dispatch center nearest a caller's real location rather than their billing address.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min readAI
Nearly 1,900 Juneau homes are under an evacuation advisory as a glacial flood nears
Nearly 1,900 Juneau homes in the Mendenhall Valley are under an evacuation advisory as Suicide Basin nears a major glacial outburst flood expected between about Aug. 1 and 9.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska seafood exporters get EU paperwork reprieve through 2026
Alaska seafood exporters can keep using the U.S. Legal Harvest Certificate for EU shipments through Nov. 30, 2026, after NOAA Fisheries secured an extension on new IUU catch rules.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Justice Department concedes Biden-era Arctic Refuge leasing program violated the law
The U.S. Department of Justice dismissed Alaska's lawsuit over the 2024 Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain leasing program Wednesday, conceding the Biden-era plan violated the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by capping surface disturbance and failing to schedule a second lease sale. The settlement could expand drilling acreage on the North Slope, though the same Justice Department is separately defending a Biden-era EPA veto blocking Pebble Mine, a posture that remains unresolved.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage man held without bail after CSAM distribution investigation
Task Force Dawnbreaker arrested James Oglesby, 29, of Anchorage on Wednesday on probation violations following a June investigation into online child sexual abuse material distribution. Formal CSAM possession and distribution charges are expected.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A tale of two Junes at the top of the world
Alaska's North Slope recorded its coolest June since 2018 and western Alaska ran well below normal on precipitation, even as the Arctic overall logged its warmest June since 1950, a split with direct consequences for subsistence communities and fire conditions.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A strong El Niño is likely this winter, warm and wet for Southern Alaska
NWS Anchorage issued a seasonal outlook Monday giving a 90% chance of a strong El Niño by autumn 2026, with a 63% chance it reaches very strong, favoring above-normal temperatures and precipitation for Southern Alaska through winter 2026-27.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min readAI
Free Fairbanks streambank workshop opens July 15 for landowners and anglers
ADF&G and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are hosting a free two-day Streambank Rehabilitation Workshop in Fairbanks on July 15-16, with pre-registration required; the workshop covers riparian habitat and hands-on bank stabilization techniques that benefit Interior salmon and resident fish.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
As Alaska's permafrost thaws, its rivers are running rusty.
The Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory issued a federal solicitation Tuesday for iron stable isotope analysis of up to 40 permafrost meltwater samples, with quotes due July 21 and data delivery required by March 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min readAI
Noatak Airport relocation triggers water quality review as river erodes toward runway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a public notice for permit application POA-2025-00495, opening a required water quality certification review by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation before a Section 404 permit can be issued for the Noatak Airport relocation project.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Heatwave-driven mortality identified as key cause of Yukon Chinook crash
A peer-reviewed NOAA Fisheries study published Tuesday in Ecological Applications identifies heatwave-linked natural mortality as a primary driver of the lowest Yukon River Chinook adult run sizes ever recorded, with findings suggesting harvest restrictions alone cannot restore the fishery.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Peltola calls for 12-year congressional term limits, asks Alaska legislature to act
Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola published a Fox News op-ed Sunday proposing 12-year congressional term limits and calling on the Alaska State Legislature to pass a state-level measure as a legal pathway to federal reform, a pitch that lands as Cook Political Report rates the Alaska Senate race a toss-up.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Fire Weather Watch issued for Lower Kobuk Valley through Wednesday
NWS Fairbanks issued a Fire Weather Watch for the Lower Kobuk Valley running Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening, with temperatures forecast near 80 degrees and lightning-sparked ignitions the primary concern in dry fuels. Red Flag Warnings and a Heat Advisory are also in effect across western and interior Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
NMFS creates rodent detection dog exception to Pribilof dog ban
A federal interim final rule creates an exception to a decades-long prohibition on landing dogs on the Pribilof Islands, allowing independently certified rodent detection dogs to pre-emptively inspect vessels and cargo. The rule takes effect August 6, 2026, the same day public comments close.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Helicopter sinks in Chelatna Lake; bystander pulls both survivors from water
A helicopter crashed into Chelatna Lake near Skwentna on Sunday and submerged, but both occupants escaped and were pulled from the water by a neighbor in a boat before being flown to Talkeetna with minor injuries. The NTSB has been notified.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min readAI
Red Flag Warnings cover five western Alaska regions Tuesday as lightning threat may push to North Slope
NWS Fairbanks issued simultaneous Red Flag Warnings for five regions of western and interior Alaska on Tuesday, with Fire Weather Watches extending the threat into Wednesday and forecasters uncertain how far north thunderstorms will travel.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Yukon River gillnet closures spread as Chinook and chum run far below average
ADF&G data through June 22 shows 2026 Yukon River Chinook passage at 59% of the historic average and summer chum passage at 27% of the historical median at Pilot Station sonar, triggering salmon fishing closures across all districts and all-gillnet closures through Subdistricts 4-B and 4-C, cutting off subsistence and personal use fishing across the drainage.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI