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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
Ice risk on the Dalton Highway and Arctic Coast until noon
A National Weather Service Fairbanks special weather statement runs through noon Wednesday for the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast and the Western and Central Arctic Plains, warning that pockets of freezing rain could glaze roads before precipitation turns to snow.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voted to advance the Protect College Sports Act, which would set NIL rules for athletes at UAA and UAF, where Alaska has no state law.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile
A dense fog advisory for Annette Island runs until 9 am Wednesday with visibility a quarter mile or less, and a wind advisory takes effect for Skagway.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
The Senate blocked federal crypto rules. Alaska already wrote its own
The U.S. Senate blocked a digital asset market bill 49-50 on Tuesday. Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan voted to advance it. Alaska passed its own kiosk law in July.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
The program mapping Alaska's subsurface runs out at the end of the year
The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, which has nearly doubled Alaska's public subsurface geologic data, expires this year unless Congress reauthorizes it
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
Senate panel will take up Native housing bill co-sponsored by both Alaska senators
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee takes up S. 5354 Wednesday, reauthorizing the Native American Housing Assistance Act that funds Alaska Native village housing.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks flood maps are final. Borough page still points to appeals
FEMA has finalized Fairbanks' new flood maps, but the borough still directs residents to a page that calls them preliminary and open to appeal.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Sullivan's bycatch bill reaches its first Senate committee test
Senate Commerce takes up Sen. Dan Sullivan's S. 4938, the Bycatch Reduction Act, requiring salmon excluders, Alaska trawl gear standards and expanded electronic monitoring.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
The federal stake in Trilogy Metals closes, terms made public
The federal government's investment in Trilogy Metals, developer of Alaska's Ambler district, has closed, giving it a 10 percent stake plus warrants.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Suicide Basin levels drop, signaling a possible new release above Mendenhall
Water levels in Suicide Basin dropped sharply Tuesday, possibly signaling another glacial outburst release above Mendenhall Lake. No flooding is occurring.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Native corporations keep 8(a) status as individuals face a new test
A new SBA rule preserves Alaska Native corporations' place in the 8(a) program while requiring individual applicants to prove specific discrimination.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min readAI
Former Ketchikan church elder pleads guilty to federal child sexual abuse material charge
Dwight Chris John, 74, a former Ketchikan church elder already serving an Alaska state sentence for sexually abusing a minor, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing child sexual abuse material. He faces 10 to 15 years in federal prison at sentencing Dec. 16.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Seafood exports to Türkiye are frozen, though little Alaska product moves there
NOAA Fisheries can't issue export health certificates for seafood bound for Türkiye, because U.S. plants aren't on the country's approved establishment list.
by Bill AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
NOAA funds Alaska work on what stranded marine mammals ate
NOAA awarded Alaska Fish and Game $51,900 to analyze stomach contents of stranded marine mammals, work that has already documented fishing gear ingestion in killer whales.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 5d ago2 min readAI
Judge upholds federal permit for mining access inside Lake Clark National Park
Judge Sharon Gleason upheld the Army Corps permit for road, airstrip and tunnel work on a private inholding inside Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
A Bering Sea storm brings flooding and high winds to the Y-K Delta
A deepening Bering Sea storm threatens coastal flooding, erosion and damaging winds across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta into Wednesday morning.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
Three Alaska disaster declarations have no Federal Register notice
Federal disaster declarations for Kipnuk, the Mat-Su Borough and the Mukluk Fire have no Federal Register notice, though FEMA regulations require publication.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
A 2024 crash near Denali came down to windshear and a short strip
The NTSB found that windshear during takeoff from a 600-foot private strip near Denali caused a September 2024 crash. The pilot was not injured.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
House passes Begich bill to open treaty talks with Japan over Alaska Native handicrafts made with bird parts
The House passed the Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act, which directs the U.S. to negotiate with Japan over Alaska Native handicraft rules.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Kipnuk households paid $18 million; no village infrastructure project
Federal records show Kipnuk households received $18 million after Typhoon Halong's remnants destroyed 153 homes. No public assistance project or infrastructure obligation is recorded for the village under either disaster declaration covering the storm.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
A bill would guarantee vehicle access for the village inside Gates of the Arctic
Rep. Nick Begich's bill would require the Interior secretary to let Anaktuvuk Pass residents use snowmachines and off-road vehicles for subsistence hunting.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago2 min readAI
Managers want to double a halibut cap. Their own analysis warns against it.
The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed nearly doubling a halibut vessel cap in the Bering Sea, a change its own analysis says favors larger boats.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Flood watch warns Chena and Little Chena could top minor flood stage Wednesday
A flood watch covers Fairbanks and the Chena and Little Chena rivers from Tuesday afternoon through Saturday, with up to an inch of rain forecast.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks dense fog advisory expired at noon after visibility fell to 100 yards
A dense fog advisory covering Fairbanks, North Pole and Fort Wainwright ran until noon Monday, with visibility at the airport down to about a hundred yards
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A Tanana company will dig diesel out from under old BIA school sites
The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded $247,786 to a company from Tanana to clean up contaminated soil in Kotzebue, Eek, Napaskiak and Akiak.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
Wind gusts to 50 mph are coming, and the trees still have their leaves
A wind advisory covers Anchorage from Tuesday morning through Wednesday midday, with gusts to 50 mph and an elevated risk of power outages from leafed-out trees.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Coast Guard awards $315 million for Kodiak fuel pier, and comment on the review closes Sept. 16
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Tutor Perini Corporation $315 million to design and build a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, with work running from Sept. 11, 2026 through Sept. 30, 2030. Comment on the project's draft environmental review closes Sept. 16.
by Alaska News1w ago2 min readAI
BLM Rule Would Cut NPR-A Pad Approvals to 60 Days, Limit Hunting
The BLM found that a proposed drilling rule in the National Petroleum Reserve would significantly restrict subsistence hunting for three North Slope villages.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago3 min readAI
Flood watches cover McGrath and Fairbanks as one storm moves across Alaska
Two National Weather Service flood watches take effect this week, one for McGrath, Nikolai and Takotna where the Kuskokwim River is already at bankfull, and one for the Fairbanks Metro Area where the Chena sits 6.75 feet below minor flood stage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Test flash flood warning to air in Juneau Sept. 23 for Salmon Creek Dam
The National Weather Service and AEL&P will test the Salmon Creek Dam alert system in Juneau on Sept. 23, sounding a "Flash Flood Warning" that is only a drill.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
NOAA awards Bristol Bay fishermen's group $499,400 to push sockeye into restaurants and schools
The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association was awarded $499,400 from NOAA Fisheries' Saltonstall-Kennedy program for a two-year push to place wild sockeye on restaurant, school and hospital menus through August 2028. NOAA has not published the award, and federal records show an earlier one in 2010.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska villages can rebuild after Halong. They can't use the money to move.
The disaster declaration for Typhoon Halong's remnants in Western Alaska omitted the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which funds relocation and risk reduction.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago3 min readAI
In Kodiak, Sullivan and Peltola agreed on the problems and fought over the fix
Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola agreed on climate, subsistence and funding at Kodiak's fisheries debate, then split over what counts as delivering.
by Alaska News1w ago3 min readAI
Alaska approves three land releases for University of Alaska
Alaska is releasing state-selected land to the University of Alaska under its federal land grant, including about 220,000 acres in the Ray Mountains and smaller parcels.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Koniag subsidiaries won $58.6 million to run IT for the agency that runs 8(a)
Three Koniag Inc. subsidiaries received $58.6 million in sole-source federal IT contracts over two days to support the Small Business Administration.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min readAI
High surf advisory holds until 10 p.m. Saturday as Utqiaġvik logs record September rain
A storm drove high surf into Alaska's Arctic communities this week and set a September rainfall record in Utqiagvik.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
The refuge at the top of the Alaska Highway is getting exhibits built for blind visitors
An Oregon firm won $285,136 to build Phase 2 exhibits at the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, with taxidermy and natural materials.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Ninth Circuit says tribal law cannot shield employees from federal civil rights suits
The Ninth Circuit ruled that tribal governments cannot use their own codes to immunize police officers and employees from federal civil rights lawsuits, binding Alaska courts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
A federal rule would let NPR-A drilling spread pad by pad, skipping environmental study
A BLM proposal would let NPR-A oil pads skip project-level environmental review and win 60-day approval if near existing infrastructure, expanding the fast-track zone over time.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Troopers identify two Savoonga men dead after capsizing near St. Lawrence Island
Two Savoonga men, Sidney Kulowiyi and Barton Rookok, died after their boat capsized off St. Lawrence Island; a 15-year-old survived clinging to the hull, troopers said.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI