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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
Frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat, Hoonah and Gustavus through Friday
NWS Juneau has a frost advisory in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. AKDT Friday for Juneau, Yakutat, Eastern Chichagof Island and Glacier Bay, with lows near 35 degrees. The region's growing season ends Sept. 15, after which frost and freeze advisories stop.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
NWS forecasts water 5 feet above high tide at Golovin through Friday
NWS Fairbanks raised its high surf forecast for Golovin to 3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line and kept the advisory for the Southern Seward Peninsula Coast in effect until 10 p.m. Friday, with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph and beach erosion possible.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
West Coast halibut catch falls to a fifth of June's rate as NOAA adds a sixth period
The West Coast halibut fleet is struggling to meet its catch limit, a sign of strain in the coastwide Pacific halibut stock Alaska fishermen also depend on.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Nine new deep-sea sponge species confirmed in Gulf of Alaska and Aleutians
NOAA Fisheries said Thursday that researchers described nine sponge species new to science from Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands bottom trawl samples collected since 2012, raising Alaska's known sponge count to 232. One required a new genus
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Two Juneau airport approaches are down, with no FAA timeline to fix them
Two instrument approaches to a runway at Juneau International Airport remain out of service, with no FAA timeline for restoring them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Dense fog advisories end across Southeast Alaska after quarter-mile visibility
Dense fog dropped visibility to a quarter mile or less in Juneau, Yakutat and parts of the Petersburg Borough early Thursday before advisories were lifted.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
NOAA is paying $735,000 for more cleanup at a site Alaska will not close
NOAA awarded Ahtna Solutions $735,000 for further remedial work at a former weather office and housing site where Alaska regulators have not closed the file.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
A remote Alaska village's firefighting enterprise lands more federal work
Nulato Hills Enterprises, owned by the remote Athabascan village of Nulato, won a new BLM wildland firefighting contract, part of a tribal enterprise with 200-plus jobs.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Delta Junction inventor wins design patent for sports bra with built-in neck guard
Amelia Dianne Cummings of Delta Junction received a design patent for a sports bra with a built-in neck guard, covering its appearance for 15 years.
by Alaska News1w ago2 min readAI
Subsistence salmon fishing reopens on the Tanana and Yukon after closures
Federal and state managers are reopening subsistence salmon fishing on the Tanana and Yukon rivers after summer closures, citing a strong fall chum run and recovered coho.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Retention of Aleutian rougheye and blackspotted rockfish closed for rest of 2026
NOAA Fisheries shut retention of blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central and Western Aleutian districts at noon Wednesday, Sept. 9, for the rest of 2026. Catcher vessels using hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear are exempt.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Pile driving at a Juneau fuel dock could damage seals' hearing
NOAA Fisheries proposes to let PetroMarine Services harass more than 1,600 harbor seals, sea lions, whales and porpoises during roughly 81 days of work at the Juneau Rock Dump terminal starting Jan. 1, 2027. Comments are due 30 days after Sept. 10 publication.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Nine EPA climate grants for Alaska projects ended with 99 percent of $151 million unspent
Nine EPA climate grants worth $151 million to Alaska tribes and Native-serving nonprofits, funded under the Inflation Reduction Act, were terminated with under 1% spent.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago3 min readAI
Coast Guard finds 15-year-old alive on capsized skiff off St. Lawrence Island; two dead
A Coast Guard HC-130 crew found a 15-year-old clinging to an overturned 18-foot skiff four miles east of St. Lawrence Island on Monday. Two other boaters were recovered dead. All three were taken to Nome aboard the good Samaritan vessel Northwest Explorer
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
The University of Alaska owns the look of a Fairbanks man's pliers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued design patent US D1,146,544 S on Sept. 8, 2026. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is the listed applicant and the University of Alaska the assignee, giving 15 years of protection on a pliers design by Fairbanks inventor Timothy Illguth.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min readAI
Two Arctic climate-data sources lose federal funding, kept alive by others
Two federally funded Arctic climate-data programs Alaska relies on lost their funding this year and are now supported by universities and private groups.
by Alaska Newsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Red Dog's port has carried a top-tier air violation for years with no penalty
EPA records show the port shipping Red Dog ore has carried a high-priority air violation for dust since 2019, unresolved by Alaska, with no penalty recorded.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Ninety-two Alaska water systems are listed as serious violators
EPA compliance data list 92 Alaska public water systems serving 29,185 people as serious violators of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The state's last formal enforcement action against any of them was in August 2020. Informal contact has continued, with 2,487 actions logged.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
10 Kuskokwim Delta villages named in flood outlooks for Friday
The National Weather Service has named ten Kuskokwim Delta communities in hydrologic outlooks warning that high river water and storm surge could combine at Friday's high tide, with Bethel's gauge sitting half a foot below bankfull stage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Wind watch upgraded to warning for the Western Arctic Coast and Shishmaref
NWS Fairbanks on Tuesday raised its High Wind Watch for the Western Arctic Coast to gusts of 65 mph and extended the High Surf Advisory through 4 a.m. Saturday, with water 3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line and localized beach erosion possible.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage company wins patent for adjustable pipeline support
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted US 12,729,783 B2 to North Arrow Enterprises of Anchorage on Tuesday for a pipeline support one worker can raise or lower with a crank. The patent's background says conventional supports usually require full pipeline shutdowns to adjust.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Most of Alaska labor backs Peltola. Sullivan took some anyway.
Most of Alaska's organized labor backs Mary Peltola, but Dan Sullivan has drawn several major unions, including the AFL-CIO's own affiliates.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Bering Sea halibut boats would get a catch cap double the rest of Alaska
A proposed federal rule would set a permanent halibut vessel cap in the Bering Sea and Aleutians at 132,900 pounds, nearly double the Alaska coastwide limit.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Gusts to 40 mph are coming across the Interior Tuesday into Wednesday
NWS Fairbanks issued two wind advisories in effect from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 10 p.m. Wednesday for the Fairbanks Metro Area, Nenana, Tanana Flats and the Central and Eastern Interior. Gusts of 30 to 40 mph are expected, and up to 50 mph in higher terrain.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Storm to raise water up to 5 feet above the tide line, Golovin to Wainwright
The National Weather Service has issued high surf advisories and high wind watches from Golovin to Wainwright ahead of a Siberian low expected to raise water 2 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line across roughly 48 hours this week.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured
FEMA finalized a new Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Fairbanks North Star Borough effective January 8, 2027, expanding coverage from three flooding sources to about 35, even as only 26 percent of homes inside the existing flood zone carry flood insurance.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Fish and Wildlife is putting GPS collars on moose in the upper Tanana
Fish and Wildlife is spending $94,542 on GPS collars for moose at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, where the herd runs at low density in the upper Tanana.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
The pipeline right-of-way comment window got another week
The Bureau of Land Management extended the scoping comment period on the trans-Alaska pipeline's 30-year right-of-way renewal to Sept. 17 from Sept. 10.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
Minor flooding possible at Golovin, with water 4 to 6 feet above high tide
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks says water could run 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line at Golovin during Wednesday and Thursday high tides, with water possibly reaching the village's lowest-lying buildings.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
BLM rule would let NPR-A operators waive subsistence conditions without public notice
A proposed BLM rule for oil production sites in the National Petroleum Reserve writes mitigation conditions into regulation, including four subsistence protections, then lets an operator ask to waive any of them. The waiver section sets no public notice step. Comments close Nov. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders
Two GSA task orders totaling $43,689 send Anchorage-based Chugach Solutions Enterprise to the FBI Washington Field Office for fall-protection installation and a generator breaker replacement, work booked under an 8(a) sole-source vehicle awarded in January.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Caterpillar Inc. of Irving, Texas, a $248,954 sole-source contract for a compact track loader with forestry attachments for the JBER Wildland Fire Branch, running through Sept. 3, 2027.
by Alaska News2w ago1 min readAI
The White House wanted the Denali Commission closed, and it grew instead
The Denali Commission went eight months without an approved work plan while routing roughly $255 million in other agencies' money into rural Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull
NWS Fairbanks warned Friday that an atmospheric river had already dropped 0.75 to 1.25 inches of rain in 24 hours across the Western and Central Interior, with smaller feeder streams at risk of bankfull or minor flooding and stream flows staying elevated for several days.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night
Alaska 511 listed a new wildfire investigation near Sandy Beach in Southeast Alaska, discovered Friday night at 8:29 p.m. and still recorded at 0.00 acres, with cause and any threat to structures undetermined.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness
The federal Administration for Children and Families awarded the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness $450,000 for a one-year project serving Alaska Native households, built on the Yup'ik Calricaraq healing framework rather than standard case management.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
The Kuskokwim Delta's high tides have passed. Forecasters expected no flooding.
The National Weather Service in Anchorage said high tides Friday and Saturday morning would peak at a foot or less above the normal highest tide line at Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Kongiganak and Quinhagak, with no flooding expected and levels falling Sunday and Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years, with comments due Sept. 11
Alaska DOT&PF has posted notice of a proposed 20-year, no-rent lease of land at Ekwok Airport to the FAA for navigation, communication and weather aids. State listings show the notice active Sept. 3, with the comment period running to Sept. 11.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus
The National Institutes of Health awarded $5,910,302 to Treon Support Services JV, LLC of Anchorage on Friday for ventilation upgrades at a central utility plant, plus $12,558 for gas cylinder rentals at Building 11. The award records do not identify an Alaska work site.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
Coast Guard awards Anchorage firm $1.7 million amid 8(a) freeze
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Old Harbor Solutions LLC of Anchorage two contracts totaling about $1.71 million for administrative support and Small Boat Product Line logistics, both running into 2027. The firm is an Alaska Native Corporation-owned, SBA-certified 8(a) business.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI