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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
Wind is stirring up 1912 volcanic ash over southwest Kodiak Island
Strong northwesterly winds are lifting ash from the 1912 Katmai-Novarupta eruption over southwest Kodiak Island, and the National Weather Service says Karluk and Larsen Bay are most likely to see haze and trace ash. The statement runs through noon Sunday.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min readAI
Juneau's city-owned ski area has an unresolved drinking water violation
EPA records show a Tier 1 drinking water violation from March at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, with no return-to-compliance date recorded.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
The FAA is paying $4.3 million to design a radar tower near Sitka
The FAA awarded Kobo Utility Construction Corp. of Sandwich, Massachusetts, $4,343,691 to design a replacement Air Traffic Control Beacon Interrogator tower on Biorka Island near Sitka, with an unexercised option to build it. Design work runs through Dec. 31, 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min readAI
Forecasters expect 25 to 35 mph gusts across Fairbanks area Saturday
NWS Fairbanks kept a special weather statement in effect from 6:25 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday for gusty west-southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph across the Fairbanks Metro Area and surrounding Interior valleys. It was the second such statement in two days. Winds were forecast to ease overnight into Sunday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
NMFS closes Central Gulf cod for hook-and-line vessels 50 feet and up
NMFS is closing directed Pacific cod fishing for hook-and-line catcher vessels 50 feet or longer in the Central Gulf of Alaska from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, after the sector's 1,187-metric-ton directed allowance was reached.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Household disaster aid accounted for eight of every 10 federal dollars sent to Alaska this week
USAspending.gov data shows $3.41 million of the $4.21 million in federal awards landing in Alaska between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 went to disaster assistance for individuals and households, far ahead of every other tracked program.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
A rural Alaska phone company says a subsidy cut costs $185 per connection
Alaska Power & Telephone told the FCC on Thursday that ending CAF ICC support without a replacement would cut about $1.1 million a year from the company, roughly $185 per connection, across 40 remote communities reachable only by air or water.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Researchers get $812,016 to study Glacier Bay's iceberg seal habitat
Two National Science Foundation grants announced Thursday, totaling $812,016, will fund three years of fieldwork on how the advance of Johns Hopkins Glacier is reducing the iceberg habitat that up to 2,000 harbor seals use for pupping and molting in Glacier Bay.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Comment closes Thursday on 18-year rent-free FAA lease at Chenega Bay Airport
Alaska DOT&PF is weighing an 18-year, no-rent lease letting the FAA own the junction box and underground lines that power Chenega Bay's automated weather station. Comment closed Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Hilcorp wants to fill 95 acres of Arctic wetlands for a gravel mine — comment by Sept. 4
Hilcorp Alaska is seeking state approval to fill about 95 acres of North Slope wetlands near Deadhorse for a gravel mine to supply oil development. Comment is open until Sept. 4.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
An Anchorage firm fell to six employees and built itself back up
Anchorage logistics firm ASCI Federal Services rebuilt from six employees to nearly 50 after restructuring and moving into federal contracting.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range
NWS Fairbanks has issued a High Wind Warning for the Eastern Alaska Range north of Trims Camp from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, with south winds of 30 to 40 mph and gusts to 70 mph peaking in the morning. Windy Pass is under a wind advisory on the same timeline.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Kuskokwim Delta villages rebuilding from Halong face another storm
Coastal flooding, high surf and strong winds are forecast for the Kuskokwim Delta this week, threatening Kipnuk, Kwigillingok and villages still recovering from Typhoon Halong.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Small cod boats return Sept. 1 in the Bering Sea and Aleutians
Pacific cod boats under 60 feet can fish the Bering Sea again Sept. 1, after federal managers shifted quota from jig and larger hook-and-line fleets.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Wright and Dunleavy insist the Alaska LNG project is alive
In one of his last public appearances at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association conference in Anchorage on Thursday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the state's oil and gas property tax is too high for gas line investors, and told the audience to press candidates on energy policy before the election.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAI
Sullivan and Peltola clash in a combative first forum, previewing a bitter Senate race
In their first forum since the August primary, Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola clashed sharply over oil and gas permitting, Willow and their voting records, previewing a contentious Alaska Senate race.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago4 min readAI
Alaska superintendents ask FCC not to cut school internet subsidy
The Alaska Superintendents Association asked the FCC not to narrow E-Rate, the program that discounts internet and telecommunications service for schools.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Sea ice loss has swamped El Niño's grip on Arctic autumns
A climate newsletter analysis of 13 moderate-or-stronger El Niño autumns since 1970 argues that heat released from open Arctic water, not the tropical Pacific pattern, has driven Arctic fall temperatures since 1995. That reading limits what this year's El Niño forecasts for September through November.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Four killed in Piper crash in Seldovia Slough; NTSB investigating
All four people aboard a Piper PA-24-260 died when the plane went down in the Seldovia Slough on Aug. 26. The NTSB is investigating. It is the second fatal small-plane crash in Alaska in a week.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask
The BLM opened scoping comment on renewing the trans-Alaska pipeline's federal right-of-way for another 30 years, more than seven years before it expires.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
A tiny Copper River village corporation is quietly renovating federal courthouses across Tennessee
The General Services Administration awarded $128,963 to Anchorage-based Chitina Diversified Services for office renovations at the Fred Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville, with work running Aug. 24 through Nov. 24, 2026.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min readAI
Central Aleutian perch fishery closes early for a second straight year
NMFS is shutting down directed Pacific ocean perch fishing in the Central Aleutian district for BSAI trawl limited access vessels at noon Thursday, Aug. 27, through Dec. 31, after the sector's 480-metric-ton allowance was reached. No public comment was taken.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min readAI
An eclipsed Moon rises over Alaska Wednesday, with aurora possible after
A deep partial lunar eclipse and a possible aurora coincide over Alaska on Wednesday night, with cloud cover the main obstacle in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Ninth Circuit upholds federal Cook Inlet salmon management against drift fleet challenge
A Ninth Circuit panel upheld federal management of Cook Inlet's offshore salmon fishery, rejecting every claim brought by two Cook Inlet fishing groups.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
The Fortymile road hunt lasted 48 hours, exactly as predicted
Fish and Game closed the road-accessible Fortymile caribou hunt in Zones 1 and 4 after 48 hours, on permits issued for a season running through Sept. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
A gale warning hits Bristol Bay and Aleutian waters Wednesday, with a second storm right behind
NWS Anchorage's Coastal Waters Forecast, issued early Tuesday, carries a small craft advisory Tuesday night and a gale warning Wednesday for Southwest Alaska waters, with west winds of 30 knots and seas to 11 feet as a Bering Sea low moves ashore.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
A placer mine near Ruby would work 35 acres of creek for a decade
Alaska opened comment on a water quality certification for a 10-year placer gold mine near Ruby that would work about 35 acres of Glenn Gulch and Flint Creek.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Fog cut visibility to a quarter mile at Gustavus, and it is coming back
NWS Juneau has a dense fog advisory in effect for Gustavus and Glacier Bay until noon Tuesday, with visibility down to a quarter mile or less. Patchy fog reaches into Icy Strait toward Sisters Island but is starting to lift.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min readAI
It's going to be a windy one across Anchorage and Turnagain Arm on Tuesday
NWS Anchorage forecasts southeast gusts of 40 to 50 mph on the Anchorage Hillside and along Turnagain Arm from Portage to Indian on Tuesday, peaking between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., with rain through much of the day. Forecasters say a stronger system is due Thursday into Friday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Snow expected tonight at Atigun Pass, the high point of the Dalton Highway
NWS Fairbanks says rain over the Central Brooks Range turns to snow Tuesday evening, with 1 to 3 inches at Atigun Pass and 3 to 6 inches on mountain peaks before snow tapers to showers Thursday morning.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Hill runs second in Alaska's unofficial U.S. House primary count
Independent Bill Hill finished second at 30.9% in Alaska's Aug. 18 top-four US House primary and advanced to the Nov. 3 ranked-choice general election against Rep. Nick Begich III. The count remains unofficial.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Texas firm wins $48,950 contract to patch pavement at Kenai refuge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Fountain of Wealth LLC of Baytown, Texas, a $48,950 contract for pavement patching and crack sealing at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, with work running Aug. 19 through Oct. 15, 2026.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
New EU seafood paperwork lands Sept. 3, and it is not the only change
New EU health certificates for U.S. seafood take effect Sept. 3, alongside a separate overhaul of the EU's catch-documentation system for wild-caught product.
by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readAI
Air Force names 2nd Lt. Leah Borsich as airman killed in Cape Newenham crash
The Eleventh Air Force identified 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich, 23, of the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at JBER as the airman killed in the Aug. 20 Cape Newenham crash. Alaska State Troopers will name the victims not affiliated with the Department of War.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage businesswoman gets 3.8 years for nearly $1 million in COVID relief fraud
Cheryl Labrie was sentenced to 3.8 years in federal prison for stealing nearly $1 million in COVID-19 relief through the PPP and EIDL programs using stolen identities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readAI
Alaska's mobile service through 2034 gets locked in next week
Alaska mobile carriers must file binding performance plans with the FCC by Sept. 1, setting speed and coverage commitments through 2034 under the Alaska Connect Fund.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Teller waits until 2027 for results of tank site testing on Grantley Harbor
Phase II environmental testing took place in August at Teller's shoreline tank site, where the community suspects leaked petroleum has reached Grantley Harbor.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
Army moves to end state review of ground work at two Alaska posts
The Army has proposed terminating the Programmatic Agreement governing Section 106 review at Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely, shifting to a new Army-wide framework that makes the Alaska SHPO advisory only and leaves determinations to installation staff.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago1 min readAI
A village-based fire crew from Nulato gets federal funding through 2031
The Bureau of Land Management awarded Nulato Hills Enterprises, LLC $495,000 on Aug. 20 for a Type 2 wildland fire crew assignment, with a performance period running through March 31, 2031. Nulato community planning materials call seasonal fire jobs an important source of cash.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Dan Sullivan endorsed Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan called himself 'the OG Dan Sullivan' in a Facebook post endorsing the incumbent senator over his same-name challenger from Petersburg.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read