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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
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
Drones are dropping chaff over Nenana to try to stop lightning
Skyward Wildfire Technologies is releasing metallic chaff from drones over Nenana at up to 10,000 feet, an experiment aimed at reducing lightning-caused wildfires.
by Melinda Communities.News4w ago3 min readAI
A Fortymile caribou hunt closed after just 48 hours as the quota filled fast
A Fortymile caribou hunt in zones near the Steese Highway closed just two days after opening as the quota filled, drawing a complaint from Tanana Chiefs Conference over the short window and reporting period.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago1 min readAI
Two rounds of rain this week could flood Susitna Valley gravel bars
NWS Anchorage issued a hydrologic outlook Sunday for the Susitna Valley and Hatcher Pass. Two rounds of rain, the first late Monday night through Wednesday morning, could push rivers in the Yentna and Skwentna basins to bankfull and inundate gravel-bar camps.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Ketchikan faces 2 to 3.5 inches of rain, road ponding through Monday
NWS Juneau expects an atmospheric river to drop 2 to 3.5 inches of rain on Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Misty Fjords between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon, with roadway ponding likely. Forecasters say no river flooding is expected at this time.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's seat on the halibut commission is open, and you can nominate yourself
NOAA is taking nominations through Sept. 14 for the Alaska-resident seat among the U.S. commissioners to the International Pacific Halibut Commission, the body whose catch limits and season dates govern Alaska commercial, charter and subsistence halibut fishing.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska moves to give up nearly 59,000 acres near Parks Highway for University of Alaska
Alaska is relinquishing a 58,893-acre selection at Honolulu Pass near the Parks Highway so the land can be conveyed to the University of Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago1 min readAI
An Alaska water system logged the EPA's most urgent violation
EPA drinking-water data show a public water system serving 771 Alaskans recorded a Tier 1 health-based violation on March 1, the agency's most urgent notification level, while five smaller systems logged Tier 2 treatment-technique violations later that month. The data does not name the communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Skagway is under another wind advisory, gusts to 40 mph through Saturday
NWS Juneau has a wind advisory in effect for the Municipality of Skagway until 7 p.m. AKDT Saturday, with south winds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 40 mph strong enough to down tree limbs and scatter unsecured objects.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
Hilcorp wants to dig a 95-acre gravel pit near the Putuligayuk River
Hilcorp Alaska is seeking state water-quality certification for a 95-acre gravel pit on the North Slope near the Putuligayuk River. Public comment closes Sept. 4.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago2 min readAI
NOAA pays $1.57 million for samples from subsistence-harvested seals
NOAA has awarded the Alaska Department of Fish and Game a $1.57 million cooperative agreement running Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2029, to sample ice seals harvested for subsistence in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas and to survey Steller sea lion haulouts in Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A toxic bloom killed fur seals off St. George with the highest saxitoxin level ever recorded in the species
A harmful algal bloom killed northern fur seals off St. George Island with a record saxitoxin level, and federal money will keep tribal monitors tracking the depleted population.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A storm could raise water 4 to 6 feet at low-lying Norton Sound villages
NWS Fairbanks issued a high surf advisory late Friday for Eastern Norton Sound, with water 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line near Koyuk and Elim from 4 a.m. Monday to 4 p.m. Tuesday. A separate advisory covers the Yukon Delta Coast.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Judge vacates 490-acre Izembek land swap, reopening the fight over the King Cove road
A federal judge voided the Izembek land exchange for the King Cove road, reopening the fight. Crews stage construction as the court weighs a halt to the work by Aug. 31.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago4 min readAI
Chugach sees opportunity for its communities in the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup
Chugach Alaska Corporation says the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup, with cutters bound for Kodiak and Seward, could benefit its coastal communities if infrastructure keeps pace.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Charter plane crash at Cape Newenham radar site kills eight
A Security Aviation Cessna 441 that left Anchorage crashed Thursday afternoon on approach to the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site airstrip in western Alaska, killing two pilots and six passengers. The NTSB is investigating.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
The feds are tightening subsidies for flights to small towns, but Alaska is exempt by name
A tighter federal cap on flight subsidies takes effect Oct. 1, but Congress exempted Alaska's 65 communities by name, where the flights are lifelines for food and health care.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A Fort Yukon tribal crew that fights fire across the country just locked in funding through 2031
The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments' Fort Yukon-based Type 2 wildland firefighting crew secured $500,000 in federal funding through 2031, continuing a generations-old Alaska Native firefighting tradition.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A UAF mathematician builds software to untangle interbreeding species' family trees
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Alaska Fairbanks $289,888 for a project led by mathematician Elizabeth S. Allman. The grant funds free software for inferring evolutionary networks from genome-scale data, plus a summer school and teaching materials.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
UAF's satellite water-depth mapping wins NSF money to test whether it can become a product
The National Science Foundation awarded University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Erin Trochim $50,000 under its I-Corps program to test whether an explainable AI system that maps water depth from satellite imagery has commercial buyers. The award runs from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska students will spend the year researching the veterans buried at Fort Richardson
The VA's National Cemetery Administration awarded the University of Alaska Anchorage $325,000 for a one-year Veterans Legacy Program project sending dual-enrolled high school students and undergraduates into the burial records of Fort Richardson National Cemetery, with a campus memorial and a cemetery walking tour among the deliverables.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
BLM closes spur road and gravel pit at Moose Creek Landing through fall
BLM has closed a spur road and gravel pit off Nome Creek Road at Moose Creek Landing to motor vehicles through the fall so hydroseeded ground can revegetate after summer construction. The agency will re-evaluate the closure in the spring.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Peltola out-raised and out-spent Sullivan, and enters the general election with less cash
Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan advanced from Alaska's all-party primary to a November ranked-choice general election for the U.S. Senate seat.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
NOAA is still testing groundwater in the Pribilofs, decades after it left
NOAA awarded a $186,644 contract for groundwater monitoring under the 1996 Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration Agreement, running through January 2028.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min readAI
A declining Fortymile caribou herd, short hunts, and a dispute over timing
A BLM emergency closure and Aug. 14 reopening cut the federal head start in Fortymile Zone 1 from four days to two, though the state's 48-hour hunt leaves two more federal-only days at the end. Tanana Chiefs Conference filed a complaint Wednesday over the timing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Peltola's first general election ad, out a day after the primary, runs against her own party.
Mary Peltola's campaign launched her first general election television ad the day after Alaska's primary, a spot built around her breaks with the Democratic Party.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Three years and three permits later, Ketchikan's airport ferry still has no backup berths
NOAA Fisheries has reissued the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities a marine mammal harassment permit for ferry berth construction in Tongass Narrows, the third since 2023. The state told the agency in June that no pile driving or drilling has occurred.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Eight Alaska fishery disaster requests are past the deadline federal law sets
NOAA Fisheries has missed its own posted determination deadlines on eight of twelve pending Alaska fishery disaster requests, blocking any aid allocation to affected communities.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A Caterpillar dealer wants to fill nearly 20 acres of south Anchorage wetlands to build a new store
NC Machinery has applied to fill nearly 20 acres of south Anchorage wetlands for a Caterpillar dealership, proposing no new mitigation, with state public comment open through Sept. 18.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Trump names Kyle Reardon to the Alaska judgeship vacant since 2024
President Trump named magistrate judge Kyle Reardon to the Alaska federal district judgeship, vacant since Joshua Kindred resigned in July 2024 amid misconduct findings.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A sharp cut to West Coast salmon limits lands on fish Alaska shares
Federal managers cut Chinook troll limits off Washington and Oregon by three-quarters and closed parts of California's salmon fisheries, affecting stocks shared with Alaska.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage approves $40,000 to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan
The Anchorage Assembly approved $40,000, almost entirely FAA grant money, to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan after new instrument flight procedures changed what the plan must depict.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Tok evacuation order still stands after phone alert expired Tuesday
The Mukluk Fire crossed Red Fox Drive in Tok and reached 16% containment, while the wireless alert carrying the evacuation order expired Tuesday unreissued.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska has spent a fifth of its open federal disaster money, with six weeks on the clock
Alaska holds $357.7 million in open federal disaster grants with 21.7% paid out, and all eleven are currently written to expire on Sept. 30.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Mukluk Fire households can apply for up to $44,800 in state grants through Oct. 19
State disaster grants for Mukluk Fire losses opened August 18 and close October 19 for Alaska Gateway REAA residents, with a ceiling of $44,800 per household. State documents published the same day give two different hotline numbers and two different rental assistance timelines.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's largest fisheries lab swaps ozone for ultraviolet to treat its water
NOAA's Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute near Juneau is replacing its ozone disinfection system with ultraviolet units and a sand filter under a $155,653 contract.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
Judge asked to rule by Aug. 31 on whether King Cove road work can begin
Conservation groups want a ruling by Aug. 31 blocking ground work on the King Cove road, after two lawsuits over the federal wetlands permit were consolidated.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A company wants to rework historic Interior goldfields, mining two creeks for a decade
Tintina Gold Company has proposed a 10-year placer gold mining operation on Glenn Gulch and Flint Creek in Alaska's Ruby Mining District, disturbing about 35 acres of aquatic resources, now in early permitting.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
FEMA's Mukluk Fire grant pays for firefighting, not for people who lost homes
FEMA's fire management assistance grant for the Mukluk Fire covers firefighting costs only. Household losses run through a separate state program open through Oct. 19.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Interior wind event hits highways as the Mukluk Fire burns near Tok
Gusts to 75 mph at Isabel Pass and 65 mph near Delta Junction accompanied the Mukluk Fire near Tok, with forecasters warning the winds could stir the Tatlanika fire.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI