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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
Erosion is forcing Alaska to move the Noatak airport two miles west
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities features the Noatak Airport relocation in its Summer 2026 Plane Talk newsletter, describing a runway being moved out of the path of an eroding riverbank. Bids on the $80M to $90M project are due Aug. 13.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A UAF fix for the battery-and-generator clash in village grids
A UAF researcher is developing a way to stop batteries and diesel generators from destabilizing village grids, a fix that could help remote Alaska cut diesel and energy costs.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
College student airlifted off Resurrection Pass after allergic reaction 14 miles in
An 18-year-old college student visiting Alaska was airlifted off the Resurrection Pass Trail after an allergic reaction left him struggling to breathe 14 miles from the trailhead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
The FAA is rewiring Alaska's air routes from beacons to GPS
A final FAA rule effective 0901 UTC Oct. 29 extends GPS route T-373 to the King Salmon VORTAC, giving instrument traffic in and out of King Salmon Airport a connected en route path. The FAA received no public comments on the change.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Unalaska moves to rebuild its harbor, with sea otter safeguards for the pile driving
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to let the City of Unalaska injure or disturb up to 112 threatened Southwest Alaska sea otters during a year of pile driving at Robert Storrs Harbor. Comments are due 30 days after Aug. 11 publication.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
The Blue Angels headlined JBER's Arctic Thunder, their first Anchorage show since 2016
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlined JBER's Arctic Thunder Open House on Aug. 8-9, their first appearance at the Anchorage base since 2016, in one of Alaska's largest public events.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A pilot survives an upside-down plane crash in the Kenai refuge
A pilot who crashed his Cessna 185 on the shore of Trapper Joe Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday sent a 911 text saying he had no major injuries. A helicopter from Anchorage flew him out for evaluation of minor injuries, troopers said.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A hemp-ban delay divides Alaska's senators in the funding bill
A Senate stopgap bill delays a Nov. 12 federal ban on intoxicating hemp like delta-8, products Alaska already restricts. Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan split on the delay.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Heavy military flying returns over Anchorage as Red Flag-Alaska war games resume
Red Flag-Alaska 26-3 brings fighter jet training over Anchorage into late August, though the base and Pacific Air Forces give different start dates. JBER lists Aug. 14, not the Friday before the exercise, as its heavy flying day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Heat advisory covers Lower Matanuska Valley through Monday
The National Weather Service in Anchorage issued a heat advisory Sunday for the Lower Matanuska Valley, with afternoon highs in the middle to upper 70s and overnight lows only in the low to mid 50s. It runs until 8 p.m. Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly weights resolution would back JBER buildout as base housing nears full
An Anchorage Assembly resolution would commit the city to planning for a projected JBER buildup, on a base whose family housing is already about 98% occupied.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's senators split as Senate confirms Blanche 50-49
The U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general 50-49 on Saturday. Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted no and Sen. Dan Sullivan voted yes, the second time the two split on the nomination that day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Yentna River crest ties to flood risk for Lake Creek lodges
The Yentna River at Lake Creek crested at 22.52 feet Thursday evening, two feet above flood stage, and stayed in moderate flood into Saturday. NWS Anchorage's forecast ties that level to water reaching cabins and main lodge buildings at seven lodges, though it did not confirm actual flooding there.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak will homeport the Coast Guard's first Arctic Security Cutters
Kodiak will homeport the Coast Guard's first two Arctic Security Cutters, with a third bound for Seward, part of a multibillion-dollar Arctic icebreaker buildup.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A stopgap pauses a rule that would let appointees veto grants, protecting billions bound for Alaska
A continuing resolution bars OMB from finalizing a rule that would let political appointees veto federal grants, protecting billions in awards bound for Alaska through Dec. 11.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
King Cove road materials arrive on scene as local workers hit another milestone in the development of a contested project
A barge of equipment and materials for the King Cove-Cold Bay Road project has arrived in King Cove while local residents complete safety and commercial driver training for project work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Cook Inlet's oil and gas discharge rules expired in 2021, and EPA is finally rewriting them
EPA is taking comment through Sept. 21 on rewriting the permit for oil and gas exploration discharges in federal Cook Inlet waters, expired since 2021.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Peltola's energy platform draws fire from both sides in the race
Mary Peltola released an energy platform in her Senate race against Dan Sullivan, backing the LNG pipeline and renewable credits. His campaign and environmental groups pushed back.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
The Senate failed to advance a national voter photo-ID bill — and Alaska's ID rules are looser than most
The U.S. Senate failed to advance a federal voter photo-ID bill on a party-line vote, with both Alaska senators voting yes. Alaska accepts non-photo ID like hunting licenses to vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks inventors patent an ultra-light meal for the backcountry
A Fairbanks company patented a powdered, ultra-light meal for backcountry hunters, endurance racers and special operators, built on Alaska research into extreme calorie burn.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago3 min readAI
Sitka's Coast Guard cutter dock clears review; work set for 2026
NOAA Fisheries issued the Coast Guard a modified marine mammal harassment authorization on Aug. 3 for pile driving at its Sitka moorings. The permit covers up to one year of the specified in-water work at the Fast Response Cutter homeport dock.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaskans already on heating aid don't have to reapply for a new $10 million round
Sen. Dan Sullivan announced Friday Alaska will receive an additional $10 million in federal heating assistance, distributed automatically in September to households already enrolled, nearly doubling the state's allocation.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Senate passes Russia sanctions bill 86-11; Murkowski and Sullivan vote yes
The U.S. Senate passed H.R. 5334, imposing sanctions on the Russian Federation, 86-11 on Friday. Earlier the same day, senators rejected an amendment to strike duties on countries buying Russian oil and gas, 32-64. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voted to keep the duties and for passage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A program that lets people with ALS try experimental treatments just got five more years
The U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize the ACT for ALS program, which lets people with ALS access investigational treatments outside clinical trials, for five more years through 2031.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A weak coho run just shut down federal commercial salmon fishing in Cook Inlet
NOAA Fisheries has closed commercial salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet EEZ area from Aug. 5 through Aug. 15 to avoid exceeding the 2026 federal coho catch limit.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska schools could face a choice between internet and teachers if a federal subsidy is cut
The FCC is reviewing the E-Rate subsidy that covered more than $200 million in Alaska school and library internet costs in 2025, and Delta Community Library Director Tiki Levinson says a cut would hit rural connectivity hardest.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Sullivan files resolution to overturn EPA decision on California at-berth ship emissions
Sen. Dan Sullivan introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution Thursday to void an EPA decision allowing California to limit emissions from ocean-going vessels while docked. It was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Murkowski cosponsors bill to let Coast Guard commandant sign local support deals
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has cosponsored S. 5341, introduced Aug. 6 and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee, which would move authority for Coast Guard installation-support agreements with local governments to the service's commandant.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Murkowski cosponsors Senate bill to restore Afghan Temporary Protected Status
Sen. Lisa Murkowski signed on as a cosponsor of S. 5308, introduced Thursday by Sen. Christopher Coons, which would designate Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status. The bill was read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the same day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Murkowski says she will vote against Blanche for attorney general
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday she will oppose Todd Blanche's nomination for U.S. attorney general, citing the Epstein files, immunity protections for the president and a nearly $2-billion Justice Department fund she says stays blocked only while the Senate holds leverage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska takes over hazardous waste permitting — the first state to do so in 25 years
Alaska's environmental agency has taken over hazardous waste permitting from the EPA, the first such state handoff in over 25 years, amid tribal and industry objections.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's Senate race is on pace to shatter spending records — before a primary that decides nothing
Alaska's U.S. Senate race between Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola is on pace to break state spending records ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, driven by its national stakes for Senate control.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Pollock fleet holds an Anchorage job fair days before a bycatch-shaped election
The Bering Sea pollock industry holds an Anchorage job fair Oct. 29, days before an election shaped by its salmon bycatch — now subject to the first mandatory Western Alaska chum cap.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min readAI
Murkowski presses Interior on who's paying for Trump's Smithsonian signs
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Merkley demanded Interior explain the cost and funding for National Park Service signage ordered outside a Smithsonian museum under a Trump executive order.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Sullivan leads a push to sanction ships supplying China's fleet
Nine U.S. senators, led by Alaska's Dan Sullivan, asked Treasury to sanction 29 ships resupplying China's fishing fleet, arguing its illegal catch undercuts American fishermen.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Four wildfires broke out on the North Slope within 17 minutes Thursday
Alaska 511 logged four new wildfire investigations in the Brooks Range foothills on Thursday afternoon, all discovered between 3:01 and 3:18 p.m. AKDT and spread across roughly 40 miles at their widest point. All four show 0.00 acres, and cause has not been determined.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Heat advisory brings 80 degrees to the Arctic plains near Umiat
NWS Fairbanks has a heat advisory in effect until 10 p.m. AKDT Thursday for the Western and Central Arctic Plains near Umiat, with highs as high as 80 degrees and a warning that people unaccustomed to the heat may fall ill.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
HESCO barrier repair was a week from done, Juneau committee told
At the July 8 Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting, Assembly Member Nano Brooks said HESCO barrier repair and expansion would be finished within a week while Juneau keeps working on a lasting glacial flood fix. The committee's Aug. 12 meeting was cancelled.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Sullivan plans to add an ad-transparency bill to kids' safety package
Sen. Dan Sullivan plans to attach his ADS for Mental Health Act, requiring ad platforms to report on public-service ads and promote mental health help, to a kids' safety package.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage seeks 50 acres of JBER land for a waste-to-energy plant
Anchorage officials told the Assembly Legislative Committee on Thursday that both House and Senate defense bills would convey about 50 acres of JBER land next to the Anchorage Regional Landfill for a waste-to-energy plant. The House version orders the transfer. The Senate version only directs study.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI