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Walter AlaskaNews16h ago2 min read

AO 2026-107, up for reading before the Anchorage Assembly on Aug. 18, would put most of the body's administrative and quasi-judicial hearings, from license disputes to special assessment appeals, under one chapter of code, with exclusions and a 21-day deadline for written decisions.

Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read

The Alaska Department of Health issued notices to award more than $30 million to 37 rural health projects, a second round of a federal program, led by $5 million to Norton Sound.

Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read

A woman running alone on the Wolverine Bowl trail was injured by a brown bear Thursday, deployed bear spray and walked out to the Prospect Heights trailhead, ADF&G said. Biologists searched the site and collected samples but did not find the bear.

Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min read

AK Legend Gardens owes the Municipality of Anchorage $12,760.98 in delinquent property taxes and collection items. The Anchorage Assembly entered a protest of its state cultivation license renewal Tuesday until the debt is paid and a site inspection is completed.

Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read

Alaska State Troopers say a three-day Mat-Su Valley compliance operation, Aug. 10-12, produced 17 arrests, but teams located only 60 of the 100 registered sex offenders identified for checks. Fifteen arrests were for registration violations or perjury.

Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min read

Alaska State Troopers say Charles R. Yingst was arrested without incident at a Big Lake residence Wednesday on multiple fraud and escape warrants exceeding $2 million, ending a lengthy multi-agency search. The charges are accusations.

Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Yaadás clan historian Benjamin Young, in a talk for Sealaska Heritage Institute, traced his clan's migration from Haida Gwaii to Old Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island and laid out two accounts of how Haida Eagles came to hold the beaver crest.

Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

A new federal rule starting Sept. 11 limits e-scooters, hoverboards and Segways in national parks to areas superintendents designate and bars them from wilderness.

Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

A hiker who failed to return to Port Armstrong on August 10 remains missing after two days of ground and aerial searching. Alaska State Troopers said the search resumed Wednesday with a thermal drone team and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center.

Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Alaska 511 posted a flooding risk Wednesday evening for Back Loop Bridge Trailhead Forest Service Road at mile marker 4, both directions. The road is not fully closed, and no end time is listed. The City and Borough of Juneau is advising flood-zone residents to evacuate.

Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read

Governor Mike Dunleavy transmitted a compromise Alaska LNG tax and oversight bill Wednesday, lowering the disputed S corporation income tax to a flat 2%, delaying it to 2030, and dropping a cut to state education aid for boroughs receiving gas line tax revenue.

Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min read

Alaska DOT&PF closed the Klondike Highway at the U.S./Canada border Tuesday evening after a landslide on the Canadian side, cutting Skagway's road link to the Yukon. The posted alert window runs until 6:55 p.m. Wednesday.

Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read

NWS Juneau said Tuesday that water has started spilling over the Suicide Basin ice dam and urged residents along Mendenhall Lake and the Mendenhall River to finalize flood preparations. Past releases have taken up to six days to begin after overtopping starts.

Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Alaska State Troopers arrested Bruce Eakon Jr., 22, of Unalakleet on Monday on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, burglary and production of child sexual abuse material. Bail was set at $200,000. The charges are accusations and Eakon is presumed innocent.

Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read

Northbound traffic on the Richardson Highway is blocked at Milepost 352 after a collision Tuesday morning, and Alaska DOT&PF is directing drivers to detour via Badger Road. The closure is expected to last several hours.

Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read

A new gold claim near Chicken would extend mining into Jack Wade Creek headwaters, where the BLM has spent a decade restoring salmon and grayling habitat in the Fortymile Wild and Scenic River corridor.

Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read

The Alaska Senate majority says it won't commit to the gas pipeline tax break without detailed financials from Glenfarne and Gov. Dunleavy, as cost estimates range from $44.5B to $70B.

Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Interior Native Vote is boosting Alaska Native turnout for the Aug. 18 primary, drawing 200-plus to a Fairbanks candidate mixer as early voting opens across the state.

Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Alaska's fourth special session on gas pipeline taxation has produced no votes in two weeks, as Cook Inlet gas supply is projected to run short by the mid-2030s.

Walter AlaskaNews5d ago4 min read

An Anchorage Assembly resolution urges Alaska's congressional delegation to fund an emergency boat launch on Turnagain Arm, citing a 2026 drowning where rescuers had no way to launch.