Alaska News Daily Brief, Wednesday, November 4
· 9 min
Today's brief: 16 stories. - Peltola leads Sullivan by 626 votes with nearly all Alaska precincts counted - Fairbanks mayor proposes 92% cut to capital spending, citing lawsuit - Kuskokwim River had no commercial fishery this year as bay catch stays confidential - University of Alaska seeks bids to rehabilitate water main at UAS Juneau campus - State will drill test holes on Glacier Highway in Juneau for planned lighting - Equipment arrives at Cascade Point ferry site before construction is authorized - Juneau staff seek approval to remove closed Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge - Juneau commission to decide permit for Guardian Flight hangar already being built - Juneau staff seek $3.5 million toward new Glacier Highway water main before road rebuild - Alaska's 2026 races have drawn at least $210 million, mostly in the Senate race - Regulators hold ENSTAR rate case to Jan. 28 deadline, deny delay - Utility work closes right southbound lane of Peger Road in Fairbanks through Friday - Homer advisory committee to weigh proposals pushing commercial fishing back from the Spit - Ketchikan council to vote on $1.9 million design for a separate drinking water line - Petersburg Assembly awards $13.5 million Scow Bay haul-out contract to lone bidder - AI chatbots are weighing in on Senate races from Alaska to Maine, out of public view Full stories at alaskanews.com.
In this brief
- 0:12Peltola leads Sullivan by 626 votes with nearly all Alaska precincts counted
- 1:51Fairbanks mayor proposes 92% cut to capital spending, citing lawsuit
- 3:49Kuskokwim River had no commercial fishery this year as bay catch stays confidential
- 5:11University of Alaska seeks bids to rehabilitate water main at UAS Juneau campus
- 5:33State will drill test holes on Glacier Highway in Juneau for planned lighting
- 5:47Equipment arrives at Cascade Point ferry site before construction is authorized
- 5:56Juneau staff seek approval to remove closed Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge
- 6:10Juneau commission to decide permit for Guardian Flight hangar already being built
- 6:20Juneau staff seek $3.5 million toward new Glacier Highway water main before road rebuild
- 6:34Alaska's 2026 races have drawn at least $210 million, mostly in the Senate race
- 6:46Regulators hold ENSTAR rate case to Jan. 28 deadline, deny delay
- 7:01Utility work closes right southbound lane of Peger Road in Fairbanks through Friday
- 7:13Homer advisory committee to weigh proposals pushing commercial fishing back from the Spit
- 7:28Ketchikan council to vote on $1.9 million design for a separate drinking water line
- 7:45Petersburg Assembly awards $13.5 million Scow Bay haul-out contract to lone bidder
- 8:09AI chatbots are weighing in on Senate races from Alaska to Maine, out of public view
- 8:27Wrap-up