Alaska News Saturday Night, October 3, 2026
· 12 min
This week: The Week in Alaska with Walter, then North of Normal with Maggie and Bill. - Regulators cut Chugach's Beluga River gas price after Chugach asked for an increase - Anchorage mayor proposes 2027 budget that relies on one-time money, warns of 2028 fiscal cliff - Trump says South Korea will finance $50 billion of Alaska LNG; Seoul hasn't committed - Soldotna ice rink nearly lost its ice at least once this year, parks director says - Bethel police warn residents not to shoot suspected rabid animals in the head - Juneau airport weighs selling or leasing building it only recently learned it owns - Kodiak Middle School breakfast jumps from 11 students a day to 127 with grab-and-go meals - Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises - State gets new federal grant to oversee monitoring at Amchitka nuclear test site - Chitina dip net permit holders must report online by Oct. 15 - Failing controls keep shutting down JBER's F-22 paint booths, Air Force says - Petersburg Medical Center weighs $10 million apartment building to house its staff - State cites Mat-Su marijuana grow for 1,840 tracking violations after finding hundreds of untagged plants - Wasilla sets Oct. 12 hearing on airport master plan that recommends higher lease rates - Juneau task force to review draft rules that could license and cap whale-watching boats - Seward hospital's new rural health grants collide with a shortage of space - Southwest Region schools serve freeze-dried carrot chips from 2,300 pounds of summer vegetables Full stories at alaskanews.com.
In this episode
- 0:18Regulators cut Chugach's Beluga River gas price after Chugach asked for an increase
- 1:55Anchorage mayor proposes 2027 budget that relies on one-time money, warns of 2028 fiscal cliff
- 3:13Trump says South Korea will finance $50 billion of Alaska LNG; Seoul hasn't committed
- 5:33Soldotna ice rink nearly lost its ice at least once this year, parks director says
- 6:56Bethel police warn residents not to shoot suspected rabid animals in the head
- 7:11Juneau airport weighs selling or leasing building it only recently learned it owns
- 7:29Kodiak Middle School breakfast jumps from 11 students a day to 127 with grab-and-go meals
- 7:50Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises
- 8:03State gets new federal grant to oversee monitoring at Amchitka nuclear test site
- 8:26Chitina dip net permit holders must report online by Oct. 15
- 8:45Failing controls keep shutting down JBER's F-22 paint booths, Air Force says
- 9:05Petersburg Medical Center weighs $10 million apartment building to house its staff
- 9:23State cites Mat-Su marijuana grow for 1,840 tracking violations after finding hundreds of untagged plants
- 9:45Wasilla sets Oct. 12 hearing on airport master plan that recommends higher lease rates
- 10:05Juneau task force to review draft rules that could license and cap whale-watching boats
- 10:21Seward hospital's new rural health grants collide with a shortage of space
- 10:43Southwest Region schools serve freeze-dried carrot chips from 2,300 pounds of summer vegetables