1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (402+ words) There are fewer sockeye salmon in the Kenai River than expected this summer, only a year after 2025's record run, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The department initially projected another strong run for 2026, but so far…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (871+ words) Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democratic former state lawmaker from Sitka, has raised more campaign funds than any other of the 17 candidates in Alaska’s governor race, according to reports filed this week. Kreiss-Tomkins has brought in $1.8 million since entering the race in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (379+ words) Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project that would’ve expanded natural gas storage. That’s after the Regulatory Commission of Alaska denied Enstar’s request earlier this month, saying the utility had…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (674+ words) At issue was the state’s decision to disqualify the U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg and its determination that he was not a “good faith” candidate. The Alaska Supreme Court nixed that decision in late June. Beecher testified…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (283+ words) A small cruise ship traveling through Southeast Alaska has reported outbreaks of a gastrointestinal illness on two back-to-back voyages in July. On one of the sailings, nearly a third of the passengers got sick. That’s according to the Centers for…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (600+ words) Two weeks before construction could begin on a controversial road that would cut through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge wetlands, three Western Alaska tribal governments and several environmental groups have filed new lawsuits seeking to block the project. Both complaints, filed…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (240+ words) Areas along the central Susitna Valley near Talkeetna are expected to see minor flooding through Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The Talkeetna River was hovering around minor flood level Thursday afternoon. There’s a flood advisory for the…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (762+ words) On a sunny, windless day above the Arctic Circle, a ribbon of smoke twisted into the sky above Toolik Field Station. Everyone who works at Toolik has a favorite chore. Sally Anderson's is burning trash. All the waste produced by…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (120+ words) One of Dutch Harbor's major seafood processors plans to pay about $5,900 to federal regulators to settle violations of the Clean Water Act. In the proposed settlement agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency said UniSea Inc. failed to properly update plans for…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (443+ words) Landslides happen all the time in Alaska. But historically, the main way experts found out about a landslide was if someone witnessed it themselves. “Like someone flying by, or someone would just see something in the remote sensing imagery,” said…...