17+ hour, 20+ min ago  (655+ words) Members of the Alaska Senate's bipartisan majority caucus spent Thursday in another round of closed-door talks discussing a bill that passed the state House offering tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project. It was the penultimate day of a special…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (748+ words) Western Alaska residents are preparing for an extended period of extra high fuel prices, after the war with Iran drove up the cost of energy globally. That's despite a tentative peace deal that brought some relief to global oil markets…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (372+ words) Firefighters have significantly slowed the spread of a wildfire that broke out Wednesday night on the Kenai Peninsula in Sterling. The blaze, now called the Grandview Fire, grew from eight to 50 acres over about seven hours near the intersection of…...

19+ hour, 11+ min ago  (237+ words) Anchorage Mayor Suzanne La France's administration has proposed two ordinances aimed at fostering new housing construction in the state's largest city. The proposals would add tax exemptions for first-time homebuyers purchasing what the La France administration calls "starter homes," and…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (444+ words) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until the end of the day Thursday to veto or sign two dozen bills into law. The 24 bills run the gamut. They include a wide-ranging education bill, taxes on nicotine vapes and pouches, a bill…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (833+ words) The 14 members of Alaska's Senate coalition majority met behind closed doors twice on Wednesday to decide the fate of a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline. The state House voted 34-5 on Friday to approve the break,…...

1+ day, 59+ min ago  (853+ words) Chuck Seaca rooted through the chest freezer in his Anchorage garage. "We still have a fair amount of salmon here in the bottom," he said. He held up a few large sockeye salmon fillets, vacuum sealed in frosty plastic. "Once…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (786+ words) From Juneteenth to Father's Day on summer solstice, it's a packed weekend. The Anchorage Weekender rounded up six events in the city and a few festivals in the region. Thursday, various times and routes Pedal to the Anchorage Museum (625 C…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (975+ words) Jennifer Pierce was riding shotgun with a paramedic at the wheel when her cell phone rang. "How are you doing today?" Pierce asked. "What's going on?" A woman on the other end said her heart was racing. "Can we try…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1782+ words) Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state " in Anchorage, Wasilla, Sutton, Seward, Sterling, Soldotna, Kasilof and Ketchikan. With those…...