News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

Alaska Railroad crew working on tracks

Repairs complete on avalanche-damaged Alaska Railroad track

The track is a key link between Alaska’s Railbelt and Lower 48 rail freight.
a Cook Inlet oil platform

Oil production in Cook Inlet will continue to decline as North Slope holds steady, state says

State officials expect a daily average of 501,000 barrels of oil to be produced in Alaska for the next five years — a slight increase.
Miss Congeniality

Meet Miss Congeniality, Juneau’s representative to Alaska’s top pageant

Honour Miller-Austin, Juneau’s representative at this year’s statewide Miss Alaska USA pageant, placed third overall.
a Wall Street trader

A recession might be coming. Here’s what it could look like.

Whether in the supermarket aisle, or the corporate suite, a lot of people are expecting a recession – even if there's no certainty there will be one at all.
Mike Dunleavy

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy urges Legislature to fund more legal action against Biden administration

Dunleavy said there are many reasons for optimism in Alaska during his State of the State address, calling for it to be the "most pro-life" state in the U.S.
the Glenn Highway

Mat-Su schools closed Tuesday amid Southcentral rain, icy roads

Light rain is expected to fall across much of the region Tuesday, with a storm possibly bringing more rain to Anchorage on Wednesday.
the Alaska Legislature's Bush Caucus

For rural Alaska lawmakers, local issues trumped party interests and swung the state House

The members of the House’s Bush Caucus explain how and why they flipped control of the chamber.
ranked choice ballot with a pen

Signature drive begins to rid Alaska of ranked choice voting

Organizers have a year to collect 27,000 signatures to put ranked choice voting on the 2024 ballot for repeal.
A snowplow pushes through thick snow on a residential street.

From next week to March 9, Anchorage school days will be 30 minutes longer

The Anchorage School Board approved the plan to make up for class time lost due to an unprecedented string of snow days in December.
a person fills out a mock ballot

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 23, 2023

A new ballot measure would repeal the state's ranked choice voting system. Also, teachers rally in Juneau for increased school funding. And the Homer Library Board votes to keep a small number of books that stirred up big controversy.
a woman with a dozen eggs

Local Alaska egg producers fill cracks during shortage

Staff at the Poiema Farm say their 200 chickens and 80 ducks are yielding four dozen eggs a day, amid low winter production.
two F-16 fighter jets

The Air Force is swapping out Eielson’s aging F-16 fighter jets

The new jets will join Eielson's 18th Aggressor Squadron, which trains Air Force pilots during Red Flag and Northern Edge events.
a red king crab

NOAA denies emergency request to close red king crab savings areas

Federal officials denied an emergency request to close crucial habitat for Bristol Bay red king crab to all commercial fishing.
a moose

Collisions with vehicles have killed 145 Kenai moose since July

The total includes 21 moose killed on the Kenai Peninsula from Jan. 6 through Jan. 20 alone.
tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, a disease that devastated Alaska in the past, took a big jump in 2022

Documented active cases of the disease increased dramatically, and pandemic-related interruptions to medical services are getting some of the blame.
Jude Pate

Dunleavy picks Sitka judge for Supreme Court, first justice in decades from small-town Alaska

Jude Pate is also the first justice to come from Southeast Alaska since 2013.
a food stamps store sign

Lawsuit says Alaska Department of Health exposed thousands to hunger risk by not giving food aid

A complaint filed Friday alleges some families have waited four months for nutrition assistance.
a landscape photo, sea ice

1 of 2 missing Noorvik-bound snowmachiners found as search continues

Both the found snowmachiner, Josiah Ballot, and search crews have suffered frostbite amid ongoing efforts to find Thomas Brown.
Fairbanks Correctional Center

North Pole man held in double homicide near Delta Junction

Daniel Serkov, 33, was arraigned Saturday on two counts of first-degree murder in the Friday deaths. His bail was set at $2 million.
an anchorage police car is parked in a parking lot

Anchorage police seek driver after Spenard Road crash kills pedestrian

Police said the crash happened near the 4800 block of Spenard Road, just south of Wisconsin Street.