An ongoing effort to sell Seward’s city-run utility to a larger utility company is getting another chance on the ballot. Lightning caused wildfires continue to pop up around the Interior, keeping response agencies busy. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that effective at 10pm tonight, the China Poot and Halibut Cove subdistricts are closed to commercial salmon harvest until further notice, and effective on Monday at 6am, the Tutka Bay subdistrict excluding the special harvest area will be open Monday through Friday, from 6am to 10pm. Residents have questions about red and orange colors in tidal waters near Ketchikan.

An ongoing effort to sell Seward’s city-run utility to a larger utility company is getting another chance on the ballot; thousands of Alaskans brought relics to this month's taping of Antiques Roadshow in Anchorage; and lightning caused wildfires continue to pop up around the Interior, keeping response agencies busy.

A collision between a motorhome and car in Kasilof Tuesday night sent two to the hospital, and ended in two arrests, according to Alaska State Troopers. The state of Alaska is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to resurrect the proposed Pebble Mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. Reports about the health of Alaska’s wild salmon runs seem to contradict each other. The population of king salmon is in terrible decline all over the state. Meanwhile, sockeye are having another banner year in Bristol Bay, and everywhere.

A collision between a motorhome and car in Kasilof Tuesday night sent two to the hospital, and ended in two arrests, according to Alaska State Troopers; a commercial seiner capsized in Whale Passage just north of Port Lions on the Northeast corner of Kodiak Island over the weekend; and the state of Alaska is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to resurrect the proposed Pebble Mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

A commercial seiner capsized in Whale Passage just north of Port Lions on the Northeast corner of Kodiak Island over the weekend. Smoke from wildfires burning across Canada is reaching Southcentral and Interior Alaska this week. State and federal firefighters hustled yesterday to respond to a second day of lightning strikes that ignited more than 50 wildfires around the Interior since Monday afternoon. Birdwatching is one the fastest-growing nature-based tourism sectors in the world, and the hobby is soaring in popularity in Alaska.

A head-on collision Sunday night north of Seward sent three people to hospitals and closed the Seward Highway for hours; an Alaska State Trooper waited nearly two years for a very personal verdict this week; and despite major cost increases, Department of Transportation officials say the Cooper Landing Bypass project is set to open in 2027, as originally scheduled.

A head-on collision Sunday night north of Seward sent three people to hospitals and closed the Seward Highway for hours. Despite major cost increases, Department of Transportation officials say the Cooper Landing Bypass project is set to open in 2027, as originally scheduled. An Alaska State Trooper waited nearly two years for a very personal verdict this week.

The Ninilchik Village is the recipient of a Biden administration funding program for tribal small businesses. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management kicks off installations of new emergency sirens, starting with Kachemak Bay. A new Kenai cafe is serving up healthy foods, specialty drinks and an electric retail selection.

A video of dogs facing off against a brown bear in a Kenai Peninsula backyard has captured attention online but locals say that's just life in Alaska; and Alaska's predator control programs do not work, according to research by two retired state Fish and Game biologists and a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor.

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor signed a letter last month supporting states’ rights to access medical information about abortion and gender-affirming care; and the Aak’w Rock Indigenous music festival returns to Juneau this fall.