With Higher Prices & Need For Good Food, Do What Alaskans Have Done Since The Gold Rush Days – Grow Potatoes

Dip Into Self-Sufficiency This Summer By Growing Some Classic Alaskan Potatoes  Potato harvest in Sitka in 1900. (Alaska State Library).   F...

Troopers Say 59-Year-Old Anchorage Man Stole A Vehicle In Tazlina

Vehicle Has Been Recovered, Troopers Say  Location:   Glennallen  Type:  Vehicle Theft 1st Degree, DWLR  Dispatch Text:  On 05/15/2026 at ap...

It's Definitely Fire Season. Two Fires Apparently Started 'During Military Training' In Training Area On Chena Hot Springs Road

  USWFS Monitoring Two Small Fires in Yukon Training Area  BY  U.S. WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE   on   MAY 14, 2026   The Lynx 2 Fire is burning a...

Alaska Needs Hundreds Of Foreign Teachers. Feds Want To Penalize Them By Charging Massive Amounts To Enter Country

  EDUCATION GOVERNMENT & POLITICS   ALASKA IN BRIEF  Alaska Legislature passes resolution urging Trump administration waive visa fee for...

One Square Mile, Half Billion Dollar Data Center Proposed For North Slope. One Of The Biggest & Most Power-Hungry In The U.S.

  A huge data center could rise on Alaska’s North Slope  The $500 million project could consume twice as much natural gas as urban Alaska’s ...

Serious Medevac After Collision With Pickup & Camper Trailer At Mile 33, Chistochina

Driver Of Side-By-Side 4-Wheeled Off-Road UTV Badly Injured, Troopers Say  Location:  Chistochina  Type:  MVC-I  Dispatch Text:  On 5/8/26, ...

Mat-Su School District Thinks That 150 Gun-Carrying Teachers & Staff Might Cost Them $700,000

  Proposed Mat-Su armed teacher program could cost $700,000  Costs for the program include about $133,000 in startup fees as the school dist...

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