(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Kenai residents will have a safer highway with a recently-awarded Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) construction contract for Phase II of the Kenai Spur Highway Rehabilitation Project. Work is scheduled to begin in spring 2026 on the segment between Sports Lake Road and Swires Road, with substantial completion expected […]
Comments accepted on preliminary environmental analysis through September 25 GLENNALLEN, Alaska – This week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released for public comment a preliminary environmental assessment on guided helicopter skiing on BLM-managed lands in Thompson Pass and Valdez. Four heli-ski tour operators’ Special Recreation Permits (SRPs) were active from 2005 until May 2025. This preliminary environmental […]
(Palmer, AK) – On Aug. 21, 2025, a jury in Palmer found Josiah Martin, 39, guilty of distribution of indecent material to a minor. The State’s theory at trial was that Martin had shown a video to a minor (under age 16) and the video contained bestiality and other sexual acts. A jury returned a […]
Kodiak, Alaska — September 23–25, 2025 — The Alaska Outdoor Alliance, together with co-presenters Koniag, Inc. and Island Trails Network, invites changemakers from across Alaska to the 10th Annual Confluence Summit, an immersive, hybrid “unconference” designed to co-create a 10-year regenerative vision for Alaska’s outdoors. With Alaska’s $3.2 billion outdoor recreation economy at a crossroads—facing […]