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Southcentral Alaska gas utility says bills likely to rise amid supply shortage
Southcentral Alaska residents will likely see costlier home heating bills for the next few winters, as the region’s primary gas utility, Enstar, says nearby Cook Inlet has become a less reliable source of gas. “We are going to have a problem with deliverability from gas supply out of the...
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Anchorage explores waste-to-energy project for future landfill needs
Turning trash into electricity could help extend the life of Anchorage's landfill. But some environmental advocates say there are still concerns about what happens when that trash is burned. "Burning trash is essentially also a very major source of hazardous air pollutants that can cause a number of health problems...
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‘Know your food, know your farmer’: Big Lake farm opens u-pick season amid national parasite outbreak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A national outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite linked to contaminated fresh produce, has reached four more states as of Tuesday, though Alaska is not among them. Local epidemiologists said thoroughly washing fresh produce is one way to protect yourself — and one Big Lake farm is...
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Southcentral Alaska leaders warn shrinking gas supply could lead to blackouts
Southcentral Alaska leaders are warning that the region’s shrinking natural gas supply could eventually lead to rolling blackouts if a long-term solution is not found. “We must have this pipeline. We cannot stand back and wait for it another year or for another time. It is now. We can’t wait until we have blackouts,” Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries said.
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Bristol Bay honors 75th anniversary of the end of commercial sailboat fishery
Diesel-powered boats fish Bristol Bay's waters by the hundreds, but it wasn't always that way. Motorized fishing vessels were once banned in Bristol Bay. And in their place, sailboats dominated the commercial fishery until the early 50s. The late Harvey Samuelson was one fisherman who sailed for salmon. His quotations used in this story are from a 2005 interview that aired on KDLG in a Bristol Bay oral history program called "Our Story."
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Page 2 Mon. July 27: Palmer City Finances
City of Palmer Finance Director Gina Davis has worked in the city finance department for over 15 years. She says that the department makes sure that public funds are responsibly managed. This means that revenues are collected and expenditures are tracked. The city operates about a dozen funds. Each has...
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Area-wide sales tax heading to the ballot for Mat-Su voters
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) - For the first time, Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents could vote on a borough-wide sales tax this November. On Tuesday, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly voted to advance a 1% areawide sales tax to the November ballot. The measure is tied to a $75,000 primary residence property tax exemption, which could reduce annual property tax bills by roughly $700 for homeowners who do not already receive senior or disabled veteran exemptions.
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An alternative newspaper, the Anchorage Press, gets a reboot
An alternative newspaper based in Anchorage is coming back from the dead. The Anchorage Press's new owners announced in June that they were restarting the paper, after its previous owners, Wick Communications, ceased publication in 2022. The new owners are Veri di Suvero and Nat Herz, two familiar faces in...
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Anchorage permits 330 new housing units so far in 2026
Anchorage has permitted 330 housing units so far in 2026, more than the city permitted during all of 2024 and already 82% of the total permitted in 2025. The 58 unit Raspberry Townhomes development is among the projects moving forward this year. “2026 is a great big year for us,”...
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Anchorage housing permits outpace all of 2024, city officials say
The Municipality of Anchorage says new housing construction is picking up speed, with new permit numbers already outpacing last year's pace. City officials say 330 residential housing units have been permitted so far this year, already surpassing the total number of units permitted in all of 2024. The Municipality also...
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Dutch Harbor's UniSea settles with EPA over stormwater violations
One of Dutch Harbor's major seafood processors plans to pay about $5,900 to federal regulators to settle violations of the Clean Water Act. In the proposed settlement agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency said UniSea Inc. failed to properly update plans for preventing stormwater pollution. It also let prohibited discharges enter its stormwater system for about three years leading up to April 2025. That system empties into Iliuliuk Harbor.
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Shopping Options Expand on Fourth Avenue
The monument to the Alaska Territorial Guard stands between Midnight Market, on the left, and its old location in Sunshine Plaza, which it now rents to Pacific Corner Market, on the right. Tourists, commuters, and locals in Downtown Anchorage have new retail options on Fourth Avenue, even before a proposed...
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Calista Shareholders win regular Early Bird Proxy Prizes
Nearly 12,500 shareholders eligible for all prize drawings. Seven Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are winners of Regular Early Bird proxy prizes in the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The prizes are randomly drawn by Sramek Hightower, a certified public accounting firm in Anchorage that serves as the Inspector of Elections.