The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is implementing the following sport fishing regulation liberalization by increasing limits of sockeye salmon to nine per day, 18 in possession for the Russian River and a section of the mainstem Upper Kenai River.

After meeting in Soldotna in early June, the State Board of Education and Early Development has opened public comment for proposed regulations that would bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ high school sports.

The action granted a customary and traditional use determination to the community of Moose Pass for all fish in the Kenai Peninsula District, waters north of and including the Kenai River drainage within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the Chugach National Forest.

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish.

The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) is collaborating with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and numerous stakeholders across the state to update the Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Implementation Plan (The Plan), as required by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

Quality Asphalt Paving (QAP) and Southeast Roadbuilders, in cooperation with the DOT&PF, began production blasting for Phase 3 on the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 project on June 12.

New survey estimate and recent trend data suggest the population may be stable and possibly increasing slightly.

May’s job count was up by 5,800, or 1.8 percent, from May 2022.

The enacted budget includes modest growth to support negotiated compensation for employees and targeted investment in educational programs.