The long-time Alaskan telecommunications provider, GCI, will be discontinuing the email service it has provided to customers for nearly 30 years.

There will soon be more cabins to choose from for those who live and work in Alaska, and for those who are visiting or planning to visit one day.

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is partnering with nonprofit DonorsChoose to fund up to $1,000 in classroom supplies for each Alaska public school teacher.

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, introduced legislation to sunset the requirement for village corporations to reconvey lands for municipal uses under Section 14 (c) (3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

After more than 5 years of planning, preparation, and construction, the new Kenai dog park, the Bark Park, is officially open. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Friday, July 28th, with many from the community – of both the two and four-legged variety – in attendance. 

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed Senate Bill (SB) 57 on Saturday July 29th, which allows individuals to be licensed to operate an adult care home and receive payment under Medicaid for providing assisted living services for elderly adults and adult foster children in a home-like environment.

This month the State of Alaska adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for communities wanting to provide low-cost and clean energy by nuclear microreactor power generation.

Kenai River anglers are advised that, to continue protection of late-run king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is prohibiting the use of bait and multiple hooks in the Kenai River from its mouth upstream to the ADF&G marker at the outlet of Skilak Lake, effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 1 through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

The Federal Subsistence Board has approved a Wildlife Special Action to close the Federal caribou season in Unit 13 from August 1–September 30, 2023. ADF&G Game Management Unit 13 covers the Nelchina-Upper Susitna region of Alaska located between Anchorage and Fairbanks.