Transportation

Two new lawsuits say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the law by issuing a wetlands-fill permit for a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge wetlands

Wrangell’s shipyard would be built on an existing 42-acre deepwater port, which is a former mill site that the borough purchased for $2.5 million in 2022.

Improvements include a new traffic light, dual left-turn lanes from Egan Drive, and pedestrian crossings on both sides of Egan Drive and across Yandukin Drive.

How much one-time funding Alaska schools will get this year won’t be finalized until August 31, and some school board members fear that could be too late to be effective.

Alaska is one of 29 states that allow at least some late-arriving ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked on or before election day. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could complicate that, especially for voters in the Bush.

Chris Andrews has spent three decades finding contraband like snake wine, designer handbags and venomous jumping spiders.