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The Daily Alaska Codex is the newsroom's reference of the organizations, people, places and projects that appear in The Daily Alaska's coverage of Alaska housing, energy, politics, the economy and everyday life. Each entry is maintained by The Daily Alaska newsroom and links to the stories that mention it.

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  • Aak'w Landing is a Huna Totem Corporation development project in Southeast Alaska that has been downsized in scope while its construction cost has increased.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Air Force Microreactor Pilot Program is a defense initiative requiring the service to site and contract a small nuclear reactor at one of its installations.

    0 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Airraq fiber network is a GCI broadband infrastructure project bringing high-speed fiber internet to communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Western

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Alaska LNGProjects

    Alaska LNG is a proposed natural gas pipeline and liquefaction project intended to move North Slope gas to market and supply in-state customers.

    5 stories · 69 updates this month

  • A proposed statewide trail project intended to run from Seward to Fairbanks, incorporating existing trail segments.

    2 stories · 2 updates this month

  • A commercial fishing vessel built for Alaska waters that combines battery power with a traditional engine to reduce fuel use and emissions.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Amazon Anchorage Delivery Station is a local Amazon logistics facility opened in late 2023 that sorts and distributes packages for same-day and next-day del

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A proposed 211-mile road intended to connect the Ambler Mining District in Northwest Alaska to the state road system.

    1 stories · 8 updates this month

  • A 2026 Anchorage municipal ballot measure proposing $79 million in bonding to fund repairs and upgrades to aging school buildings across the district.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A self guided birding route created by Audubon Alaska connecting 35 sites from Whittier to Westchester Lagoon and the Chugach Mountains.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A city initiative to replace Anchorage's longtime municipal seal with a new design, with a gradual rollout across signage, vehicles, uniforms, and official mate

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A Anchorage municipal program offering preapproved, Alaska weather engineered building plans for Accessory Dwelling Units and tiny homes to speed permitting.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A 2026 Anchorage municipal bond measure funding roads and drainage infrastructure that passed with more than 60 percent voter approval.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The ANTHC Skilled Nursing Facility is an 80 bed, over 90,000 square foot long term and post acute care facility under construction in Anchorage with a planned s

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Aurora GrandProjects

    Aurora Grand is the new name for Juneau's 86-year-old 20th Century Theater, a downtown building being revived by a crew of film and arts lovers for arts and fil

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • AURORA-AIProjects

    AURORA-AI is a University of Alaska Fairbanks project building artificial intelligence tools to forecast demand and reduce diesel use on isolated rural Alaska p

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • Block 41Projects

    Block 41 is a $300 million commercial development under way in downtown Anchorage.

    2 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Borealis Theatre is the outdoor concert amphitheater at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer, built in 1978 with a bowl added in 1983.

    2 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project is a hydroelectric power plant on the Kenai Peninsula that supplies electricity to Southcentral Alaska and is being consi

    2 stories · 1 updates this month

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  • Cargo Terminal One is an aging cargo dock at the Port of Alaska that is being replaced as part of the port's modernization program.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Cargo Terminal One Replacement is a planned $977 million cargo terminal under construction at the Port of Alaska in Anchorage, expected to be completed in 2

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Cascade Point Terminal is a ferry terminal under development north of Juneau intended to shorten travel time to Haines and Skagway.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Cook Inlet Power Link is a proposed 38-mile subsea transmission cable meant to move power under Cook Inlet.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Cook Inlet Subsea Data Center Project is a proposed 100 megawatt data center made of 66 sea floor pods powered by tidal turbines, under federal review as of

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Cooper Landing Bypass is a Sterling Highway realignment project on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula designed to route traffic around the community of Cooper Landing

    1 stories · 2 updates this month

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  • Dgheyaytnu plaza is a new public plaza planned at the Anchorage small boat launch named for the Dena'ina Athabascan name for Ship Creek.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Don Young Port of Alaska in Anchorage is the facility through which most imported goods reach Alaska communities, and it is undergoing a multibillion-dollar

    2 stories · 2 updates this month

  • Donlin GoldProjects

    Donlin Gold is a large gold mining project located in Alaska's Southwest region, in the Kuskokwim region.

    1 stories · 4 updates this month

  • A planned new public library in downtown Anchorage intended to replace the city's aging current downtown library facility.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter replacement is a construction project at the Old Richardson Highway and Leasure Street intended to replace a 60-

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Fast Response Cutter Frederick Mann is a U.S. Coast Guard vessel being homeported in Seward, Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Fightertown Recapitalization is a U.S. Air Force program to rebuild infrastructure at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, including hangars, dormitories and airfie

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Fire Station 1 is Central Emergency Services' main fire and EMS headquarters located at 265 Wilson Lane in Soldotna, Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Fireweed Flats is a proposed workforce housing development at 202 to 204 East Fireweed Lane in Midtown Anchorage led by the Anchorage Community Development Auth

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Fountainhead Transportation Museum is a planned Fairbanks facility set to open in spring 2026 that merges two aviation museums and will display 135 vintage

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The Gateway Visitor Center is a planned 10,600 square foot tourism and welcome facility being built at the Glenn and Parks Highway junction between Palmer and W

    2 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A 9,400 square foot visitor center at mile 36 of the Glenn Highway in the Mat-Su Valley that houses the Mat-Su Convention and Visitors Bureau and offers digital

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A World War II era bridge on the route between Tok and Fairbanks, built by the Army Corps of Engineers and now scheduled for federally funded replacement starti

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • A planned Hilton-branded Home2 Suites hotel with 107 rooms set to open in the Mat-Su growth corridor in fall 2026.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Holtan HillsProjects

    Holtan Hills is a residential subdivision project behind Girdwood Elementary in Anchorage, approved for 39 lots on about 16 acres.

    2 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A 107-room extended-stay hotel under construction at the Shoppes at Sun Mountain in Wasilla, Alaska, the first major national hotel brand in the Mat-Su Valley.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Houston Industrial Park is a proposed industrial development near Houston, Alaska involving a state land conveyance to AIDEA for rail, logistics and utility

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • Inlet View Elementary is an Anchorage School District elementary school being replaced with a new building despite a 2022 bond rejection and declining citywide

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Alaska's first state cemetery set aside for veterans, under construction in Salcha near Fairbanks and funded by a federal VA grant.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Izembek RoadProjects

    The Izembek road is a long proposed 19 mile route through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge meant to connect King Cove to the all weather airport at Cold Bay

    1 stories · 1 updates this month

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  • The JBER Boundary Fence Project is a U.S. Air Force proposal to build a fence along the base's boundary with Northeast Anchorage neighborhoods.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A World War II era bridge on the route between Tok and Fairbanks, built by the Army Corps of Engineers and now scheduled for federally funded replacement starti

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Juneau Creek Bridge is a single-span steel bridge under construction over Juneau Creek Canyon on the Kenai Peninsula as part of the Cooper Landing Bypass.

    1 stories · 1 updates this month

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  • The Kenai natural gas storage project was a proposed $240 million plan for Enstar to store a reserve of natural gas in a depleted reservoir near Kenai, Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Knik Arm ferry project was a proposed passenger ferry service intended to connect Port MacKenzie and Anchorage that was never completed.

    0 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The LM6000 Turbine Generator Purchase is an $80 million proposal under study by Golden Valley Electric Association's board to add a used 60 megawatt turbine at

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Lucky Shot mine is a historic gold mining operation in the Willow Mining District near Hatcher Pass that produced gold from 1922 to 1942 before closing unde

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Lucky Shot project is a roughly 8,600 acre gold mining lease package at Hatcher Pass in the Willow Mining District that historically produced about 250,000

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • M/V LeConteProjects

    The M/V LeConte is an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that has served the Juneau to Sitka route since 1974.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The M/V Tustumena is a 62-year-old Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that is the oldest active mainliner in the fleet, serving Kodiak and communities down the

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Mat-Su Borough Fiscal Year 2027 budget is the annual spending plan adopted by the Mat-Su Borough Assembly that sets property tax mill rates and funds boroug

    0 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Mat-Su Gateway Visitor Center is an $8.4 million visitor facility under construction near the Glenn and Parks Highway interchange, targeted to open in May 2

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A 9,400-square-foot visitor center at mile 36 of the Glenn Highway near Palmer offering trip-planning kiosks, tourism office space and seasonal activity display

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Matson Ocean Education Center is an off-grid building on Turnagain Arm built from reused Matson shipping containers that features exhibits on Cook Inlet bel

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A flood protection barrier along the Mendenhall River in Juneau built to guard Mendenhall Valley homes from glacier outburst floods.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Muldoon RoadProjects

    Muldoon Road is a major north to south arterial road in Anchorage carrying heavy daily traffic through the city.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A bronze arch installation near Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage honoring Alaska's mushing history, completed after nearly ten years of planning.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Mystery at the Black Dog Tavern is a whodunit play set in 1840s Virginia, written by Christopher Hencke, premiering worldwide at the Kenai Performers in Soldotn

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • Near PointProjects

    The Near Point is a 460 square foot one bedroom accessory dwelling unit design by WILMWORKS with a vaulted kitchen and living space, included in the Municipalit

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A new animal shelter under construction at Old Richardson Highway and Leasure Street in Fairbanks to replace the borough's 60-year-old facility, expected to ope

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Northern Rail Extension is a proposed Alaska Railroad project to extend rail lines further north to connect new areas for freight and resource transport.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The Palmer Financial Center is a Northrim Bank branch on South Valley Way in Palmer, Alaska, offering retail banking and business lending.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A long-delayed bike path project connecting Palmer and the Fishhook area in the Mat-Su Valley.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Permafrost Discovery Gateway is an international research effort that uses artificial intelligence on satellite imagery to map and monitor permafrost thaw f

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Polaris Commons is a phased mixed-use affordable housing and retail project proposed for the former Polaris Building site and an adjacent city lot in downtown F

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Port MacKenzie Rail Extension is an infrastructure project intended to connect Interior Alaska resources directly to tidewater at Port MacKenzie, bypassing

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Post Office Mall redevelopment is a planned downtown Anchorage project expected to add residential condos, an indoor market and a basement supermarket by th

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Powder Reserve West is a large housing development in Eagle River expected to add a significant number of new housing units to one of the fastest growing areas

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Powder Ridge is a proposed residential subdivision in Eagle River within the Municipality of Anchorage, identified as a site that could add up to 1,000 new home

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The Quyana Qenq'a expansion is a $60 million, 44,178-square-foot tribal health facility planned at Eagle Street and East Third Avenue in Anchorage, serving trib

    0 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • Raspberry Townhouses is a 58-unit market-rate rental development on the west side of Anchorage built under the city's new multi-family property tax break progra

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Real-Time Crime Center is a proposed Anchorage Police Department system that would link up to 750 cameras and license plate readers into one monitoring oper

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • A Mat-Su Borough road project to repave and extend the life of Settlers Bay Drive that required corrective work after quality assurance testing found contract f

    0 stories · 0 updates this month

  • SikuliaqProjects

    The Sikuliaq is a research icebreaker owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, homeported in Seward, Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A newly opened U.S. Forest Service recreational cabin on Mendenhall Lake in Juneau bearing a Lingit name meaning the house in the face of the glacier.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The Starter Block is a nomadic outdoor ice rink and planned micro-retail pop-up project on a vacant lot on Lacy Street in downtown Fairbanks.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Susitna-Watana Hydro is a long-discussed proposed hydroelectric dam project on the Susitna River in Southcentral Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Susitna-Watana is a long-discussed proposed large-scale hydroelectric dam project on the Susitna River in Southcentral Alaska.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • A proposed 1,250-megawatt coal-fired power plant with integrated carbon capture west of Skwentna in the Susitna River watershed, selected for an $89 million Dep

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A proposed 15 acre RV resort and mixed use development planned for Third Avenue and Ingra Street on the edge of downtown Anchorage, combining RV hookups, cultur

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Tiny TownProjects

    Tiny Town is a free dedicated play area for toddlers and young children at the Tanana Valley State Fair, located apart from the midway.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • An 800-mile oil pipeline built between 1975 and 1977 that carries North Slope crude across federal and state land to Valdez, Alaska.

    1 stories · 2 updates this month

  • A single-lane roundabout under construction at the Trunk Road and Palmer-Fishhook Road intersection in the Mat-Su Valley, replacing a stop-sign corner prone to

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • Two Coppers Casino is a Class II tribal gaming facility on Douglas Island near Juneau operated by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • USS Anchorage is a U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship commissioned in Anchorage, Alaska in 2013, the last Navy commissioning held in the state before the

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • USS Ted Stevens, DDG 128, is a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named for former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and homeported in Norfolk, Vi

    2 stories · 3 updates this month

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  • Village in the City is a multi-phase Chugach Alaska Corporation development in Midtown Anchorage combining offices, tribal services, a museum, apartments, child

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The WilliwawProjects

    An 811 square foot pre-approved accessory dwelling unit design released by the Municipality of Anchorage, built over a two-car garage.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A 65-seat, 5,700 square foot planetarium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the largest in Alaska, funded by a roughly $7.4 million donation from Walt and M

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • West Chatanika River Recreation Subdivision is a new borough land development about 38 miles north of Fairbanks near the Chatanika River, created for recreation

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • A proposed new road of more than 60 miles intended to provide access to remote resource development sites west of the Susitna River.

    1 stories · 1 updates this month

  • WilliwawProjects

    The Williwaw is an 811 square foot one bedroom accessory dwelling unit design by workshop AD, intended to be built above a two car garage, included in the Munic

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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  • The 2045 Comprehensive Plan is Homer, Alaska's long-range planning document guiding housing, zoning, and workforce development policy.

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The 42nd Avenue Upgrade is an Anchorage road reconstruction project between Lake Otis Parkway and Piper Street that adds new pavement, storm drains, pedestrian

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

  • The 4th Avenue Marketplace is a mixed-use development under construction in Anchorage's east downtown featuring grocery retail, condos, and a Pike Place style c

    1 stories · 0 updates this month

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