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In Alaska’s US House race, a Libertarian and a federal inmate advance after late withdrawals
Multiple Democrats quit the election ahead of a Monday deadline in order to clear the way for independent Bill Hill.
Aug 313 min read


Feds suspend permit for road construction through Alaska wildlife refuge, amid legal questions
State officials say they retain the right to build the first 2.8 miles of a road that would run through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; but road opponents disagree.
Aug 315 min read


Sullivan goes on attack in first post-primary faceoff for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
With primary election results showing him running behind Democrat Mary Peltola, the incumbent GOP senator is repeatedly invoking the threat of ‘Lower 48 liberal’ influence.
Aug 289 min read


Alaska Supreme Court affirms state’s election ballot measure language, with one change
The decision largely upholds a lower court’s ruling the Alaska Division of Elections’ language for Ballot Measure 2, which would overhaul the state elections system.
Aug 284 min read


Trump administration seeks NPR-A drilling without environmental review
The U.S. Interior Department is preparing to ease environmental review requirements for some oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve as part of the Trump administration's push to speed energy development in the Arctic, an Interior spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Aug 281 min read


Regulatory process launched for 30 more years of trans-Alaska oil pipeline operations
Forty-nine years after it began transporting crude oil from Prudhoe Bay, the Trans Alaska Pipeline System is due for a regulatory renewal that will allow it to keep operating on federal lands into future decades.
Aug 283 min read


Alaska gubernatorial candidates highlight contrasting philosophies on oil and gas
In their first post-primary forum, the top four candidates drew distinctions in their policies on taxes, fiscal issues and governing approaches to Alaska’s top money-making industry.
Aug 276 min read


The teenage girls behind a $25 minimum wage fight in rural Alaska
Nome is one of the most expensive towns in America. Six young women there are hoping to get a minimum wage initiative on the November ballot.
Aug 276 min read


Environmental groups take steps to sue to compel new protections for gray whales
Hundreds of gray whales have turned up dead in recent years on beaches from Mexico to Alaska, and the population dropped by about half over a decade.
Aug 263 min read


Alaska Supreme Court to rule on question of bias in raked choice ballot measure language
Plaintiffs supporting and opposing Ballot Measure 2 appealed a lower court’s ruling, arguing the Alaska Division of Elections used unclear, politically partisan language on the ballot.
Aug 266 min read


Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform
State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
Aug 253 min read


Fentanyl seizures plummeted as Trump administration shifted focus to immigration
Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday.
Aug 252 min read
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