With one of two wells drilled, Hilcorp to pull out of Yukon Flats
The wells was drilled on Indigenous-owned land, in a program that prompted sharp opposition from area tribes.
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Advocates decry lawmakers’ push to tighten regulators' deadline to review utility price hikes
Under a last-minute proposal from Anchorage Democratic Rep. Carolyn Hall, regulators would have nine months instead of 15 months to vet utility proposals.
Alaska’s energy cliff isn’t coming. It’s already here.
The state’s gas shortage is hitting electricity consumers in Fairbanks and the Mat-Su, and will likely affect home heating prices, as well.
A Q&A with Alaska congressional candidate Bill Hill
The independent says he's best situated to unseat incumbent Republican Nick Begich III.
A Northern Journal spring update, and a Q&A with Matt Schultz
Catching up on the Northern Journal trail.
A Democrat and an independent are vying for the anti-incumbent mantle in Alaska's U.S. House race.
The race between Bill Hill and Matt Schultz is heating up.
An Alaska GOP governor candidate is getting a boost from organized labor
A newly formed group will spend “six figures” to support former state senator Click Bishop.
In court, Pebble developer says 27 salmon stand in the massive mine’s way
"I'll kill them all right now, with my bare hands," one mine booster said in a recent video posted online.
Alaska governor's race survey: health care costs, and candidates' own premium payments
Candidates tell us what they pay for their health insurance, and how they'd tackle high costs in Alaska.
Alaska’s embattled economic development agency approves $700,000 PR budget
Amid continuing opposition to its oil drilling and road projects, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority says the public should know about its less controversial small business loan programs.
First he scoured the Pacific for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane. Now he wants to search Alaska’s seafloor for minerals.
The Trump administration could open federal waters off Alaska to mineral leasing, but the effort faces broad opposition.
Alaska villages can already pay $10 or more for a gallon of fuel. A war-driven spike could produce a ‘survival scenario.’
One electric utility executive says diesel prices could double this year.
‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture
A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing industry — and the tribe is fighting in court to expand its territory.
Trawl allies fire back as Alaska candidates' anti-industry rhetoric heats up
Gubernatorial hopefuls are blasting Alaska's trawlers for catching salmon. Now industry allies have launched a radio ad campaign.