The group, OneAlaska, does not appear to include any oil industry leaders, though several of its members work for companies or organizations with ties to the industry.
Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media
Mark Begich, frustrated by rural Alaska’s exorbitant prices, is opening a grocery store in Utqiaġvik
Begich says his company, Stuaqpak Inc., will offer lower prices and better products, and be more accountable to residents than the Canadian corporation that ran the store previously.
The Trump administration wanted an Arctic Refuge lease sale this year. But it’s out of time.
The goal now appears out of reach because of two procedural steps still necessary before a sale can take place.
Alaska politicians, at business forum, forecast tensions ahead for the governor and the Legislature
One tense moment came at the end of the forum, when House Speaker Bryce Edgmon asked Alaska Chamber members to “be more informed.”
Alaska’s top environmental watchdog: State is tackling global warming, but ‘it’s not an emergency’
Not long after being sworn in, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy disbanded the state’s climate change response team. But Jason Brune, Dunleavy’s top environmental regulator, says the administration isn’t ignoring the issue.
A month into Utqiaġvik’s whaling season, none have been landed
Some residents say this is unprecedented — the whale-dependent village captured nearly 20 whales last fall. Also unprecedented are this year’s temperatures: It was the warmest May-through-September on record in Utqiaġvik.