Nearly 200 people testified at 18 hearings last year specifically geared towards people who rely on the forest for their way of life — and large majorities supported keeping the rule in place.
Alaska's Energy Desk
Northwest Arctic leaders urge Ambler Metals to focus on local hire for future mining
“You’re going into the region to the land where people own,” said assembly member Walter Sampson. “And we expect companies to make sure that they take their word to make sure that regional employees are the number one in this region to be hired.”
In secret recordings, Pebble Mine execs say Donlin mine is too expensive to build
The executives said there might be a way for Donlin to reduce its costs if Donlin and Pebble were connected by a new, state-financed road and had access to a new, state-financed port.
Could the Malaspina Glacier melt into a new bay on Alaska’s southern coast?
What’s happening at the Malaspina Glacier may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States.
Alaska’s pro-oil Republican governor is quietly pushing green energy projects
Gov. Dunleavy said improvements in technology and decreasing costs of renewable power “open up some new and tremendous possibilities for Alaska.”
Coast Guard seeks information on deadly New Year’s Eve sinking of Scandies Rose
Coast Guard investigators would appreciate anyone with information about the vessel or conditions around the time the ship was lost to come forward.