It’s the second time in three years that the North Slope Borough has received a disaster declaration for a winter storm.
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State approves ExxonMobil’s expansion plan for Point Thomson, ending months-long fight
Gov. Walker approves approves ExxonMobil’s plan to explore expansion of the massive Point Thomson gas field.
New oil estimate for NPR-A: It’s ‘HUGE’
The government press release actually says it in all caps: “HUGE.” The new USGS mean estimate of 8.7 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil is far more than was last calculated in 2010.
Refuge drilling opponents prepare for next phase of struggle
Now that Congress has OK’d oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, opponents are preparing for the next phase in their decades-long struggle to protect the environmentally sensitive area.
Alaska’s only tribal college will waive tuition for Alaska Native students
The ultimate goal of the waiver program is to encourage more Alaska Native students to finish their associate degrees and go on to get their bachelor’s.
Trump lauds Arctic Refuge passage; Young: ‘We finally got it done’
Alaska’s members of Congress celebrated their success Wednesday in opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The measure passed in the Republican tax bill with a final vote in the House.