Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015
Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital
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To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean
President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up
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Economist reflects on 100 years of shifting fortunes in Anchorage
In 2015, Anchorage will turn 100 years old. In the December issue of Alaska Economic Trends, local economist Neal Fried reflects on change in
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6.24 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center reports that an earthquake that shook Southcentral and Interior Alaska for several seconds Thursday at
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Active and remote: Cleveland volcano now ready for prime time
More than 940 miles southwest of Anchorage, in a remote Aleutian Island chain, Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: grant for University of Alaska Anchorage
As part of a national effort to curb risky drinking habits and prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, the Center for
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Study: Alaska has nation’s highest rate of women murdered by men
Alaska has the nation’s highest rate of men murdering women, more than double the U.S. average, according to a study
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AFN convention expected to bring $6 million for Anchorage merchants
The Alaska Federation of Natives’ annual convention will descend on Anchorage in six weeks, and the annual gathering of 4,000
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Woman suffers serious injuries in bear mauling near Anchorage, Alaska
The second grizzly bear mauling in less than two months on the outskirts of Alaska’s largest city has sent another
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Forget the ‘polar vortex’ — how is Alaska dealing with its heat wave?
Sure, the rest of the U.S. might be locked in the grips of yet another “polar vortex,” shutting down schools
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Western Alaska reels from winter flooding as another storm bears down
Even as villagers scramble to recover from a devastating storm that ripped into Western Alaska over the weekend, preparations are
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Alaska ship leaking fuel after hitting iceberg
A tug and barge that went aground Wednesday in the Gulf of Alaska, 60 miles southeast of Cordova, is leaking
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Dipnetting in Alaska’s Kenai River’s red salmon rodeo
KENAI — It’s midweek, but thousands of Alaskans have taken the day off to harvest what’s shaping up as a
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Phones, GPS may hold clues to Alaska plane crash
SOLDOTNA — A major accident “go team” of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials from Washington D.C. arrived here shortly
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10 people dead in Alaska plane crash
A Nikiski-based charter plane crashed at the Soldotna Municipal Airport in south Alaska Sunday morning, killing all 10 people aboard,
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