Highway repairs underway after floodwaters drop in Arctic Alaska
Road crews began repairing the flood-battered Dalton Highway on Alaska’s North Slope over the Memorial Day weekend, bringing hope to
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Author: Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Yurts, tents and urban suites — Airbnb options grow in Alaska
Travelers seeking discount lodging off the beaten path can find it at its most rugged in Alaska, thanks to an increasing number
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‘Epic’ flooding on Alaska Highway hinders Arctic oil operations
DEADHORSE — Unprecedented flooding continues to interfere with daily operations on the North Slope oil patch after surging waters wiped away
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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska
Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable
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Climate change emphasized as US takes chair of Arctic Council
Linking climate change with severe flooding in the Alaska village of Galena, Secretary of State laid out an ambitious agenda to address
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Alaska stands to benefit as US takes reins of Arctic Council
Alaska stands to gain when the U.S. takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Friday, with several meetings set to provide an economic shot
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Alaska: ConocoPhillips moves ahead at Kuparuk even as layoffs hit Slope contractors
ConocoPhillips Alaska on Monday said it will move ahead with a development expected to add up to 8,000 barrels of crude to the
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U.S. interior secretary vows to work on solutions for climate-threatened Alaska village
KIVALINA — In a whirlwind visit to Northwest Alaska on an unseasonably warm day, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on
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Stymied in the Lower 48, Alberta floats idea of moving tar-sands oil through Alaska
Officials in the Canadian province of Alberta say they hope to talk to Alaska leaders about shipping tar-sands crude oil
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Arctic Ocean may be next as Alaska officials seethe over ANWR move
Emotions continued to rise on Monday over President Barack Obama’s initiative to increase protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with
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Oil prices expected to stay low through 2016
The news remains bleak for a state hooked on oil production and price, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasting an average price of $58
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Alaska: LNG project advancement raises question of pipeline coordinator’s role
With the federal environmental review process recently launched for a massive Alaska liquefied natural gas project, the federal gas pipeline
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Exxon could hold keys to Alaska future at Point Thomson
Exxon is going big in Alaska. With memories still raw a quarter-century after the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the
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Alaska’s LNG project takes step forward with export license application
The Alaska gasline mega-project took a step forward on Friday with the state’s major oil companies filing an application with
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Alaska LNG project has potential: CEO
ConocoPhillips’ chief executive said Tuesday that Alaska’s LNG megaproject can be developed under the right conditions despite a growing field
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