Assessment board begins deliberating trans-Alaska pipeline value
Closing arguments have ended in a four-day hearing over the value of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, with the state of
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Author: Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Hearing underway in battle over valuation of Alaska pipeline
Proceedings began this week on the latest dispute over the value of the 800-mile pipeline that helps bring Alaska’s oil
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Mouse menace on Alaska’s St-George Island
If house mice invade your remote Bering Sea island for the first time, who do you call? Try the mouse
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Spill in Alaska’s North Slope spreads to 33 acres
A ruptured well line that shot crude oil, water and gas into a strong wind on Alaska’s North Slope affected
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Hey Alaska, what would you ask Vladimir Putin?
Russia’s central TV station is apparently looking for a few good Alaskans to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin some questions
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Analysis: Myths muddle effort to carve a road through Alaska refuge
The guano is piling up at the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, but it’s not just from the birds.
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Round Island walrus-watching cut as Alaska looks for savings
The thousands of walrus that crowd the beaches at Round Island at a state sanctuary in Southwest Alaska have always
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Alaska village stares down climate change and refuses to budge
When the ocean turns violent and waves slam the ground not far from his doorstep, Mike Sookiayak can feel the
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Groups supporting Alaska oil tax cut spend millions, grassroots opponents spend little
Groups trying to stop the repeal of a massive tax cut for the oil industry have outspent their opponents 43-to-1,
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Alaska village mulls reversing alcohol ban
One Alaska village awaiting the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and the festive mood it always brings is also grappling
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Villagers suspect nuclear devices buried in Arctic Alaska
As the Department of Energy moves to clean up remnants of Project Chariot — a Cold War-era scheme to create
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Alaska communities divided as Arctic drilling delayed
The recent court decision that could stop Royal Dutch Shell from drilling in the U.S. Arctic Ocean might be felt
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In warming world, Alaska’s Bering Sea bucks the trend
Like a wayward superstorm in a warming world comes this curveball of an observation: The frigid Bering Sea at the
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Alaska battle heats up as years of oil decline predicted
With a new state forecast showing Alaska oil production falling to unprecedented lows in the coming decade, Democrats are calling
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Some Alaska industries increasingly staff out-of-state workers, report
It’s something that never fails to rile Alaskans — valuable in-state jobs going to Outsiders. More of those jobs are
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