No bids submitted for oil and gas lease sale in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Wednesday that no bids were received for the oil and gas leases
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Biden blocks drilling in Northern Bering Sea off Alaska
U.S. President Joe Biden announced a ban on oil and gas leasing in the Northern Bering Sea off Alaska, as
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‘I think he deserves it’: Trump suggests reverting Denali to Mount McKinley
President-elect Donald Trump is again threatening to revert the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley,
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A former park ranger’s new book documents decades of climate change in Arctic Alaska
The Arctic is one of the areas most visibly impacted by human-caused climate change, with some areas becoming almost unrecognizable
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Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
By Becky Bohrer Gov. Mike Dunleavy pushes for ‘critical agency actions that would restore opportunity to Alaska’ Alaska Gov. Mike
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U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized fishing boat in Gulf of Alaska
By Mark Thiessen Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call early Sunday morning that vessel was capsizing The search
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U.S. Coast Guard searches for survivors after fishing boat capsizes off Alaska
Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call that vessel was overturning The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it’s searching
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Main backer of proposed mineral exploration project near Haines, Alaska, pulls out
By Julien Greene An Alaska Native tribe and conservationists say they’ve notched a win over a mineral exploration project near
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Race for Alaska’s only US House seat too early to call
By Becky Bohrer Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state’s only U.S. House seat that could help
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Alaska elections officials hope to avoid rural voting problems, as seen in primary
For some rural and predominantly Native Alaska communities, there hasn’t always been a guarantee that polling places will be open
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Alaska deer hunter found dead in apparent brown bear mauling, officials say
50-year-old Tad Fujioka of Sitka, Alaska, was reported overdue Tuesday evening A 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an
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U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
By Mark Thiessen ‘The Navy takes the significance of this action very, very seriously and knows an apology is long
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Inuktut becomes 1st Indigenous language spoken in Canada to be on Google Translate
One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google’s translation service, the first
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Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub
By Mark Thiessen Grazer, a ‘formidable presence,’ beat the enormous and fearsome Chunk by more than 40,000 votes In a
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Alaska’s resource future will vary greatly based on president in office
The federal government’s outsized influence in Alaska means the next president’s administration will have a huge impact on whether resource
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