Trump issues orders aiming to drill in contentious Alaska areas, revisit Biden climate rules
President Trump late Monday issued a pair of executive orders that seek to bolster oil and gas drilling — including in ...
Avalanche closes Parks Highway north of Cantwell
The Parks Highway was closed in both directions north of Cantwell on Friday after debris from an avalanche crossed the roadway. The avalanche at Mile 219 closed the Parks Highway as of 10 a.m. Friday, ...
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Trump reignites debate on Alaska logging
The decision to again lift limits on roadless-area development sets up a rematch over the Tongass National Forest.
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Killing The Forest For The Trees
Trump intends to reopen the Tongass National Forest to logging. But environmentalists and tribal governments envision a more ...
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Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after U.S. House fails to pass bipartisan bill
(Photo by Alicia Stearns/U.S. Forest Service) Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a ...
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Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection deploys their own to help fight Los Angeles wildfires
On Thursday, amidst the wildfires happening in Los Angeles, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) deployed two of their employees to assist in what they referred to as a nationwide ...
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Indigenous people raise questions over planned totem poles at Juneau glacier
At an open house Wednesday, some of the people the Mendenhall Glacier poles are meant to honor said they should be included ...
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Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska
The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump ...
Will President Trump’s energy policies bring another oil & gas boom to Alaska?
Alaskan oil and gas analyst Larry Persily was hesitant to declare the president’s policies a big win for the state. “Alaskans ...
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Judge denies State of Alaska’s bid to take control of Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake
The land has been under U.S. Forest Service jurisdiction since the early 1900s. But, the State of Alaska argued that the ownership should have turned over to Alaska at statehood. Both the lake and ...
Turnagain Pass opens for snowmachine use, nearly 2 months later than usual
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Turnagain Pass is officially open for snowmachine use, following a snow season that has seen low ...