Alaska lawmakers pumped by oil and gas revenue sharing plan

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is giddy at the prospect of his state getting what he think it deserves in the Republican megabill. Text from the Energy and Natural Resources Committee would boost revenue-sharing requirements with the state to 90 …

Trump takes another step toward opening up Alaska for oil and gas leasing

New Interior proposal would make up to 82% of National Petroleum Reserve available for development US President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House earlier this month, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Director of the …

US DoI proposes expansion of oil and gas development in Alaska

The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has announced a proposal to expand oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, potentially opening up as much as 82% of the 23 million acre area for development. This move aligns with the Trump …

The voting controversy over American Samoans in Alaska, in context

Tensions between the US government and a small group of people of American Samoan descent have broken out in Alaska in recent weeks, raising questions about the future of birthright citizenship in America. About ten months after Tupe Smith, a mother and …

Kerala mountaineer Sheikh Hassan Khan sends SOS from 17,000 ft on Alaska’s Mount Denali

Everest and Kilimanjaro summiteer stranded in blizzard with scarce supplies. Published Date - 18 June 2025, 03:20 PM Thiruvananthapuram: Sheikh Hassan Khan, a 38-year-old Kerala government employee on a mission to scale the highest peaks of every continent …

Alaska Legion Baseball holds annual college coaches clinic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska high school baseball players descended upon Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage Tuesday for a clinic with college baseball coaches. Coaches from Colorado School of Mines, Regis University (CO), Chemeketa Community College (OR), …

Alaska Legion Baseball holds yearly coaches clinic

Trump administration revives plan to open most of Arctic Alaska land unit to oil development

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed opening about 7 million more federally managed acres on Alaska’s North Slope to new oil development, resurrecting a pro-drilling plan proposed in the first Trump administration but never adopted. The U.S. Bureau …

Trump Administration releases proposal to unleash 82% of Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve for drilling

The US Department of the Interior today unveiled a draft proposal that would reopen the vast majority of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to oil and gas development, in a significant move aimed at boosting domestic energy production. The …

Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompts air quality advisory for Eastern and Central Alaska

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued an air quality advisory Tuesday afternoon for much of Central and Eastern Alaska as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift across the border. The advisory, which is in effect …