ConocoPhillips originally proposed five drill sites west of the community of Nuiqsut.
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After China balloon scare, Air Force shoots down object flying over Alaska’s North Slope
A Pentagon spokesperson said President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot the object down.
Gov. Dunleavy says Alaska doesn’t flare its natural gas. It does.
Targeted by environmental groups, gas flares in Alaska are regulated more by economics than concerns about greenhouse gases.
Rep. Peltola joins Alaska senators to champion Willow project
Peltola sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Tuesday asking her to approve the Willow project, a proposed oil development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Last remaining private bidder from 2021 ANWR lease sale pulls out
Knik Arm Services owner Mark Graber said it no longer felt worth it to hold onto the lease amid the legal battles.
Harry Potter Lake, once too big to see across, vanished in a day
Drained lake basins make up more than half of the Arctic coastal plain, the part of the Alaska map that most resembles Swiss cheese.
Fairbanks man’s rafting trip turns into wilderness COVID ordeal
Seventy-seven-year-old David Hamilton says the situation demonstrated the value of medevac insurance.
After lawsuit, a major Alaska North Slope oil project is again moving forward
Members of the public have until 10 p.m. Aug. 29 to state their support for one of five options for the project’s future.
Alaska’s majority-Native districts had uneven voter turnout in 2020, analysis finds
The majority Yup’ik Yukon-Kuskokwim Census Area of southwestern Alaska posted a 75% turnout rate in 2020, topping those of all county or county equivalents where Indigenous residents comprise at least half of the voting-age population, according to the analysis.
Only oil company that bid for ANWR tract gives up its lease
Regenerate Alaska, a unit of Australia-based 88 Energy Ltd., relinquished the tract it acquired for over $770,000, federal officials said.