Alaska News

Mar 20 2019
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As Trump administration contemplates drilling in Arctic waters, North Slope organizations stress need to protect subsistence resources

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Local Government, Nation & World, Subsistence

In public comments made available on a federal site, most North Slope institutions didn’t express outright opposition to the plan. But they did voice concern for subsistence resources and hunters’ continued access to them.

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Mar 19 2019
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New report confirms major problems at Alaska Psychiatric Institute

By | Health, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Southcentral, State Government

The investigation was prompted by a hospital safety officer warning that API staff were excessively restraining and isolating patients, as well as using force in ways that violate the facility’s own guidelines.

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Mar 18 2019
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An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Lake Research Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

State forecasts higher oil prices, lower production in spring update

By | Economy, Energy & Mining, North Slope, Southcentral, State Government

Combined with some other changes, the Alaska Department of Revenue now projects that the state will have $89 million less for this year’s budget. And it will have $39 million more for the 2020 budget that begins in July.

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Mar 18 2019
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Liz Cornejo explains the Palmer Project at a public forum focused on mining and water on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Cornejo is vice president of community and external affairs for Canadian company Constantine Metal Resources Limited. (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KHNS)

Court rules against Klukwan, conservation groups in mine exploration lawsuit

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Crime & Courts, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Local Government, Southeast, State Government

A federal court ruled Friday that the Bureau of Land Management does not have to consider future impacts of mine development before approving activities for mineral exploration in the Chilkat Valley.

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Mar 18 2019
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New House Tribal Affairs Committee aims to advance state relationships

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Southeast, Southwest, State Government

Because the Alaska state government’s relationship with tribes cuts across many different state departments, House lawmakers decided to have one committee that would attend to the full range of tribal affairs.

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Mar 16 2019
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Medical marijuana is dispensed in Takoma Park, D.C. in 2014. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Alaska poised to let people use marijuana at certain stores

By | 2 Alaska, Business, Community, Economy, Government, Marijuana, State Government

Alaska is poised to become the first state in the nation with statewide rules allowing people to use marijuana at certain stores where they buy it. The regulations take effect April 11, but there will be a lag before people can smoke or consume marijuana edibles at stores.

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