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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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