Removal of the industrial solvent sulfolane is costing the refinery a lot of money, and opinions differ on how clean groundwater should be.
Interior
AG rejects Cook Inlet gas facility sale, calls for revision
The attorney general takes issue with agreement provisions, including one that calls for the sale of LNG from the plant at a fixed price
FBI charges Wasilla man in abduction of 2 North Pole children
Agents say there is no evidence of abuse during the time Michael Bowen Jr. allegedly kept the girls locked in the truck.
Slow fall chum run leaves Yukon smokehouses empty
Slow fall chum runs have kept subsistence fisherman from being too active on the Yukon River this past week, but as Chinook continue crossing the border, officials say their numbers are well above escapement goals.
Denali wolf hunt planned despite low population numbers
This spring, Park biologists counted fewer than 50 Denali wolves, heightening a long-running battle over the popularly viewed animals.
Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon’s Thaw
As millions of acres of forests burn across the state this summer, there’s growing concern about what impact that might have on permafrost — and how melting permafrost might affect climate change.
Fairbanks Police launch website to crowdsource tips on cold cases
The new section of the City of Fairbanks website covers 14 cases dating back to 1983 when the city began keeping reliable records.
State funding advances St. Mary’s wind farm plan
While waiting for the money to be delivered, AVEC managers are hammering out some important details about the design of the wind farm.
Federal auroral program to be transferred to UAF
The university system is loaning UAF $2 million dollars to get the facility back into operation.
Ohio newspaper endorses Mount McKinley name change
The Columbus Dispatch calls Ohio’s insistence an “unseemly effort on behalf of a politician who never set foot near the mountain and had no known interest in it.”