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Nov 05 2019

Mark Begich, frustrated by rural Alaska’s exorbitant prices, is opening a grocery store in Utqiaġvik

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Food, North Slope

Begich says his company, Stuaqpak Inc., will offer lower prices and better products, and be more accountable to residents than the Canadian corporation that ran the store previously.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 5, 2019 12:00 pm

Oct 30 2019

Trump takes to Twitter to back Dunleavy amid recall effort

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, North Slope, Politics, Southcentral, State Government

The Recall Dunleavy chair says the president should stay out of state politics.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | October 30, 2019 5:47 pm

Oct 25 2019

A month into Utqiaġvik’s whaling season, none have been landed

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, North Slope, Oceans, Science & Tech, Subsistence, Wildlife

Some residents say this is unprecedented — the whale-dependent village captured nearly 20 whales last fall. Also unprecedented are this year’s temperatures: It was the warmest May-through-September on record in Utqiaġvik.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | October 25, 2019 4:36 pm

Oct 23 2019

Construction on Exxon Mobil’s Point Thomson field in December 2015. (Photo courtesy of Exxon Mobil/MSI Communications)

New proposed LNG project would ship gas from North Slope to Asia on icebreaking tankers

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | Arctic, Energy & Mining, North Slope

Qilak LNG made the announcement Wednesday that the it plans on shipping gas on icebreaking tankers from fields in Point Thomson.

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | October 23, 2019 11:27 am

Oct 04 2019

Attorney General Kevin Clarkson reads summaries of three constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to reporters at a press conference in the Capitol in Juneau on Jan. 30, 2019.

Attorney general explains his opinion on the Alaska Hire law

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Interior, North Slope, Politics, State Government

Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson says the Alaska Hire opinion is in response to a lawsuit challenging the law.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | October 4, 2019 5:19 pm

Oct 04 2019

As BP exits Alaska, 1,600 employees are waiting to find out what’s next

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, North Slope, Southcentral

BP has operated in Alaska for over half a century and has long had a hand in running the state’s biggest oilfield, Prudhoe Bay. The oil company’s plans to exit the state have left hundreds of workers in limbo.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | October 4, 2019 2:10 pm

Oct 03 2019

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, and Attorney General Kevin Clarkson discuss the governor’s proposed budget- and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend-related constitutional amendments with reporters at a press conference held at the Capitol in Juneau on Jan. 30, 2018.

Alaska attorney general says Alaska Hire violates state, federal constitutions

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Interior, North Slope, Politics, State Government

Alaska Attorney General Clarkson wrote in a memo that a provision of state law requiring some private employers to hire Alaskans violates both the state and federal constitutions.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | October 3, 2019 4:47 pm

Sep 27 2019

About 300 BP union employees will keep their jobs — for now

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Interior, North Slope, Southcentral

According to Hilcorp, about 300 BP union workers at Prudhoe Bay will remain in their jobs — at least through the end of their current contract.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 27, 2019 12:56 pm

Sep 18 2019

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Attack in Saudi Arabia highlights Alaska’s diminishing role on the global oil stage

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Nation & World, North Slope, State Government

This year, for the first time in at least a dozen years, the state of Alaska will change the way it forecasts the price of its oil.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 18, 2019 4:43 pm

Sep 18 2019

Seattle City Council votes to withhold business from Arctic Refuge oil companies

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Arctic, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Local Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to avoid doing business with any company that leases land in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to explore for oil.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | September 18, 2019 2:36 pm

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Mark Begich, frustrated by rural Alaska’s exorbitant prices, is opening a grocery store in Utqiaġvik

Trump takes to Twitter to back Dunleavy amid recall effort

A month into Utqiaġvik’s whaling season, none have been landed

New proposed LNG project would ship gas from North Slope to Asia on icebreaking tankers

Attorney general explains his opinion on the Alaska Hire law

As BP exits Alaska, 1,600 employees are waiting to find out what’s next

Alaska attorney general says Alaska Hire violates state, federal constitutions

About 300 BP union employees will keep their jobs — for now

Attack in Saudi Arabia highlights Alaska’s diminishing role on the global oil stage

Seattle City Council votes to withhold business from Arctic Refuge oil companies

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