The ballot initiative would raise the minimum tax and eliminate oil tax credits for Alaska’s largest legacy fields. It would also require oil companies to publicly report their revenues and costs from those fields.
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Should you get an engine heater? Anchorage auto shops and air quality experts say yes.
With temperatures sinking below zero degrees in Anchorage last week, demand for engine block heaters skyrocketed.
M/V Tustumena makes its last run before winter ferry service gap
Kodiak Island’s last ferry of the season pulled away from the dock on Saturday, Jan. 11, and there won’t be one returning until April.
Alaska’s population is down again, marking a third year of loss
Alaska’s annual population has dropped only six times since the 1940s. Three of those years were 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Despite conflict with Iran, Alaska oil prices are mostly unchanged. Here’s why.
Analysts say tension in the Middle East doesn’t impact oil prices the way it used to. But that could change.
Juneau makes plans to impound abandoned tugboat after it drags anchor
Strong winds and high tides caused the tugboat Lumberman to drag anchor and drift south, raising concerns that it could endanger private or public property.
Southeast Alaska fishermen unite against designating critical habitat for humpback whales
Many of the fishermen voiced their opposition during a three-hour meeting hosted by the National Marine Fisheries Service in Petersburg.
Federal judge rejects North Slope tribe’s challenge to Conoco drilling program
A judge ruled that an environmental review of ConocoPhillips’ exploration work did not violate federal conservation laws, as the Nuiqsut tribal government and environmental groups alleged.
Donlin Gold receives more state permits, moving closer to operating mine in Y-K Delta
The permits will allow Donlin Gold to build an airstrip and a port, and install fiber optic cables and build access roads for its mine, which could be one of the biggest in the world if completed.
Ketchikan officials won’t oppose marijuana cafe north of town
Ketchikan could be among the first cities in Alaska to allow a marijuana cafe with on-site consumption.