Another warm weather pattern settles back in across Alaska
Another warm start to the day is with us, as most locations woke up this morning in the 20s and 30s. Like previous mornings, ...
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Lack of snow north of the Alaska Range prompts Iditarod to move official start to Fairbanks
A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the start of the Iditarod farther north. The Iditarod ...
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A look at recent aviation disasters in North America
The crash of a Delta Air Lines plane in Toronto is the fourth major aviation disaster in North America in the last month.
Active weather returns to the state, with temperatures climbing back above average
Rain for the first half of this week will be scattered to periodic in nature, with the back half of the wind driving in more ...
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88 Energy’s new farm-out deal has revealed the value being created at Phoenix
The Alaska-focused explorer on Monday announced it had agreed a new farm-out deal for the Project Phoenix horizontal test well, on Alaska’s North Slope. Burgundy will fund up to $39 million of future ...
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Alaska outdoorsmen laughing at Lower 48 warm weather residents coping with two inches of snow
When outfitters from Alaska attended the DSC Convention and Sporting Expo in Atlanta in mid-January on their way to the ...
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Prioritizing Energy Means Prioritizing Infrastructure
In the early 1980s, I was a bank manager in Kotzebue, Alaska, 33 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Those were the days of ...
'50-50 Chance': Alaska’s Largest Volcano Can Erupt Due To Rise In Earthquakes
Matt Haney, scientist-in-charge at the AVO with the US Geological Survey, stated that the chances of a similar eruption ...
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Who is Susan Carney, Alaska’s new chief justice?
For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...
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Oil patch bits: ConocoPhillips Alaska welcomes Heather Tash to leadership role
ConocoPhillips Alaska said Feb. 5 that Heather Tash recently joined its leadership team as vice president, asset development. In her new role, Tash will oversee development across the North Slope.
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ANS crosses $76 mark
Alaska North Slope crude -- after a three-day run -- notched its highest high in more than two weeks Feb. 11, up 83 cents to close at $76.11 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate jumped $1.00 to close ...
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Communities in Southeast Alaska are mapping their landslide risk. It’s complicated.
Haines is not the only community interested in mapping the risk. Similar projects have been completed or are underway in more ...