15+ hour, 9+ min ago   (415+ words) “Water, Carbon, Time: Exploring Peatlands in a Warming World” By Jennifer de Mooy; University of Minnesota Press, 2026; 200 pages; $19.95 paperback. As de Mooy points out, peatlands have not always been appreciated. In America, they were long considered to be wastelands that…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (262+ words) The Alaska Legislature will join Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration in seeking to defend the state’s anti-bootlegging punishments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted to hire an outside attorney to draft…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (801+ words) Roughly 25 vacation rentals crowd a half-mile stretch along I Street in Anchorage’s South Addition neighborhood. In Girdwood, a single neighborhood block between Alpina Way and Tanner Circle contains 15. “It is still pretty striking just how prolific they are,” said Anchorage…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (263+ words) The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. plans to ask the Alaska Legislature for additional funding as it renews its pursuit of a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline in 2027. Frank Richards, AGDC’s president, said the state-owned corporation will seek $2.5 million from state…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (825+ words) The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews that have been standard for decades. An industry-initiated proposed rule announced by the U.S. Bureau of Land…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) My friend Pete Leathard has a short fuse when it comes to talk of importing LNG, or liquefied natural gas. Leathard is a veteran manager of oil and gas service companies, now partly retired. Given his experience, when he speaks,…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1561+ words) Wasilla 22, West 0 Colony 46, Redington 0 Dimond 13, Eagle River 0 Chugiak 19, Bartlett 0 West 31, East 18 South 27, Service 0 Service 26, Wasilla 0 Colony 49, West Valley 6 Bartlett 14, Palmer 7 Wasilla 25, Lathrop 6 North Pole 15, Service 13 Chugiak 14, North Pole 9 West Valley 26, Palmer 0 Wasilla 6, West Valley 0 Colony 82, Palmer 0 Eagle River 7, Lathrop 0 North…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (722+ words) There is something about Alaska science that seems irresistible to conspiracy theorists. After a devastating earthquake struck Colombia this month, familiar claims began circulating online: HAARP, the scientific research facility near Gakona operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, had…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1240+ words) JUNEAU — With little fanfare at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, the third special session called to consider a multibillion-dollar tax break for the long-proposed Alaska LNG megaproject was set to end at midnight. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is termed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1035+ words) A top official in the U.S. Interior Department on Monday told Alaska business leaders and members of the Congressional Western Caucus about the agency’s plans to cut regulations and permitting timelines to support projects in areas such as mining, oil and…...