Yearly Archives: 2019
Goldman Sachs becomes first major U.S. bank to rule out funding for Arctic oil
Other companies that restrict financing for Arctic drilling include Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC.
Longstanding tensions underlie Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s withdrawal from AFN
Long before Arctic Slope Regional Corp. announced its withdrawal from the Alaska Federation of Natives last week, there were signs of a schism.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019
BP employees face decisions about whether to stay or go ahead of the company's pending sale to Hilcorp. Plus: Parents in Bethel react to a local principal charged with sex crimes involving minors.
On average, Anchorage households spent $70,000 in one year. Where did that money go?
"Our housing story is vastly different from the rest of the country. And it has been now for four or five years."
Contractor charged in Anchorage VA fraud case
Prosecutors say a business eligible for preferential awards mishandled a contract, involving kickbacks for passing work along to another company.
Federal spending bill extends payments for rural Alaska communities
Alaska’s Congressional delegation announced a two-year extension for Secure Rural Schools payments, money paid to municipalities for school operations and maintenance, road work and special projects around forest land.
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Dunleavy budget proposal spares Sitka museum from sale, but fees could rise
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest budget proposal removes the Sheldon Jackson Museum from the asset disposal list and directs just under $400,000 in deferred maintenance money to replace the museum’s roof.
Wrangell sportsmen, charities hand out a thousand pounds of moose meat
This year the thousand pounds of meat ultimately went to 120 individuals, plus food banks, a school lunch program and community events.
Alaska’s 2019 likely to be state’s warmest year ever. Yes, again.
The statewide average temperature for Alaska in 2019 is on pace to break a record set just three years earlier. That is, if a cold snap doesn't change things.
LISTEN: Hear and share holiday greetings all across the state in our annual two-hour holiday special
Alaska is a big state, but people are very connected here. If you want to find out how connected Alaskans are, just listen to the radio for a while on Tuesday morning.
About half of BP’s Alaska employees have accepted a job with Hilcorp
BP intends to sell its entire Alaska business to Hilcorp for $5.6 billion.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019
A look at the historical roots of the tension between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the Alaska Federation of Natives. Plus: Alaska's senators weigh in on the U.S House vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
Impeachment: Young votes no, and Alaska’s senators aren’t likely to vote against Trump, either
Alaska Congressman Don Young, like all House Republicans, voted against impeaching President Trump today, and both of Alaska’s U.S. senators appear likely to vote against removing the president from office.
Dunleavy budget proposal funds more state troopers, some in Western Alaska
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 includes funding for 15 additional Alaska State Trooper (AST) positions including one in Nome, one in Unalakleet, and potential new posts in St. Michael, Ambler and Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula.
More resources on tap for Y-K Delta law enforcement
After visiting rural Alaska in May, U.S. Attorney General William Barr declared a public safety law enforcement emergency nd the results, Liedike said, were almost immediate.
Despite recent drought, one Southeast Alaska power provider won’t raise rates — yet
During a 16-month drought that only ended this past November, Southeast communities had to turn to diesel to fill the gap left by underfilled hydroelectric lakes.
Activists take to social media as comment period for Roadless Rule draws to a close
As the final deadline for public comments on a proposal to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule loomed, environmental groups increasingly tried to get the word out to encourage people to weigh-in.
Denali Park road could be closed due to sloughing roadway
The road into Denali National Park could be closed next summer at mile 43, the National Park Service said this week. That’s just east of a where portion of the road traversing a slope, is sloughing.
Budget scenarios include ‘balanced approach’ that draws interest
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has introduced a budget that would draw down most of what remains in the state's Constitutional Budget Reserve. But deep inside another report is a possible framework for balancing the budget in the long run.