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Trump's budget renews debate on Arctic refuge oil drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to help balance the federal budget features a new attempt to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to petroleum drilling. The effort is the latest chapter in a l...
Alaska aquiver: State hosts plate tectonics research effort
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America's shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like never before. A federal agency that supports b...
Groups sue to stop Trump from renewing offshore drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Environmental and Alaska Native groups sued Wednesday to maintain a U.S. ban on oil and gas exploration in most of the Arctic Ocean and select areas of the Atlantic after President Donald Trump took steps to put the waters b...
That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska's largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a previous flight had brought a pet snake on board. The passenger had gotten off the plane. The snake had not....
Alaska residents warned to give grumpy moose their space
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials warned people Tuesday to keep their distance from grumpy moose after two close calls this past weekend. One of the animals walked up behind a woman tending chickens in the city of Homer on Sunday and...
Alaska man charged with using front-end loader to steal ATM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage, Alaska, man has been charged with using an unusual tool to steal an ATM — a front-end loader. Federal authorities have charged 25-year-old Adrian Turnbow with bank larceny in the attempted theft of an ATM. It...
Texas oil company announces big offshore Alaska discovery
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP, Oct. 4, 2016) — A Texas petroleum drilling company announced Tuesday it has made a large-scale oil discovery off Alaska's North Slope. Dallas-based Caelus Energy Alaska LLC announced a find of 6 billion barrels of light oil o...
