Biden stopped an oil and gas lease auction in Alaska. What effect will this have on gas prices

On the same day that the Biden administration canceled three oil-and-gas lease auctions, gasoline prices in the United States reached a new high.

Republican senators are citing rising gasoline prices as justification for selling more drilling leases on federal property, with some denoun...

‘ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE’ STAR BILLY BROWN PASSES AWAY AT 68

Highlights

• Billy Brown, known for his role in the reality-documentary series “Alaskan Bush People” took his last breath on Sunday after he suffered a seizure

• A spokesperson from Discovery said in a statement that “We are devastated to hear of Bi...

PRESIDENT TRUMP OPENS TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST TO LOGGING

Highlights

• According to a notice posted on Wednesday, the United States President Donald Trump has decided to strip protections from Alaska’s Tongass National Forest in order to open it to logging and other forms of development

• Tongass National Forest is on...

ANCHORAGE JOLTED BY MAGNITUDE 4.0 EARTHQUAKE

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• According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the center of the earthquake was located about 19 miles east of Anchorage in Chugach State Park, at a depth of 11.2 miles

• The tremors of this earthquake were felt in Girdwood, Eagle River, Anchorage, Chugiak, ...

Administrators of the University of Alaska deciding on how to impose deep mandatory spending cuts

Administrators of the University of Alaska are indecisive of how to impose profound mandatory spending cuts which could stagger research programs at one of the premier Arctic science institutions of the world. The University of Alaska’s Board of Regents this week started to consider declaring a fina...