Anchorage, Alaska — U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) Tuesday welcomed an announcement from the Department of the Interior (DOI) that it will initiate a public process to rescind an unlawful 2024 rule that restricts responsible oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). DOI made the […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Shaktoolik man pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberstalking and sexually exploiting a child to produce child pornography. According to court documents, between December 2021 and July 2023, Matthew Jackson, 23, used a phone to send messages to three 15-year-old victims asking them to create and send him pictures and videos depicting sexually […]
Includes features developed from public input to reduce potential impacts FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office issued a decision approving a special recreation permit for Borealis Basecamp, LLC to provide trail and helicopter tours in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. The final permit addresses concerns identified by […]
On Monday the Alaska Bureau of Investigation was contacted by the North Slope Borough Police Department. The NSBPD reported that officers, while on a Domestic Disturbance call in Utqiagvik, shot and killed a suspect in that case. Police responded to a residence in that community on Monday morning and made contacted the suspect, 41-year-old Akugaq […]