ANCHORAGE— In keeping with the Administration’s goal of achieving American energy dominance, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale in December of 900 tracts within part of the 22.8-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The bid opening will be conducted via video livestream. Production […]
AST is seeking the whereabouts of a Noorvik man after he assaulted his girlfriend at her sister’s home in that community on Friday morning. Troopers in Kotzebue were contacted by a 27-year-old Noorvik woman calling for help on the VHF at 7:45 am and responded to the community to find the caller upset and suffering […]
When Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, the leadership team of a small Alaska Native Corporation half a world away jumped into action to help their extended family of employees. The Sitnasuak Native Corporation of Nome has more than 800 employees in Puerto Rico at SNC Technical Services, LLC (SNCT), […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. | On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the White House nomination of Tara Katuk Sweeney as the new Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (AS-IA). “The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs is charged with the federal responsibility to protect tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and the trust relationship,” said […]