The Alaska Department of Transportation warned pilots of “low sealings” after the runway in Alaska’s northermost city, Utqiagvik, had an unexpected visitor on Monday. When the crew at the airport in the city formerly known as Barrow was clearing the runway, they discovered a 450 pound Bearded Seal in the middle of the runway. The […]
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 […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s total employment was down by an estimated 1.3 percent in September compared to September 2016, a loss of about 4,600 jobs. Over-the-year job losses have gradually gotten smaller in 2017, however. The largest losses during the current downturn were in the fall of 2016 at -2.6 percent. Oil and gas employment and construction […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued six hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Sunday. The Jayhawk helicopter crew located the five adults and one child 25 miles southeast of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island and transported them to the Savoonga airport in good condition. Coast Guard District […]