(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in late March. The Boundary Spur, also known as the Top of the World Highway, remains closed until […]
JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker Thursday stated his support of two recent announcements on Arctic offshore oil and gas exploration. On Tues., March 31, the U.S. Department of Interior issued a Record of Decisionaffirming Chukchi Sea OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and the remaining oil and gas leases issued in 2008 as a result of […]
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, criticized the Obama administration’s lack of consultation with Alaska in developing its draft 2017-2022 outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and natural gas leasing program (DPP) for Alaska in comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). “The fact that the president’s moratorium withdrawing some 9.8 million acres of waters […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives Tuesday unanimously passed legislation aimed at keeping the Alaska Railroad Corporation’s (ARRC) passenger services on track and avoid costly penalties by the Federal Railroad Administration. House Bill 140, by House Finance Co-Chair Steve Thompson, authorizes the ARRC to issue up to $37 million in tax-exempt bonds backed […]