ANCHORAGE— Governor Bill Walker has been in contact with Hilcorp Alaska executives about addressing the company’s gas line leak in Cook Inlet. Governor Walker and the Hilcorp team Saturday agreed the best course of action at this time is to enact a temporary shutdown of the company’s oil and gas production in order to reduce […]
JUNEAU – This week, economists with the Alaska Department of Revenue produced a report analyzing how much Alaska generates in oil production taxes after the state pays out subsidies in the form of oil tax credits. The report shows that in the next fiscal year, FY 2018, the state of Alaska is slated to pay […]
Anchorage police say that they received a 911 call at 3:53 am on Tuesday morning 1300 block of of Boston Street. The caller, a female reported that she had locked herself into the apartment’s bathroom to escape her boyfriend. The woman said her boyfriend, 27-year-old Michael Froyd, had put a .45 caliber handgun to her head and threatened […]
Glennallen, Alaska – Ahtna, Inc. announced Friday, that it has concluded operations on the Tolsona No. 1 gas exploration well after completion of the initial flow testing. All personnel, equipment and materials have been successfully demobilized from the drilling site, the well has been suspended and all that remains is the well head. The well […]