The Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit with the Alaska State Troopers announced a drug/alcohol seizure made at an airlines bound for Utqiagvik (Barrow) with the assistance of the North Slope Borough Police Department on Thursday. According to the announcement, SDEU and detectives with the NSBPD seized 113 750ml bottles of alcohol being shipped from Las Vegas […]
ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska has approved ExxonMobil’s plan to engineer the expansion of the Point Thomson project on the North Slope, with state and company officials calling it a positive step to achieve major gas sales and increase oil production. “The Alaska LNG Project has been endorsed by the Trump Administration and the […]
November 15, 2017 ANCHORAGE — Governor Bill Walker late yesterday issued a declaration of disaster for the North Slope Borough following a strong Arctic sea storm in September. The declaration makes available $1 million from the state’s Disaster Relief Fund, and will allow the community to begin addressing the full scope of damage from the […]
ANCHORAGE— A series of hearings opens in Alaska today on a proposal by Hilcorp Alaska to build an artificial oil drilling island and underwater pipeline in the Beaufort Sea. If approved, Hilcorp’s “Liberty” would be the first offshore drilling development project in federal Arctic waters, where President Trump has called for more leasing to oil […]