Alaska State Troopers report that the remains found along the Parks Highway north of Willow on January 9th have been positively identified as 26-year-old Arnoldine Simone Hill of Hooper Bay. While Simone was positively identified, the cause and manner of her death have yet to be determined by the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage, […]
ANCHORAGE (AK)— Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and five allied groups filed a motion in U.S. District Court last week requesting a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to stop ConocoPhillips from starting winter road construction and gravel mining for its Willow project. “We have experienced rising health issues, and the dismantling of traditional […]
Willow Project Would Mark Major Expansion for Oil, Gas Extraction in Western Arctic ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a massive oil and gas project known as the Willow Master Development Plan in Alaska’s Western Arctic. Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm, sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to Willow on Tuesday evening in response to a stabbing that took place on Caswell Lake Drive. Troopers responded after the call-in at 5:49 pm on Tuesday to open an investigation into the incident and found that Simeon Jacoy of Anchorage, who was reported to have suicidal plans and also […]