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    A map shows the locations of the 21 Alaska federal offshore oil and gas lease sales proposed by the Trump administration. (Map provided by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)
    Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • November 26, 2025 1:30 am

    A new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan proposes 21 sales in Alaska, from the Gulf of Alaska to the High Arctic, and 13 more off the U.S. West Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Courtesy Harvest
On the Kenai Peninsula, a dormant liquefied natural gas export plant could be repurposed to receive cargoes of imported LNG under a plan being studied by Harvest, an affiliate of oil and gas company Hilcorp. The fuel would be transferred from ships to the tanks on the left, still in liquid form, before being converted back into gas and sent into a pipeline.
    Utilities say Alaska needs an LNG import terminal....
    By Nathaniel Herz Northern Journal • November 25, 2025 1:30 am

    Planning for two separate projects is currently moving ahead.

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    Goldenview Middle School student Luciana Liu's winning poster entry for the 2024 Alaska Radon Poster Contest. Photo provided by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
    Students invited to compete in statewide radon poster...
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 14, 2025 1:30 am

    The deadline to submit poster entries is Dec. 19.

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    Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of at six Cook Inlet lease sales that Congress has mandated by held between now and 2032. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
    Trump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • November 12, 2025 8:30 am

    The ‘Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale,’ scheduled for March, would follow a series of federal and state inlet lease sales that drew little industry interest.

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    The carapace, or upper shell, of an invasive European green crab and a live live green crab are shown in this undated photo. Ever since Alaska’s first green crabs were found on Annette Island in 2022, numbers have exploded and the invaders have spread north. (Photo by Linda Shaw/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service)
    ‘Explosion’ of invasive European green crabs reported in...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • November 5, 2025 8:30 pm

    The Metlakatla Indian Community, which has been at the forefront in the effort to control the invader, has trapped more than 40,000 of them this year.

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    Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. Near Fairbanks, the gas line would split off toward Anchorage, while the oil pipeline continues to the Prince William Sound community of Valdez. (Photo by David Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey)
    Tokyo Gas signs preliminary agreement with trans-Alaska gas...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    The largest gas company in Japan has signed a letter of intent signifying that it would buy up to 1…

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    U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)
    Trump administration approves disaster declaration for Western Alaska...
    By Corinne Smith Alaska Beacon • October 22, 2025 8:30 pm

    The president also pledged $25 million in immediate disaster relief funding to cover costs as storm damage is still assessed.

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    A sign for a store that accepts food stamps and exchange benefits transfer cards is seen in this 2019 photo. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images via Alaska Beacon)
    More than 66,000 Alaskans will lose food stamps...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • October 22, 2025 1:30 am

    If the federal government shutdown continues, more than 66,000 Alaskans will lose federal food aid within weeks, the state of…

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    U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks on Oct. 18, 2025, at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. Behind her is a screen projeting her image as she speaks. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
    Murkowski says she is trying to restore some...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • October 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Speaking to AFN, the U.S. senator blasted Trump administration actions halting climate-related work; she and others lamented loss of public broadcasting funding.

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    U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)
    One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced...
    By Corinne Smith Alaska Beacon • October 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Emergency supplies began to arrive in communities Monday, as search and rescue efforts continued for two people unaccounted for in Kwigillingok.

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    The Mount Roberts Tramway car nears the top of its run above Juneau, Alaska. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
    Cruise ship passenger dies after fall from Juneau...
    By Jacob Dye • September 18, 2025 1:30 am

    The man is among a handful of people to die this summer while exploring Juneau’s outdoors

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    U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to Anchor Point residents during a community meeting held at the Virl “Pa” Haga VFW Post 10221 on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Sullivan discusses federal advocacy, legislation during Soldotna visit
    By Jacob Dye • September 1, 2025 1:30 am

    Sullivan also spoke to a collection of dignitaries at the Soldotna Public Library.

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    President Donald Trump speaks to a capacity crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on July 9, 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Trump to meet Putin next week in Alaska,...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • August 8, 2025 4:30 pm

    President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska, Trump said in a social…

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