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Above Stikine River, Canadian government boosts huge mining project you’ve probably never heard of

Canada’s federal government plans to fund a key road at the Galore Creek development,…

Alaska seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a trans-Alaska gas pipeline
Alaska seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a trans-Alaska gas pipeline

An Anchorage Superior Court judge heard preliminary arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking to…

Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level to encourage repopulation
Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level to encourage repopulation

After an unprecedented two-year closure, there are enough snow crab to support a ‘conservative’…

Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year
Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year

A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing…

Finnish startups are thriving in the wake of NATO expansion

HELSINKI — Startups are driving growth within Finland’s defense sector after the country joined…

Veterans of Alaska’s oil industry look to blaze a renewable energy pathway in the state
Veterans of Alaska’s oil industry look to blaze a renewable energy pathway in the state

  In 2020, engineer David Clarke transitioned from over 30 years in the oil…

How Alaska regulators ignored a gas conservation scheme

When Anchorage’s big electric utility asked regulators’ permission last year to raise its rates…

Two Kodiak trawlers caught 2,000 king salmon. Now, a whole fishery is closed
Two Kodiak trawlers caught 2,000 king salmon. Now, a whole fishery is closed

The incident is sure to draw more scrutiny on the issue of bycatch —…