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By Dave Donaldson

Governor Parnell today put the finishing touches on this year’s budgets by vetoing $336-million from next fiscal year’s operating and capital budgets.   He left untouched the rest of the thirteen Billion dollars in spending the legislature approved. Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Opponents to Don Young’s bid for another term in Congress are responding to statements the Congressman made last week in which he said the nation should focus on learning from the B-P oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico since  – as he said – “it’s not an environmental disaster.”    Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Sitka’s mayor has filed to challenge Lisa Murkowski in her re-election campaign this year.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young says he’s concerned Shell might walk if the company’s  permits to drill in the Arctic don’t move forward – and then he says Alaska will eventually face a Trans-Alaska Pipeline without enough oil.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

President Obama has put offshore drilling in the arctic on hold.   Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

The Obama Administration will announce today that offshore drilling in the Arctic is on-hold. Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Oil company B-P tried today to plug the gushing spill in the Gulf of Mexico by forcing drilling mud into the well.  The “top kill” method aims to counter-act the oil pressure so B-P can seal the well-head with cement.  Meanwhile,  the Obama Administration and Congress weighed in on what’s next – and what may be ahead for Shell’s drilling plans in Alaska. Continue reading →

By Lori Townsend

The Trans Alaska Pipeline system is still shut down as Alyeska pipeline company continues its assessment of the spill.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Oil company B-P is trying to plug the gushing spill in the Gulf of Mexico right now by forcing drilling mud into the well.  The “top kill” method aims to counteract the oil pressure so B-P can seal the well-head with cement.  It’s considered a critical attempt to plug the hole, which has been pumping crude into the Gulf for more than a month. Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Alaska’s Senators say rural Alaskans hunting birds for subsistence should not have to get a federal permit.  Continue reading →