Alex DeMarban is a longtime Alaska journalist who covers the oil and gas industries and general assignments. Reach him at 907-257-4317 or alex@adn.com.
After a Texas judge’s decision ruling the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, Alaska senators said they support provisions protecting people with pre-existing medical conditions.
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said “Alaska has had no better friend than Ryan Zinke,” who resigned amid multiple investigations into his real estate dealings in Montana and conduct in office.
Up to 2 inches could fall Sunday, followed by another 5 inches on Monday.
Students return Tuesday. Teachers return on Monday.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy criticized his predecessor’s Alaska LNG project. Now he’s reviewing it before deciding its future.
Authorities identified the deceased Thursday as Kuukpik Drilling employee Shawn Huber, a Mat-Su father of three.
Last winter’s ‘remarkable’ shortage of ice in the Bering Sea added to the warming that is a factor in the blooms, scientists said.
Neither Hilcorp nor contractor Kuukpik Drilling, the worker’s employer, would provide information about the accident on Alaska’s North Slope.
Alaska’s emergency management division recommends that even minimal damage to homes should be reported, in case major quake-related problems surface later.
A rockfall warning is still in place for a dangerous stretch where a truck driver was nearly killed during the Nov. 30 quake.
The Assembly unanimously supported the deal, moving the city closer to an arrangement that’s been discussed for decades.
A person’s perception is critical, but other factors count too.
