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Oil exploration predicted to increase on North Slope
Money may come. Eventually.
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Renovations underway at Eagle Rock boat launch
Boats entering the Kenai River this summer from Eagle Rock boat launch will have a wider ramp into…
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CIAA to move controversial nets back into Tutka Bay Lagoon
The much-debated net pens in the main part of Tutka Bay won’t be there this summer after all.…
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Legislature considering bill to crack down on derelict vessels
Harbormasters and state officials are looking for a little more authority to regulate junk boats around Alaska. Junk…
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State plans permit program for vendors at Kasilof dipnet
Personal-use dipnetters at the Kasilof River may have access to a variety of food carts, firewood salesmen and…
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State asks to build more public use cabins to meet demand
Alaska’s public use cabins are really popular. Rentable cabins of all shapes and sizes occupy corners all over…
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State to renovate Eagle Rock boat launch
By next July the state-owned Eagle Rock boat launch on the Kenai Spur Highway will have a wider…
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Ethan Tyler to take over as Parks director
Alaska’s state parks have a new director. Ethan Tyler will take over the role of director at the…
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Hilcorp plans new pad and well near Ninilchik
Oil and gas company Hilcorp Alaska plans to lay a new gravel pad and drill a new well…
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Work continues on East Fork fire break
The East Fork wildland fire burning near Sterling in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is shrinking in size…
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State’s delay on Kasilof boat launch causes headaches for guides
At the end of a fishing day on the Kasilof River, the Russell Fishing Company guides often rope…
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State seeks comments on Kasilof south side project
With improvements on the north side of the Kasilof River nearly finished, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources…
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Photo: Raking the lake
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge intern Kyra Clark rakes masses of the invasive waterweed elodea from the Soldotna-area Sport…
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State prepares for Cook Inlet lease sale
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas will start taking bids in June for…
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Chuitna Coal no longer seeking permits
As of March 31, the Delaware-based PacRim Coal “has suspended all permitting activities” related to its project to…
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DNR grants one of three Chuitna Citizens Coalition water reservations
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to add additional information and to correct the year of CCC’s…
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DNR hears arguments for Chuitna water rights
A small creek is causing big trouble for Chuitna mine developers and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.…
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Water rights dispute generates thousands of comments
On Thursday, a controversial and precedent-setting decision on whether to grant water rights for a west-side Cook Inlet…
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Chuitna documentary to premier February 3
Two developments in the ongoing controversy over the proposed Chuitna coal project are expected to happen soon after…