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04-08-20 9:30 AM newscast

‘Put a Stop to This’: ANWR Coastal Plain Oil-, Gas-lease Plan Draws Heated Opposition

Tim Ellis

About 250 people turned out Tuesday at a meeting in Fairbanks to offer comments on a federal plan to launch an oil and gas leasing program in the coastal…

Changing Arctic

President Appoints Longtime Alaska Native Leader to U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Tim Ellis

A new member for the Arctic Research Commission ...President Obama last week appointed longtime Alaska Native Corporation leader Marie Kasa?naaluk Greene…

Changing Arctic

Alaska Native Leaders Offer Diverging Views on Offshore Oil Drilling

Tim Ellis

The Inupiat people of Point Hope, Alaska, celebrate a successful whaling season with song and dance.But community leader Steve Oomittuk worries about what…