ConocoPhillips plans new well in Alaska national reserve
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips has applied for permits to develop a new field in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a vast unit of federal land that has yet...
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Alaska oil tax cut opponents make final referendum push
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Opponents of a recent tax cut for Alaskan oil producers fanned out this week to collect enough signatures to ensure voters can weigh in on a...
Team investigating Alaska plane crash struggles with few leads
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Experts investigating a floatplane crash that killed 10 people in Alaska face a scarcity of information and will rely on skid marks and satellite signals to...
Alaska volcano erupts with new intensity, disrupts local flights
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska volcano spewing ash and lava for the past six weeks erupted with new intensity early on Tuesday, belching a plume of cinders 5 miles...
Sun bathers, reptiles emerge in Alaska heat as wildfires spread
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - With a heat wave gripping Alaska, strange things have been happening under the midnight sun. Anchorage residents, who a month ago shivered through an unseasonably cold...
Sun bathers, reptiles emerge in Alaska heat as wildfires spread
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - With a heat wave gripping Alaska, strange things have been happening under the midnight sun. Anchorage residents, who a month ago shivered through an unseasonably cold...
Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska publicly backed gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the third Republican senator to do so as she spoke out ahead of...
Second Alaska Peninsula volcano spurts ash, lava and steam
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two volcanoes are erupting on the Alaska Peninsula in the southwestern part of the state's mainland but the sputtering emissions of ash and lava at the...
Commander of Alaska missile-defense site suspended in sex inquiry
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. Army officer in charge of a remote missile-defense station in Alaska has been temporarily relieved of his command over accusations that he had turned...
Man charged with killing couple, raping toddler hours after release from prison
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 24-year-old man has been charged with killing an elderly couple and raping their 2-year-old great-grandchild, in a crime that occurred just hours after he was...