Royal Dutch Shell‘s dry hole in the Chukchi Sea may be disappointing to shareholders, but it’s potentially devastating to Alaska. The company’s decision to end oil exploration in offshore Alaska for ...

As the US Congress grapples with how to best deal with the fallout from the Gulf of Mexico BP oil blowout, they’re calling upon the lessons learned in Alaska after the Exxon Valdez spill. The Senate ...

Anchorage, Alaska - BP's decision to shut down the nation's biggest oil field roiled oil markets, putting pressure on prices at the pump during the peak summer driving season and prompting the ...

Radiation that drifted across the Pacific from the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors -- the nuclear disaster triggered when a devastating tsunami disabled the Japanese power plant in 2011 -- ...

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, state Rep. Dean Westlake, D-Kotzebue, talks with another legislator during a break in the opening session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, Alaska. The ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - The first day of the legislative session Tuesday featured fallout from a budget vote last year, as the Alaska Senate shook up its committees and some conservative members cried foul.

Canada’s cancellation of the 2021 Alaska cruise ship season due to the coronavirus pandemic has angered the U.S. state’s politicians and rattled the tourism industry in both countries. Those on the ...