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Nathaniel Herz is an Anchorage-based journalist and the author of Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here.
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Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year. Does anyone care?

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Premiums for Alaska health insurance plans on the federal marketplace have spiked more than 50% over the past three years.
Environment

Hilcorp again eyes Interior Alaska for oil exploration

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Hilcorp has previously explored in the area in a partnership with Doyon, the Native-owned regional corporation for Interior Alaska. 
News

Small Cook Inlet producers say they need state government help before drilling for new natural gas

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One company, Bluecrest, said it will need more support even after a state agency agreed to forgive some $7 million in loans. Another company, HEX, says it needs the state to agree to a royalty reduction before it will drill a well.
Economy

Alaska’s embattled economic development agency signs contracts with seven law firms

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AIDEA has long used outside attorneys. What’s new is selecting firms in advance, which the agency's leader says allows work to happen more quickly than going through the state’s procurement process each time an issue comes up.
News

Alaska lawmakers rejected Dunleavy’s first pick, a talk show host, for a lucrative fish job. His new pick? An ex-talk show host

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Meet Rick Green, the new face of Alaska's fisheries regulation.
Environment

Shell abandons North Slope oil leases, raising questions about the industry’s future in Alaska

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As the world pivots toward lower-carbon energy sources in response to global warming, experts say some of the state’s hard-to-tap oil prospects are becoming less attractive.
Environment

Biden administration advances bid to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered or threatened

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Experts say that the conservation group’s request, if granted, could force restrictions not just on salmon fishermen but also on activity that affects river habitat, like road and residential construction.
Environment

Something woolly is afoot in Alaska

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A mammoth investigation.
News

This oil platform stopped pumping 30 years ago. Alaska still won’t make the owner tear it down

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Removing all the offshore oil infrastructure from Cook Inlet could cost $1 billion. But some platforms have sat idle for decades, as inspectors say they're in an "advanced state of disrepair."
Environment

An Alaska Olympian went to D.C. to testify on climate change. Then a senator dredged up four-year-old tweets

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Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy subjected Anchorage cross-country skier Gus Schumacher to a pop quiz about climate science in an exchange that went viral in conservative circles.
News

AIDEA signs new consulting contracts, two with ex-Dunleavy aides, paying up to $295/hour

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This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. Alaska’s state-owned economic development agency has retained four consultants aimed at boosting its...
Economy

New grant could revolutionize home heating and power generation for Northwest Alaska

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The 850 heat pumps represent one for “every residence” in the villages of Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Noorvik, Selawik and Shungnak.
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