Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

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Nathaniel Herz is an Anchorage-based journalist and the author of Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here.

Dunleavy’s Investment Whisperer, a Death on the North Slope

This week’s digest of short news items from across Alaska includes items on the death of a North Slope oil industry engineer who was...

Anchorage’s Electric Utility Elects Two “Clean Energy” Board Candidates, Re-Elects Incumbent Chair

Members of Chugach Electric Association, the Anchorage-based cooperative utility that generates nearly half of urban Alaska’s power, rejected one incumbent and elected two new...

As Natural Gas Shortage Looms, Alaska Utilities and Advocates Feud Over Renewable Power Bill

Even before Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a bill to require the state’s utilities to generate more power from renewable sources, executives were...

To Protect Orcas, Federal Judge Orders Closure of Iconic Southeast Alaska Troll Fishery

A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that appears to close an iconic Southeast Alaska salmon fishery for at least the summer season —...

Anchorage’s electric utility is having the most hotly contested election in years

This survey was produced in collaboration with the Northern Journal, a newsletter published by Nathaniel Herz, and the Anchorage Daily News. It is republished here...

AIDEA paid $63,500 to settle ex-spokesman’s wrongful termination lawsuit

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration late last year quietly settled a lawsuit against the state’s embattled economic development agency, agreeing to pay its former...

Letter from Yakutat: Deep cuts on the Lost Coast

Centuries ago, a few dozen Alaska Natives left their home on an epic migration. They were of Ahtna descent, and their trip began in Alaska’s...

Inside Kodiak’s Crab Standoff

After the heat wave-induced collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab fishery, some fishermen were looking, with hope, at the upcoming tanner crab harvest out of...

Alaska wants to profit by leaving timber uncut and pumping carbon underground

For decades, Alaska’s economy has depended on the extraction and harvest of natural resources — industries like pumping oil out of the ground, and...

Alaska attorney general headlines $15,000-a-head fundraiser for conservative group

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is headlining a $15,000-per-person fundraiser for a conservative organization that ran attack ads against liberal state legislators this year...

Mary Peltola ran as pro-fish and anti-bycatch: Here’s what her agenda could look like in Congress

Pro-fish. Fish, family, freedom. The campaign slogans were everywhere. Mary Peltola, the Democrat who this year became Alaska’s first woman and first Native person to hold...

ConocoPhillips loses bid to limit competitor’s access to Alaska’s next big oil project

Oil company Santos scored a victory last week over competitor ConocoPhillips in a long-running dispute over roads needed to access Alaska’s next big petroleum...

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