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Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon - August 26, 2026

State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

Gasoline hits $26 per gallon in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - August 24, 2026

Across the United States, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $4.10 on Thursday.

First week of third gasline special session ends with no action by Dunleavy or Alaska Legislature

News James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - August 3, 2026

The Alaska Legislature ended the first week of its third special session on the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline with no action.

As winter approaches, Southcentral Alaska utilities are worried about running short of gas

News James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - July 29, 2026

After a cold spring, they’re planning for a worst-case scenario next winter and doing their best to avoid it.

Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’

News Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon - July 20, 2026

Behind the scenes of a climactic day in the Alaska Legislature for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.

Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park, with data centers

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - July 17, 2026

The AIDEA proposal is generating some enthusiasm, and some concerns about its inclusion of data centers.

Dunleavy administration backs 20,000-acre giveaway to AIDEA

Commentary Dermot Cole - July 14, 2026

The state is rushing through a plan to give away 20,000 acres of state land near Houston to the Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority.

Once-certain AKLNG tax cut deal unravels as legislators grapple with S-corp taxes, secret agreements and slights

News Matt Acuña Buxton - July 8, 2026

Legislators are midway through the second special session of the year.

Urban Alaska’s high costs of living driven by health care and groceries

Anchorage Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon - July 8, 2026

Juneau is the costliest of the state’s three major cities, followed by Anchorage and Fairbanks, according to the annual analysis by the Alaska Department of Labor.

With tens of millions at stake, feud over trans-Alaska pipeline value heads to court

News Victoria Petersen - July 1, 2026

Alaska’s major oil companies, and three municipalities, have filed separate appeals of a state tax board decision that set the value of the pipeline at $13 billion.

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