By Lauren Maxwell, Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
Three Trump Cabinet members began a tour at a key point of operations at a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean in Alaska on Monday, part of a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state.
The historic riverboat SS Nenana may see $500,000 in federal maintenance funding come through after the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly voted 5-3 to request borough Mayor Grier Hopkins to allow the group Friends of S.S. Nenana to accept the money.
As Lavelle's Bistro will soon close, other changes to Fairbanks restaurants could produce a small rise in unemployment, but a strong economy in Fairbanks suggests the impacts will be minimal.
Tourists are back in downtown Anchorage in full force, and according to Visit Anchorage, the city is anticipating a tourism season similar to years prior.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a budget for the next fiscal year, restoring Mary Siah Recreation Center and putting an additional $2.7 million into local education.
Garden Island Deli, a convenience store, liquor store, and sandwich shop on Illinois Street in Fairbanks, plans to close this week after nearly 60 years in business.
As lawmakers debate whether or not to use to draw on the Constitutional Budget Reserve for the purpose of covering a portion of the state’s budget deficit this year, you might be wondering exactly what the CBR is, how it works, and what it can do for Alaskans.
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce recognized on Monday the many business partnership programs that support local schools and that connect with students for their outstanding involvement in its annual Spirit of Tomorrow Awards ceremony.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal funding cuts are impacting allocations to programs meant to help provide increased access to locally grown food.
State lawmakers grappling with an already-massive budget deficit for both the current and upcoming budget years are now facing another layer to that huge challenge in plummeting oil prices, which have fallen about 15% overall since the Trump Administration’s announcement of sweeping tariffs.
The Alaska Permanent Fund, the No. 1 source of general-purpose revenue for state services and the Permanent Fund dividend, suffered a multibillion-dollar loss during last week’s stock market crash.
The renewed push for the development of a new liquefied natural gas line in Alaska is prompting more heated debate over the future of resource development in the state.
Stocks on Wall Street took a nosedive Thursday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump announced widespread tariffs on a majority of goods imported into the United States.
As lawmakers across the country respond with mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday of sweeping tariffs, Alaskans are also reacting.
In a press conference on Thursday evening, Governor Mike Dunleavy described meetings with several Asian countries to discuss liquified natural gas projects as positive, including a letter of intent that was signed in Taiwan.
A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled in favor of Alaska’s state-owned investment bank in a lawsuit that could clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to the Alaska Beacon.
The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war, according to the Alaska Beacon.
In line with Trump’s executive order on Alaska energy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the agency will reopen about 80% of the National Petroleum Reserve for lease to energy developers.
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has announced its plan to conduct a feasibility study to improve road access in Southeast Alaska.
In an effort to continue the downsizing of the federal government, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday titled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.”
The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state revenue forecast published Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Revenue, according to the Alaska Beacon.
For now, the economy appears to be stable, but fears of a downturn are rising as investors, economists, and business executives are realizing that Trump’s import taxes are much more at the forefront of his economic policy this time than his last term in the White House.
The warning was delivered via a press conference in the Oval Office on Friday, and it came one day after Trump issued a one-month reprieve to Canada on 25% tariffs.
With President Donald Trump telling members of Congress Tuesday new U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico, Canada and China will mean “a little disturbance,” an Alaska economist used coffee as an example to say 49th state consumers should prepare to pay even higher than the Lower 48 because of Alaska’s historic difficulty importing items.
In the wake of recent Trump administration-signed executive orders, nonprofits nationwide are facing the possibility of significant federal funding cuts, leaving hundreds of Alaska tribes and nonprofit organizations confused and worried.
Governor Mike Dunleavy released a video on Monday giving more detail on HB 111, which would lift a longtime ban on certain types of commercial fish farming if passed.
The Permanent Fund’s leadership and its hired management firm ignored or overlooked warning signs leading up to a $29 million deal between the state of Alaska and Peter Pan Seafood, according to details uncovered by a ProPublica investigation.
The Bering Sea snow crab season opened in October after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled back-to-back seasons in 2022-23 and 2023-24 due to low population numbers.
The wake of President Donald Trump’s potential energy deal between the United States and Japan is garnering reaction from experts in the oil and gas industry.
