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BLM Looking for Dalton Highway Artist-In Residence for This Summer FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting applications through June 4 for an Artist-in-Residence who will spend one week this summer on public lands along the Dalton Highway. “The unique and creative ways our previous artists have portrayed public lands have benefited both the public and our staff. We are excited to offer this opportunity,” said Fairbanks District Manager Geoff Beyersdorf. “Th...

By Brendan Sainsbury 11 May 2021 Outside the window the frigid tundra stretched away to meet the horizon; vast, treeless and unnerving. I was the sole passenger on North Americas most northerly bus service, the Dalton Highway Express, as it bumped its way along Alaskas notorious haul road towards the ominously named settlement of Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean. The only other traveller, a laconic Canadian, had disembarked several hours previously at a desolate truck stop called...

A cyberattack forced a temporary shut down of the largest US gasoline pipeline  May 09, 2021, 10:46 AM facebook (Getty Images) The largest US refined fuel pipeline operator, Colonial Pipeline, says it was the victim of a cyber attack. The attack forced the company to halt operations of its 8,850 kilometres of pipeline. Colonial transports approximately 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. . Colonial Pipeline, the largest US refined fuel pipeline operator, has...

Ah, the great outdoors. The sun on your face, the wind at your back, and (hopefully) a space to explore with your furry pal. While a walk in the park might seem like the most obvious place in the world to bring a dog, most U.S. national parks have strict rules regarding if and where pets are allowed. Guidelines can vary greatly, so we’ve compiled a list of each one, ranking them from most to least dog-friendly, to help you plan where to take your next parks adventure with your canine compa...

Last week, Karen Melin was selected to be interim chief school administrator for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in a unanimous vote of the Board of Education. The

Book review: Do we need yet another book devoted to bears? In the case of Bjorn Dihle’s “A Shape in the Dark,” the answer may be yes.

Adam Kolton, who helped fend off development in Alaska’s wild places, dies at 53 Juliet Eilperin © Mladen Mates/Alaska Wilderness League Adam Kolton in 2017. Adam Kolton, a Washington-based environmental lobbyist and legislative activist who crusaded for a quarter-century against industrial development of Alaska’s wild places, died April 26 at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 53. The cause was complications from cancer, said his wife, Laura Kolton. Through leade...

Trilogy Metals Provides Update on Access Road News provided by Share this article VANCOUVER, BC, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Trilogy Metals Inc. (TSX: TMQ) (NYSE American: TMQ) ("Trilogy" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority ("AIDEA") has formally approved the proposed plan and budget for the 2021 summer field season activities and services of up to $13 million for the Ambler Access Project ("AAP").  The cost will be shared 50/...

My first memory of a zoo was in the late 1950, as a child of seven. This was the tiny Staten Island zoo, all of eight acres, and it had alligators, otters, bats and monkeys, along with a nationally recognized collection of rattlesnakes. I was adequately scared by the rattlesnakes and the alligators but the one creature which moved me the most, was a full grown tiger pacing back and forth in its remarkably small cage. That huge animal trapped in its little cell was one of the key moments in my p...