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The utility that feeds natural gas to 2,000 customers in the Interior has decided to change sellers in a move to stabilize the supply. At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the board of the Interior Gas Utility voted to buy natural gas from Hilcorp North Slope, LLC and have it trucked down from the North Slope. It would be the first commercialization of North Slope gas.

Magnitude-5.0 earthquake occurs near Point MacKenzie, Alaska, US, at around 15:03 AKST Nov. 17. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Lemon Creek Correctional Center’s remaining population largely male, according to department.

A special agricultural land auction is added to the state’s standard annual sale of undeveloped tracts, in hopes of starting a new farming boom in the Interior.

Dunleavy administration proposes millions for biggest Alaska farming project in decades Print article JUNEAU — The administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seeking $5 million for a 100,000-acre farming project west of the Interior town of Nenana. It’s one of a series of agricultural and land-development projects proposed by the governor in amendments to the annual capital budget, which funds construction and renovation projects across Alaska. Land sales in the new Nenana-Totchaket farmin...

on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. William Watson Woolen’s posthumously published Alaska history and travelogue, “The Inside Passage to Alaska,” includes his 1915 journey into Upper Cook Inlet. He traveled north, past Point Possession, past Fire Island and past Point MacKenzie before anchoring near the mouth of Woodrow Creek on the eastern side of Knik Arm....

Small Quake Shakes Off Oregon Coast This Weekend As Another Rattles Alaska Published 02/28/21 at 5:20 PM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Bandon, Oregon) – A small earthquake shook off the southern Oregon coast early Saturday morning, clocking in at a minor 4.0 in magnitude. Meanwhile, a larger quake rattled parts of southern Alaska a bit later in the day, reminding some Oregonians of the quake there that caused a tsunami here in the 60s. (Graphic courtesy Pacific Northwest Seism...

Earthquakes struck southern Alaska and off the Oregon coast this morning.

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Thousands of Alaskans felt the shaking Saturday when a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck eight miles northwest of Anchorage. The quake occured at a depth of 26 miles at Point MacKenzie....