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Groups Rush to Court to Stop ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project Winter Road Construction and Gravel Mining ANCHORAGE (AK)— Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and five allied groups filed a motion in U.S. District Court last week requesting a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to stop ConocoPhillips from starting winter road construction and gravel mining for its Willow project. “We have experienced rising health issues, and the dismantling of traditional practices and food sources because of oil extraction and industrialization on the Arctic Slope,” said Siqiñiq ...

Caller Makes Bomb Threat at Anchorage International Airport (Anchorage) – At approximately 9:05 p.m. Wednesday, the ANC Airport Communications Center received a phone call stating the caller had placed a bomb in the South Terminal in the area of the Alaska Airlines ticket lobby.   Anchorage Airport Police Officers responded to the area, and positively identified the bag based on the caller’s description.  Occupants of the terminal were quickly moved to a safe distance away from the bag. At approximately 9:10 p.m. Anchorage Airport Police located the suspect who identified hims...