A dispute between the state of Alaska and the federal government over who has the rights to 20,000 acres of land in the ...

A U.S. District Court judge in Anchorage has ruled against the state of Alaska in an 11-year-old legal dispute that has significant implications for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and state ...

The Canning River, which flows on the western edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into the Beaufort Sea, is seen from the air on Aug. 23, 2015. The coastal plain of the refuge, through which ...

The roadway proposal is part of a federal infrastructure package redistributing $183.4 million from U.S. Department of ...

Bids for oil exploration rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain will be opened on Jan. 10, a day later than originally scheduled, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has said.

The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review ...

Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National ...

The Goose Fire is seen burning in the Yukon Flats in northeast Alaska, about 41 miles east of Fort Yukon, on Aug. 4, 2022. Wildfires are part of the Yukon Flats ecosystem, but as the climate warms, ...

In the first few hours of his second presidency, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that could pave the way for oil drilling in North Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the ...

US District Judge Sharon Gleason ruled the Trump administration’s plans to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska violate federal law. The ruling came in a lawsuit that was filed by ...

An Alaska development agency is seeking bids from companies to prepare for seismic testing that could one day lead to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Alaska Industrial ...

Nearby residents have long agitated for the road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, saying it is necessary during winter emergencies. Environmentalists say it could harm a pristine area.