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Adam Prestidge
“it is not a firm commitment that all of the permits must be obtained because that is outside of the scope of the project developer's control. That is outside of 8 Star's control. At the end of the day, if there is a regulatory agency that for some reason declined to issue permits for the Fairbanks Spur Line, we wouldn't want that to jeopardize the tax treatment for the overall project that benefits the entire state of Alaska.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Claire Knudsen-Latta
“Not knowing who will construct or operate the line means that the commission cannot answer questions about whether the spur will be economically regulated or not. Additionally, the commission cannot speak to whether the operator will seek certification under AS4206 or AS4208.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“when we talk about the Fairbanks Spur Line, we are— and again, we will give the specific final numbers, but just for frame of reference for this conversation, approximately 30 miles with a diameter of 12 to 14 inches in diameter.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“if it is Glenfarn that builds the Fairbanks Spur Line, or if it is an Alaska Native corporation, or one of the utilities, or a joint venture that includes all of those parties or some of those parties, it doesn't have an impact on the eligibility of the Alaska LNG Project. So long as these conditions are satisfied.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Claire Knudsen-Latta
“it appears the application by the Alaska Gas Line Development Corporation, or AGDC, did not include the Fairbanks Spur, and thus, it is unlikely that FERC's May 2020 decision extends its jurisdiction over the spur.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Claire Knudsen-Latta
“proposed statutory revisions with HB 381 require that for a project to be eligible for tax abatement under AS 43, 59-010, it must include a spur line to the City of Fairbanks and Fairbanks North Star Borough, and the cost of the spur line must be allocated in a just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory manner across all consumers system-wide.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026
Public comment on new Nome-area suction dredge application closes Aug. 18
DNR is taking comment through 5 p.m. Aug. 18 on a suction dredging application from Carl Fowler and Phillip Diaz in the Norton Sound Public Recreation Area. The filing follows the state's recent denial of IPOP's Bonanza Channel dredge on public trust grounds, though the new application does not state its size or expected effects.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Alaska 511 logs a fire investigation labeled EAGLE with coordinates near Juneau, not Eagle
Alaska 511 logged a wildfire investigation labeled EAGLE on Thursday afternoon, listing incident 27369 at 0.00 acres. Cause, containment and any threat to structures remain unreported.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAIA company is drilling near Cantwell for the source of half a million ounces of gold
Avidian Gold wants to drill 30 holes near Cantwell in the Valdez Creek district, hunting the source lode of more than 500,000 ounces of placer gold never traced to its origin.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
The state may give 20,000 acres near Houston to a development authority
Alaska's DNR proposes transferring nearly 20,000 acres near Houston to AIDEA at no cost for an industrial and energy district, with its review flagging reduced public trail access.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Interior transfers 1.4 million acres in Dalton corridor to Alaska
The Department of the Interior says the conveyance moves Alaska past 96% of its statehood land entitlement. State officials are taking public comment through June 26 on access across the corridor.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readA new gold claim would push mining into a creek the government has spent a decade repairing for fish
A new gold claim near Chicken would extend mining into Jack Wade Creek headwaters, where the BLM has spent a decade restoring salmon and grayling habitat in the Fortymile Wild and Scenic River corridor.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min readAI
The state plans to sell Granite Construction gravel near Chickaloon, without competitive bidding
Alaska's DNR plans a no-bid sale of 40,000 cubic yards of gravel to Granite Construction near Chickaloon, on a Glenn Highway stretch it is already repaving.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago1 min readAI
Placer mining sought on Glacier Creek near Candle, with comments due Aug. 26
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources posted notice Wednesday of a placer mining and reclamation application on Glacier Creek in the Fairhaven Mining District. The notice does not name the applicant or the scale of proposed work. APMA approvals run one to 10 years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI
Alaska moves to hand four more land tracts to a housing agency, no bidding required
Alaska DNR issued four public notices proposing noncompetitive sales of state land to Alaska Housing Finance Corporation in the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough. Comments are due Sept. 1 and Sept. 2.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Alaska would give up a land claim so three Native Vietnam veterans can finally get their allotments
Alaska's DNR is taking comment on relinquishing its claim to about 480 acres on the Yukon River so three Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans can receive long-delayed land allotments.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A landslide cut rail service to Denali after record Talkeetna rain
A landslide north of Talkeetna cut Alaska Railroad service to Denali in late July after record rain, in a corridor already under a flood and erosion emergency.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
The company behind Fort Knox is prospecting for gold near Delta Junction
Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc. and Tower Exploration LLC have applied to drill and trench in the Canyon Creek area of the Richardson Mining District; written comments are due by 5 p.m. on July 15, 2026, one week away.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A North Slope river keeps chewing toward the pipeline, and Alyeska keeps armoring it
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company has applied to add about 26.1 acres along the east bank of the Sagavanirktok River to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right-of-way, ADL 63574, for permanent riprap stockpiles. DNR is taking public input on the application.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A new Nome dredge application enters the pipeline that just rejected a fiercely fought gold mine
Alaska DNR has received a Multi-Agency Application for Permits to Mine in Alaska for suction dredging near Nome. The notice is a receipt, not an approval, and no comment-period outcome appears in the available documents.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska's first big AI data center clears a hurdle on the North Slope
STAK Energy has state preliminary approval to lease North Slope land for a gas-powered AI data center near Deadhorse.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Boyle files to challenge Holland in high-turnout South Anchorage House Seat.
Former DNR Commissioner John Boyle has filed to challenge Rep. Ky Holland in House District 9, Alaska's highest-turnout House district covering south Anchorage hillside and Turnagain Arm communities.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
A 20-acre parcel near Homer is headed to public hands — but for what?
Alaska proposes a no-auction sale of 20 acres near Homer to a public or charitable applicant; comments due Aug. 31, alongside a housing-agency parcel near Cheri Lakes.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Four wildfires broke out on the North Slope within 17 minutes Thursday
Alaska 511 logged four new wildfire investigations in the Brooks Range foothills on Thursday afternoon, all discovered between 3:01 and 3:18 p.m. AKDT and spread across roughly 40 miles at their widest point. All four show 0.00 acres, and cause has not been determined.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A Brooks Range hunting guide wants a permanent camp in the wild
A Brooks Range big-game guide has asked Alaska to let him build a permanent camp — a cabin, tent platform, and privy — replacing portable-camp rules at a remote Eastern Brooks Range site.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Buried under the Kenai refuge: seismic data on a stranded Cook Inlet gas find is about to go public
Alaska is set to release formerly confidential seismic data from the Shadura gas prospect near Nikiski, a subsurface look at Cook Inlet as Southcentral faces a natural gas shortage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Earth Sciences ask DNR for fuel cache permit in western Alaska Range
The DNR published a public notice May 20 for 11 remote fuel cache sites but set a June 3 comment deadline. That gives affected guides, hunters, and tribal entities two weeks to respond to a permit that could affect backcountry access and spill risk across the western Alaska Range through November.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min readAI
Nenana River erosion threatens Alaska Railroad mainline; DNR proposes 6-acre land sale near Healy
Alaska DNR filed a preliminary decision to sell 6.31 acres of state land in the Denali Borough to the Alaska Railroad Corporation so the railroad can shift its mainline tracks away from an actively eroding Nenana River bank near mileposts 379.6 to 379.8, about 20 miles north of Healy. Written comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on August 14; only those who comment may later appeal.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readAI
Gold-exploration filings cluster in a historic Interior district
Alaska DNR is reviewing three Multi-Agency Applications for Permits to Mine in Alaska for hardrock exploration in the Valdez Creek Mining District, one at the Golden Zone area near Cantwell and two near Paxson. The public notices were published July 30, July 31 and Aug. 4.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Alaska eyes $3B carbon revenue from 600,000 burned acres
Alaska has regulatory framework in place to lease state lands for carbon offset projects that could generate over $3 billion in revenue over 20 years from approximately 600,000 acres of previously forested interior lands suitable for reforestation, a panel discussion Wednesday revealed.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Is Selling Off Pieces of Itself — to Alaskans First
Alaska's DNR opened 152 state land parcels for auction this fall, open only to residents — a range of road-accessible and remote lots, with state financing available.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A small gold permit, on a river fighting for its future
A placer gold mining application on a Susitna tributary highlights growing pressure on the salmon river, as a proposed industrial access road could open the watershed to more mining.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Comment deadline looms on basecamp permit near Denali Highway milepost 86.5
Nathaniel Tuma, doing business as Legacy Guides and Outfitters, has applied for a five-year DNR land use permit to build a year-round commercial basecamp on state land near Denali Highway milepost 86.5; written comments are due by 5:00 PM on July 27.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
DNR offers 50-year North Slope lease for gas-powered data center
The state's preliminary decision would lease 715 acres near Deadhorse to STAK Energy for a 1-3 gigawatt natural gas facility. Written comments are due June 15.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
The fight to keep Red Dog alive past 2031
A small state land lease near Red Dog points to a bigger story — Teck's push to extend one of the world's top zinc mines past 2031 through the Aktigiruq and Anarraaq deposits, vital to the Northwest Arctic economy.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min readAI
Tok suspends burn permits ahead of Chickenstock festival
Fire managers suspended burn permits in the Tok Fire Prevention Area on Wednesday, citing hot, dry weather and the influx of visitors expected for the Chickenstock music event in the Fortymile Country.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska is auctioning 18 Fairbanks-area timber sales
The Division of Forestry and Fire Protection will auction 18 Fairbanks-area timber sales by live oral outcry at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at the Fairbanks DNR Office. Bidders need an Alaska Business License and a deposit of at least 10 percent of the opening bid.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
DNR proposes lower easement fees for long utility corridors; comment deadline Aug. 17
Alaska DNR is proposing to cut per-linear-foot easement fees for public utility projects beyond 100 miles and cap annual entry authorization fees at $20,000, with written comments due by 5 p.m. on August 17, 2026.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readAI
DNR proposes mandatory back-fees for unauthorized use of state land
A proposed Alaska DNR rule change would require anyone seeking to legalize an unauthorized installation on state land to pay annual fees for every year it occupied that land before approval, replacing discretionary director's-order language with a mandatory payment obligation; limited waivers remain available.
by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Delta burn permits suspended Wednesday as fire conditions worsen
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection suspended all burn permits in the Delta Fire Prevention Area on Wednesday, July 8, citing low humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuels. Debris burning and burn barrels are prohibited with no set end date.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A typo froze Sutton's wild rec area for eight years. Not anymore.
Alaska fixed a land-description error that blocked rules for the Jonesville Public Use Area near Sutton for eight years, clearing the way for safety and recreation management.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Mastadon Fire reaches full containment after drone-guided mop-up
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection declared the Mastadon Fire 100% contained on June 5 after infrared drone flights identified remaining heat sources, demonstrating how the state is using aerial technology to accelerate containment and crew release during an active fire season.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
DNR proposes free land transfer to Alaska Railroad; comment window open
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has posted a public notice proposing to convey state-owned railroad corridor land to the Alaska Railroad Corporation at no cost under a public and charitable use statute; only those who submit written comments by the July 2026 deadline can later file a formal appeal.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
State plans a gravel sale on the Parks Highway near Denali
Alaska DNR gave notice it intends to issue a negotiated gravel sale near Parks Highway Milepost 230, under a material-site system an ombudsman criticized in 2019.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
DNR advances Graphite One drilling permit near Nome
DNR's Northern Regional Office reissued Land Use Permit LAS 34053 to Graphite One (Alaska) Inc. on May 29 for exploration drilling on state-managed land near Nome. The decision is a reissuance of an existing authorization; broader project context is not part of the public notice.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Smokejumpers, hotshots battle 52-acre Yenlo Fire near Talkeetna
A remote wildfire north of Skwentna quintupled overnight to 52 acres, drawing elite crews and aerial resources to protect cabins in the upper Susitna corridor before peak fire season.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI