Suzanne Downing

A federal judge has ruled that the US Department of the Interior failed to obtain a required court order before canceling oil and gas leases held by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Judge Sharon Gleason’s decision represents a massive victory for AIDEA, which has been fighting to […]

The US Supreme Court voted 7-2 to uphold a Biden Administration regulation targeting “ghost guns” — firearms assembled from components or kits that lack serial numbers and are untraceable. Many hobbyists enjoy making these types of firearms. The Biden rule mades unserialized “buy build shoot” kits illegal. Gun plans and molding materials for 3-D printers […]

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order aimed at Venezuelan oil and the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The order expands previous sanctions and introduces even more tariffs in response to Venezuela’s ongoing destabilizing activities, including infiltration of U.S. borders by the murderous Venezuelan-based criminal gang Tren de Aragua. This time, the tariffs […]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully blocked a Biden Administration rule that mandated the use of gender identity ideologies in foster care placements. The case has national implications. A federal district court judge in Eastern Texas ruled that the US Department of Health and Human Services, under former Secretary Xavier Becerra, lacked the statutory […]

A search is under way after a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, with tail number N3342M, was reported missing on the Kenai Peninsula. There were three souls onboard, according to the Alaska State Troopers on Sunday. Troopers said the location is believed to be in the area of Tustemena Lake and the Kenai Mountains, east of […]

KSRM News reports that the family of those aboard a missing plane on the Kenai Peninsula says it has received a report that the plane was spotted on a frozen lake, with people walking around it. The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser was reported missing Sunday night; the US Coast Guard launched a search at daybreak […]

Gender transition of minors is bad medicine. So says the Alaska State Medical Board, which unanimously adopted a statement urging the Alaska Legislature to outlaw chemical castration and surgical gender transition treatments for minors. The statement, sent to all 60 members of the Legislature, reflects growing national scrutiny over such interventions. The Board’s statement was […]

It’s been a big day for the Alaska economy. Using wartime powers under the Defense Production Act, President Donald Trump’s latest executive order aims to bolster domestic mineral production to improve national and economic security by reducing reliance on foreign mineral supplies. His order intends to boost domestic output of such minerals as cobalt and […]

In front of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Taiwan’s state-owned oil and gas company CPC has signed a letter of intent to invest in the Alaska LNG export project and purchase liquefied natural gas from it. The agreement reached on Thursday was signed by CPC and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, the state agency in charge […]

The EPA issued over $500,000 in fines against Alaska businesses in 2024, for violating such things as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. Some of the violations are due to simple deficits in recordkeeping and most fines were settlements with the entities listed. In one violation cited […]