A looming shortage of Cook Inlet natural gas means a majority of Alaska residents are likely to see a jump in costs in the coming years to heat and power their homes, according to a new report ...

FILE - Visitors to Point Woronzof Park watch the sun set over Cook Inlet and Mount Susitna, on June 7, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. A federal judge on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, has suspended the lone ...

With the clock ticking on Alaska’s legislative session, friction is growing between lawmakers and Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) over ...

An unusual offering of royalty-free oil and gas leases in the Cook Inlet basin drew a few bids, with state officials describing the experiment as successful. Bids for six tracts were submitted in the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups today threatened to sue the Trump administration for approving oil exploration in Alaska’s Cook Inlet after new federal data found a dramatic decline in the area ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The population of endangered beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet continues to decline, federal marine mammal authorities announced Tuesday. A biennial survey conducted by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A northern pike is seen swimming in this undated photo. (Photo provided by the National Park Service) A northern pike is seen ...

The dire state of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, which is now below 300 animals and has continued to decline, is blamed on a variety of factors. They include industrial noise, urban ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal ...