A vessel approaches Hilcorp’s Tyonek offshore platform in Cook Inlet, where the company was using the Spartan 151 drilling rig last summer. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) One way out of ...

The Biden administration has canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease opportunities pending before the Interior Department. The decision, which halts the potential to drill for oil in ...

The Sebastian Inlet District is spending $11 million on park improvements. About 142,000 cubic yards of sand had been placed on the beach of April 23. The north jetty project includes installing about ...

Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of ...

A spunky, black Labrador seemed to smile as he leapt into Estero Bay on Thursday — chasing after a rock thrown by his guardian, Margarete Schmidt. He looked rather pleased with himself as he trotted ...

The Trump administration on Monday outlined its plans to auction 1 million acres of federal offshore territory in what it has called the “Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale.” The lease ...