Despite the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration is proceeding with new oil leasing on Alaska’s North Slope.

President Warren Harding first set aside the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska in 1923 as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy.

Way back in 1991, as the once-mighty Soviet Union disintegrated and Westerners cheered, Vladimir Putin’s favorite rock ‘n’ ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and wolves — and may hold vast amounts of crude oil.

A 187-acre stretch of wetlands and coastal meadow along the Icy Strait is now protected under a new conservation easement between the Southeast Alaska Land Trust and the DeBoer family.

Oil and gas companies bid more than $6.6 million Tuesday for federal land in North Dakota, as the Bureau of Land Management ...

State and federal officials have spent years recommending steps to mitigate flood risks in rural Alaska. Most have not been ...

President Trump signed an executive order on October 6 authorizing construction of the proposed 211-mile Ambler Road in ...

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people ...

The move aligns with a broader national push to limit land sales to individuals or corporations tied to countries deemed national security threats, such as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.

Trump's approval edges up despite Americans blaming Republicans for shutdown Americans blame Republican lawmakers more than Democratic lawmakers for a partial government shutdown, according to a new ...

The Willamette River Preservation Trust (WRPT) has received a major boost to its conservation efforts with the donation of a ...