ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - More than two million acres of Alaska land are now open for oil, gas, and mineral development after a major decision by the Interior Secretary on Friday. Interior Secretary ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian country ...

Members of the U.S. Senate last week proposed a major sale of federal land as part of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” proposed by Republicans to fund the U.S. government. If adopted, the proposed sale could ...

On July 9, 2025, the President signed into law the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 (“ANVMLRA”). This legislation will permit Alaska Native Village Corporations to recover ...

Tlingit natives gather for a dance at Marine Park in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008. (Gillfoto from Wikipedia via Courthouse News). (CN) — A federal judge, on Wednesday, ruled against the Tlingit & Haida ...

Last February, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed an order that enabled a massive transfer of public lands to the state of Alaska. The land—1.4 million acres previously administered by the Bureau ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has tentatively decided that oil and gas exploration should be allowed on state land in the vicinity of the Yukon River. In a public notice published March 4 ...

Tlingit tribal members march down Front Street in downtown Juneau on June 8, 2024, during Celebration 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the ...