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The new rule would bar sport hunters from using bait, such as bacon grease, pastries, syrup or dog food, to attract bears, the agency said.
Some of the groups who filed the petition, including the Center for Biological Diversity and Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, are among those who have asked an appeals court to overturn the approval of the Willow project.
A judge ruled that state elections officials did not violate the law or regulations when they let the measure’s sponsors correct errors in petition booklets that had already been turned in.
The agreement, finalized late last week, seeks a daily limit of 16,000 cruise passengers Sundays through Fridays and 12,000 on Saturdays.
The plaintiffs are asking the judge to disqualify a measure aimed at repealing Alaska’s ranked choice voting system from the November ballot.
The decision released Friday comes in a case that dates to 2012, when Alaska State Troopers had received a tip that a man was growing marijuana on his property north of Fairbanks.
Debate over school funding is dominating the Alaska Legislature as districts faces teacher shortages and, in some cases, multimillion-dollar deficits.
Environmentalists and the grassroots group Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last March’s approval overturned.
Much of the capital’s snow so far this year has come from two storms that lasted for days. Officials have urged people to avoid nonessential travel.
The helicopters were among 14 aircraft that were flying from Donnelly Training Area to Fort Wainwright on a route that included passing through a mountainous area.
The judge rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter construction work for the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope while the groups’ legal fight wages on.
The judge rejected calls made by a grassroots Iñupiat group and environmentalists to vacate the approval and dismissed their claims against the project, which has widespread political support in Alaska. The groups planned to appeal.
The dividend has become a blessing and a curse in a state that for decades has ridden the boom-bust cycle of oil, and it now competes for funding with state services.
Zarrius Ray Hildabrand faces murder and evidence tampering charges in the death of Saria Hildabrand this month.
A walrus calf is being nursed back to health at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward after being found on its own about four miles inland by oil field workers on the North Slope.