The Anchorage Assembly approved a measure that could be a step toward reviving the controversial Holtan Hills housing project in Girdwood, though Mayor Dave Bronson and Assembly members quarreled over how it would be funded. The mayor vetoed the measure several days later, but the Assembly can resurrect it with a veto override vote.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in April that its 2020 decision rejecting approval of the controversial Pebble mine in Southwest Alaska was not properly completed and needs further review in some areas. The 81-page decision favors mine developer Pebble Limited Partnership, which had appealed the permit denial.
The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport continued to move up the global ladder in cargo shipments last year, jumping to third place and switching spots with Shanghai Pudong Airport in China, the airport
The Biden administration announced a host of new environmental protections to limit future drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, just before it approved development of the massive Willow oil field.