A federal judge has upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s new system to manage commercial harvests in federal waters of Cook Inlet, concluding that the agency has no obligation to extend that ...

Alaska officials are preparing to hold a lease sale for geothermal exploration rights at Augustine Volcano, a 4,133-foot peak that forms its own cone-shaped island in the southern part of Cook Inlet.

Augustine Volcano, which rises out of southern Cook Inlet, is seen from the air on March 7, 2023. The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has taken steps to prepare for a geothermal lease sale for tracts ...