The company halted its North Slope drilling rigs earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on oil demands. In 2021, the company hopes to put its Alaskan operations back on track.
Jury trials and in-person grand jury proceedings in many locations have been suspended until Jan. 4, 2021, due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state.
As Alaska's COVID-19 case counts rise, stores must prepare for holiday crowds and customers must decide whether they feel comfortable leaving home to shop.
According to the TSA, if it's a solid item, then it can go through a checkpoint. However, if you can spill it, spread it, spray it, pump it or pour it, and it's in a quantity larger than 3.4 ounces, then it should travel in a checked bag
The agency said interested parties can file comments and nominations for up to 32 tracts of land “that may be available in an upcoming oil and gas lease sale,” BLM said in a statement.
The state director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for Alaska says hearing from industry on which tracts to make available is key to conducting what he called a successful lease sale.
Alaska is among states leading the effort to use next generation genetic sequencing to track the coronavirus, according to the Department of Health and Social Services.