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Late, missing payments frustrate pilots working for DOITroy Cambier is a pilot for hire. He is owner and operator of Chena River Aviation, based in Fairbanks. Cambier flies his four-seat Robinson R-44 helicopter throughout Alaska filling a transportation void wherever it’s found. |
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Research vessel launches in WisconsinAn Alaska-bound vessel capable of traveling through first-year ice was launched in Marinette, Wis., Oct. 13. |
October Issue 3 2012 |
USDA provides nearly $29M in grants for rural infrastructureU.S. Department of Agriculture officials announced 16 rural Alaska communities will receive funding to improve health and water quality in the villages. The majority of the money will be used in Native villages to fund development of community water and wastewater disposal systems. |
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Mariculture industry still small but growing in AlaskaA small mariculture industry for Alaska – oyster farming for the most part – has been developing in fits and starts for years, and a small group of dedicated seafood entrepreneurs are working away at it, convinced the business can succeed. |
October Issue 3 2012 |
Editorial: Romney gets in Obama’s face over lies on energyBack in September 2008 during the good ol’ days of Hopenchange, then-candidate Barack Obama gave the following instructions to one of his adoring crowds in Nevada. |
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Commentary: Alaska’s Eye on Wall Street: Climbing the wall of worry?The equity markets have been on a roll. U.S. stocks gained 6.4 percent in the third quarter and are up 16.4 percent year-to-date. The broader EAFE index of non-U.S. international stock markets did slightly better, up 6.9 percent in Q3 but only 10.1 percent year-to-date. Meanwhile bond yields in the U.S. seem stuck in a narrow trading range around 1.6 percent on the 10-year Treasury. |
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Health changes spur more part-time jobsNEW YORK (AP) — The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants is putting more workers on part-time status in a test aimed at limiting costs from President Barack Obama’s health care law. |
October Issue 3 2012 |
Japan firms open Alaska office to pursue LNGA consortium of Japanese companies has opened an office in Alaska with hopes of working with the State of Alaska, North Slope producers and TransCanada Corp. on a large Alaska natural gas liquefaction project, and fast-tracking the project to build it by 2017 or 2018. |
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Shell finally gets OK for Arctic Challenger spill bargeIt’s too late for Shell’s 2012 Arctic exploration program but a specialized spill response barge with oil and gas and water separation capabilities built by the company has been given final U.S. Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping certifications, Coast Guard and Shell officials told U.S. Sen. Mark Begich at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Anchorage Oct. 11. |
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State seeks answers to salmon shortage; cod stocks reboundState fishery managers are asking for input from Alaskans to help solve the case of disappearing king salmon. |
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