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Longliners not pleased with changes to observer program December Issue 2 2012

Longliners not pleased with changes to observer program

Come January, a new observer program will take effect in the North Pacific, but not every boat is ready for it.

Palmer flight school offers range of aviation opportunities December Issue 2 2012

Palmer flight school offers range of aviation opportunities

Artic Wikle and Ken More are friends first and business partners second.

Anchorage unemployment at five-year low December Issue 1 2012

Anchorage unemployment at five-year low

Unemployment in Anchorage fell to 4.7 percent and a five-year low in October, according to a report from the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. It’s the lowest monthly unemployment figure since November 2007.

December Issue 1 2012

Biomass saves big bucks to heat, power rural schools

Rural entities across Alaska are looking for alternative sources of energy as a solution to unsustainable fuel and power bills. The Gateway School District, headquartered in Tok, appears to have found its answer to both in the woods.

December Issue 1 2012

North Pacific council to discuss bycatch, set 2013 harvests

The 2013 fisheries harvests and preliminary discussions of certain bycatch top the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s December agenda.

November Issue 3 2012

ADFG: Kenai Peninsula moose populations are declining

KENAI — Four moose were harvested in Game Management Unit 15A on the Kenai Peninsula last year, said Ted Spraker, acting chair of the Alaska Board of Game.

Southeast guide sentenced for sport license violations November Issue 3 2012

Southeast guide sentenced for sport license violations

A Southeast Alaska charter guide and lodge owner pled guilty to four counts of residency-related false statement on a sport license in Sitka court Nov. 6.

November Issue 2 2012

Interior Dept. says it will release emergency funds to pay pilots

Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced in a Nov. 1 press release that Alaska pilots waiting on payment for work done with the U.S. Department of Interior can expect to see cash arriving soon.

Dry Creek sawmill customers reach from Delta to Lebanon November Issue 2 2012

Dry Creek sawmill customers reach from Delta to Lebanon

East of Fairbanks the forested plateau of the upper Tanana River seems to roll on forever toward Canada, unbroken except for rounded hills and one place where ridges of the Alaska Range cut north.

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