July-Issue-5 2012

 

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Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson dies at age 101

Intelligent. Diplomatic. Principled and ethical. Gentle but firm. Mrs. Rasmuson spent her life breaking barriers, challenging conventions, and seeking to improve opportunities for those around her.
Rasmuson Foundation

Board to consider emergency Kenai petitions

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is expected to again meet in emergency session to consider several petitions dealing with Kenai River king and sockeye salmon.
Associated Press

BP posts Q2 loss as output, oil prices fall

Oil company BP reported Tuesday a loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter due to lower prices and production and as it wrote down the value of some assets, including shale gas in the U.S.
ROBERT BARR, Associated Press

Post office nears historic default on $5B payment

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink.
HOPE YEN, Associated Press

Fed could be moving to more bond buying

The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy.
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer

TransCanada to gauge interest in gas line

The holder of an exclusive license to build a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska plans to again gauge market interest in the project.
BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

NOAA team continues debris survey

Government scientists have resumed their survey of Alaska's coastline for marine debris.
Associated Press

Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather

As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Natural gas futures in New York have surged 67 percent since hitting a 10-year low this spring.
CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer

Stocks drift lower on Wall Street; Shaw soars

U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday, following big gains last week on expectations that European leaders would take action to calm the region's debt crisis.
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

All eyes on ECB's Draghi to fight crisis

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has already taken Europe's monetary authority into uncharted territory.
DAVID McHUGH, AP Business Writer

SeaLife Center takes in stranded walrus calf

The calf, estimated to be four to six weeks old, was found by local fisherman who spotted the calf in North Salt Lagoon in Barrow.
The Journal of Commerce

Board of Fisheries rejects setnetter appeals

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted Thursday not to consider a half-dozen petitions from commercial setnetters aimed at allowing them to put their nets back in the water and participate in what is turning out to be a robust run of Kenai River red salmon.
MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press

Archive »Oil & Gas

BP posts Q2 loss as output, oil prices fall

Oil company BP reported Tuesday a loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter due to lower prices and production and as it wrote down the value of some assets, including shale gas in the U.S.
ROBERT BARR, Associated Press

TransCanada to gauge interest in gas line

The holder of an exclusive license to build a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska plans to again gauge market interest in the project.
BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather

As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Natural gas futures in New York have surged 67 percent since hitting a 10-year low this spring.
CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer

Archive »Alaska Politics

Board to consider emergency Kenai petitions

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is expected to again meet in emergency session to consider several petitions dealing with Kenai River king and sockeye salmon.
Associated Press

Archive »Finance

BP posts Q2 loss as output, oil prices fall

Oil company BP reported Tuesday a loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter due to lower prices and production and as it wrote down the value of some assets, including shale gas in the U.S.
ROBERT BARR, Associated Press

Fed could be moving to more bond buying

The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy.
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer

Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather

As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Natural gas futures in New York have surged 67 percent since hitting a 10-year low this spring.
CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer

Stocks drift lower on Wall Street; Shaw soars

U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday, following big gains last week on expectations that European leaders would take action to calm the region's debt crisis.
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

All eyes on ECB's Draghi to fight crisis

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has already taken Europe's monetary authority into uncharted territory.
DAVID McHUGH, AP Business Writer

Archive »Features

Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson dies at age 101

Intelligent. Diplomatic. Principled and ethical. Gentle but firm. Mrs. Rasmuson spent her life breaking barriers, challenging conventions, and seeking to improve opportunities for those around her.
Rasmuson Foundation

SeaLife Center takes in stranded walrus calf

The calf, estimated to be four to six weeks old, was found by local fisherman who spotted the calf in North Salt Lagoon in Barrow.
The Journal of Commerce

Archive »Fishery Stories

Board to consider emergency Kenai petitions

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is expected to again meet in emergency session to consider several petitions dealing with Kenai River king and sockeye salmon.
Associated Press

NOAA team continues debris survey

Government scientists have resumed their survey of Alaska's coastline for marine debris.
Associated Press

SeaLife Center takes in stranded walrus calf

The calf, estimated to be four to six weeks old, was found by local fisherman who spotted the calf in North Salt Lagoon in Barrow.
The Journal of Commerce

Board of Fisheries rejects setnetter appeals

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted Thursday not to consider a half-dozen petitions from commercial setnetters aimed at allowing them to put their nets back in the water and participate in what is turning out to be a robust run of Kenai River red salmon.
MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press

Archive »General News

Post office nears historic default on $5B payment

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink.
HOPE YEN, Associated Press

Fed could be moving to more bond buying

The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy.
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer

NOAA team continues debris survey

Government scientists have resumed their survey of Alaska's coastline for marine debris.
Associated Press

Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather

As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Natural gas futures in New York have surged 67 percent since hitting a 10-year low this spring.
CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer

Stocks drift lower on Wall Street; Shaw soars

U.S. stocks drifted lower Monday, following big gains last week on expectations that European leaders would take action to calm the region's debt crisis.
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

All eyes on ECB's Draghi to fight crisis

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has already taken Europe's monetary authority into uncharted territory.
DAVID McHUGH, AP Business Writer

SeaLife Center takes in stranded walrus calf

The calf, estimated to be four to six weeks old, was found by local fisherman who spotted the calf in North Salt Lagoon in Barrow.
The Journal of Commerce

Board of Fisheries rejects setnetter appeals

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted Thursday not to consider a half-dozen petitions from commercial setnetters aimed at allowing them to put their nets back in the water and participate in what is turning out to be a robust run of Kenai River red salmon.
MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press