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Gov. Mike Dunleavy made significant vetoes to the state budget for the second straight year before signing it, but he said many of the cuts will be backfilled with federal coronavirus aid the state is expected to receive. -
As Alaska’s top doctor put it, “We know the fish are coming regardless of COVID-19 or not and we can’t ask them to stay home.”
Oil & Gas
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Oil prices are in the tank worldwide, but a confluence of factors has caused the value of Alaska... Read More -
Alaska’s largest oil producer announced this week that it will demobilize its drilling rig fleet at... Read More
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With one unique North Slope oil discovery already in hand, a small group of explorers claims to... Read More -
State regulators want more details about Hilcorp Alaska’s “access to capital” as it seeks to buy BP... Read More -
A small Australian explorer is reporting mixed initial results from an exploration well drilled... Read More
Fisheries
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The U.S. seafood industry received a $300 million assist from the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief... Read More -
Like almost all industries and institutions across Alaska, the novel coronavirus pandemic is... Read More -
The Pacific halibut fishery opened on March 14 amid little fanfare and flattened markets. The... Read More
Mining
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Bureau of Land Management officials maintained their support for the most direct proposed road... Read More -
They’re undeniably complex, dry, arcane and seemingly always published in painfully hard-to-read... Read More -
A leaked summary of the Pebble mine project’s preliminary final environmental impact statement says... Read More
Small Business
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A few months ago, Jasmin Smith closed her longtime venture The Business Boutique to focus on Baby... Read More -
Economists generally agree that Alaska’s recession is over, but small businesses — often the first... Read More -
Editor’s note: The following includes excerpts from the University of Alaska Center for Economic... Read More -
On May 13, 2005, Fairbanks residents awoke to a startling possibility: the loss of as much as a... Read More
Opinion
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Today we view "2 Young 2 Restless: COVID-19 Drift," the sequel to “The Young and the Restless.” In... Read More -
There is something rotten in Juneau. In the days since it was reported here that House Finance Co-... Read More -
“Have you ever been to the villages at dividend time?” That was the question posed to me during a... Read More -
At its quarterly meeting on March 31 and April 1, and as reported by the Anchorage Daily News, the... Read More
Transportation
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The Alaska Railroad Corp. turned a solid profit of $21.6 million last year on improved freight... Read More -
For the past five years, tourism has been one of the bright spots in Alaska’s struggling economy.... Read More -
State transportation officials are preparing for a $40 million road project in a remote part of... Read More -
The U.S. government has explicitly warned Americans not to travel on cruise ships due to... Read More
Politics
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What little financial wiggle room Alaska had to start the year has been squeezed out of the state’s... Read More -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy pressed legislators in a Friday noontime address to quickly approve funding to... Read More -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency... Read More -
After a back-and-forth over funding for state homelessness services last year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s... Read More
Tech & Telecom
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Nearly a year after the federal government labeled Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and... Read More
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Alaska telecommunications provider Microcom has teamed up with a global counterpart to bring high-... Read More -
The sun is about to take its annual vacation from much of Alaska but Jenn Miller’s team will be... Read More -
Attention binge watchers: There’s life beyond Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Streaming choices are... Read More
Health
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy pressed legislators in a Friday noontime address to quickly approve funding to... Read More
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Amid the ongoing effort to control Alaska’s ballooning health care costs, the Legislature... Read More -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has made cutting Medicaid spending one of its top priorities... Read More
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Programs financed by a grant from Alaska’s largest private individual health insurer are turning... Read More
Money & Finance
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Alaska’s financial institutions are doing what they can to help businesses and individuals through... Read More -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on March 17 announced its second emergency lending... Read More
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Millions of Americans earn extra money outside their regular jobs — as ride-hailing... Read More
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Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. leaders stress that they are working to find investment... Read More