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Alaskans will get a Permanent Fund dividend this year after all but their lawmakers have again left the Capitol without making marked progress toward solving the state’s underlying financial imbalance. -
In 2020, the Resource Development Council for Alaska planned to celebrate its 41st anniversary at its yearly fall conference. -
What was supposed to be a celebrated return to a form of normalcy became topsy-turvy as spiking COVID-19 case counts are disrupting a second fall convention season in Anchorage for event planners and those behind the scenes.
Oil & Gas
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy added a unique perspective to the state’s team trying to build the massive and... Read More -
The future of the multibillion-dollar Pikka oil project on the North Slope is unclear, but what is... Read More
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Oil-price forecasters mostly focus on two things: supply and demand. They watch the Middle East,... Read More
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against its oil leasing... Read More
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The rules have changed from a year ago. Between court orders and election-induced policy changes at... Read More
Fisheries
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Alaska’s Bering Sea crabbers are reeling from the devastating news that all major crab stocks are... Read More -
As crab numbers for most major stocks fall across the Bering Sea, the Bristol Bay red king crab... Read More -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued more than $350 million in penalty notices to several... Read More
Mining
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An unusually gloomy summer has so far scuttled more than half of drilling work planned at the most... Read More -
Mum’s the word from Department of Natural Resources officials regarding their plan to fundamentally... Read More
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Production at the country’s largest silver mine was down to start the year despite strong metal... Read More
Small Business
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A new wave of climate technology venture capital funds emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic,... Read More -
Despite a year marred by lockdowns, travel bans, job losses and business closures, Alaska’s... Read More -
Last July as COVID-19 cases surged, Dynaa Montgomery was surprised to learn that she was considered... Read More -
U.S. restaurants, faced with higher food and labor costs, are raising menu prices at a much faster... Read More
Opinion
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For leaders in business, it is no surprise that having the right person doing the right job is... Read More -
In its release of the latest statewide performance assessments for Alaska students, the state... Read More -
As Americans watched in horror at the tragic scene of U.S. Marines losing their lives in Kabul,... Read More -
Southeast Alaska is at a unique crossroads in its management of the Tongass National Forest. How... Read More
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy added a unique perspective to the state’s team trying to build the massive and long-sought Alaska LNG Project when he named Janet Weiss of Anchorage to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board of directors on Aug. 23. -
Editor’s note: This is the third and final story exploring the Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery.
Transportation
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Sky-high transaction prices and near nonexistent discounts for new and used cars — due to scarce... Read More -
If all continues going largely according to plan, the first major piece of a long-sought and badly... Read More -
Some of the same supply chain challenges that are driving prices higher for everything from... Read More -
Alaska Airlines is back in the black, but not without significant help. The airline’s Seattle-... Read More
Tech & Telecom
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Telecommunications industry groups and digital equity advocates reacted positively Aug. 2 to high-... Read More -
Alaska Communications, one of the state’s largest internet providers, has been sold to an East... Read More
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Ford Motor Co. could start shipping unchipped vehicles to dealers around the country sometime this... Read More -
To any rational observer, Lina Khan is exactly the kind of person one wants to be chair of the... Read More
Politics
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Legislators are likely to know next week whether or not they should prepare for a fourth overtime... Read More
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Progress is being made two weeks into the special session to settle this year’s PFD but many House... Read More -
The special legislative session billed for months by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and many legislators as the... Read More
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy called it “Groundhog Day” in an Aug. 16 briefing, while others might prefer “... Read More
Health
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In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff... Read More -
The Alaska House of Representatives reversed course June 28 to make sure the whole state government... Read More -
Despite the economic upheaval of the last year, Alaskans on individual health insurance plan... Read More
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Last spring, the University of Alaska’s School of Nursing moved quickly to get its 2020... Read More
Money & Finance
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Predictions that Social Security retirement benefits could be heading for a 6.2 percent... Read More
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Federal Reserve officials are moving on to their next big policy debate: defining their “... Read More -
WASHINGTON — Most Federal Reserve officials agreed last month they could start slowing the... Read More
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The pandemic knocked borrowers on their backs in the spring of 2020, but as the economy... Read More
