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Travel industry and local government leaders across much of Alaska are attempting to devise a Plan B after a decision by Canadian government officials upended the state’s coming tourism season. -
A cautious private sector is likely to drive construction activity down in the coming year, according to an industry forecast released Jan. 28.
Oil & Gas
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Alaska didn’t have to wait long to feel the effects of the administration change in Washington, D.C... Read More -
The Department of Natural Resources is pitching reforms to Alaska’s water reservation program via... Read More
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A small British explorer spudded an early winter appraisal well Jan. 13 in a haul road-adjacent... Read More -
Most of the leaders of the Fairbanks-area gas utility believe they finally have a gas supply... Read More
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Leaders of the state development bank now must decide what to do with a failed North Slope oil... Read More
Fisheries
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Seafood sales “are on fire” in America’s supermarkets and a king salmon from Southeast Alaska is... Read More -
Pacific halibut harvesters got some rare good news last week: increased catches in 2021 along with... Read More -
New ocean-related jobs, investments and opportunities will be seeded by an ambitious Blue Pipeline... Read More
Mining
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Pebble Limited Partnership leaders argue Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District officials ignored... Read More
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The Department of Natural Resources is pitching reforms to Alaska’s water reservation program via... Read More
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The Pebble Partnership will have the State of Alaska on its side when the company appeals the... Read More
Small Business
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The businesses appeared closed, but there were telltale signs of life: light seeping out from... Read More -
Back in 2014, Katherine Jernstrom was in Kansas City, Mo., attending events at the Kauffman... Read More -
Now, as much as ever, employers are faced with the development and engagement of their work force... Read More
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The Techstars Alaska Startup Week op-ed series features entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystem... Read More
Opinion
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President Joe Biden delivered a memorable inaugural address. In lofty rhetoric intended to echo... Read More
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Like most folks these COVID days, I am grateful for technology, and for the virtual. Through the... Read More
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Despite campaign promises to invest in our nation’s infrastructure, create good-paying union jobs... Read More
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“Astounded.” That is how Alaska’s senior U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski described her reaction to... Read More
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Alaska didn’t have to wait long to feel the effects of the administration change in Washington, D.C., following President Joe Biden’s Jan. 27 directives pausing oil and gas leasing across millions of acres of federal lands and waters in the state.
Transportation
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Travel industry and local government leaders across much of Alaska are attempting to devise a Plan... Read More -
The gradual recovery of Alaska Air Group’s business stalled last fall following the pre-holidays... Read More -
Carnival Corp. has enough cash to survive a cruise-less 2021, CEO Arnold Donald told investors Jan... Read More
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Congress paid for a second new heavy icebreaker among its year-end spending flurry and also helped... Read More
Tech & Telecom
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Forty miles from the City of Kodiak sits the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, only one of four... Read More -
It was an on again-off again start to the year — but ultimately on — for a deal that promises to... Read More
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Amazon.com Inc. is getting the Google treatment. Google’s years of punishment for antitrust... Read More
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The Department of Justice filed its highly-anticipated antitrust case against Google Oct. 20,... Read More
Politics
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JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate’s 13 Republicans have ended a two-month leadership dispute and confirmed... Read More
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The Alaska Legislature is still struggling to pick its new leaders in the wake of the 2020... Read More -
The public will be barred from the Alaska State Capitol, members of the news media will be... Read More -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy prioritized injecting money into a battered economy over solving the state’s... Read More
Health
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Health care has been at the center of the limelight since this past March when the COVID-19... Read More -
People around the world are feeling overwhelmed, lonely and more stressed than they used to be —... Read More
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AstraZeneca Plc is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID... Read More
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The next month or two has the potential to wreak havoc in the health-care sector and the... Read More
Money & Finance
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The dust may be settling on the Reddit madness, but the sudden rise of this disruptive... Read More -
Across Wall Street, signs of speculative excess are everywhere. Penny stocks surging.... Read More
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The stock market had yet another record-breaking year in 2020. While that means many... Read More
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Thousands of people are still out of work, many restaurants and retail stores are fighting... Read More
