Business
Juneau business offers to help pay employees' electric bills
Published May 9, 2008
JUNEAU -- A Juneau business is offering to help pay its employees' electric bills.
Alaska, seven other states rebuff plan to put Italian nuclear waste in Utah
Published May 8, 2008
BOISE, Idaho — Eight Western states Thursday rejected a company’s plan to ship tons of radioactive Italian waste to Utah by declaring that rules don’t allow for foreign loads.
Anchorage port workers start national security enrollment
Published May 8, 2008
ANCHORAGE — The Homeland Security department says maritime workers at the Port of Anchorage have started signing up for an ID program geared toward tightening up security there.
Lawsuit seeks to stop oil exploration in Arctic seas
Published May 7, 2008
ANCHORAGE -- Alaska Native and environmental groups sued Monday to stop exploration by oil companies this summer in Arctic waters frequented by whales, seals and other marine species.
Juneau holds another successful junked car drive
Published May 7, 2008
JUNEAU -- Bill Nelson drove his 1992 Ford Econoline van into the Channel Construction parking lot Tuesday morning, left the key in the ignition and walked away.
Winter schedule proposed for Alaska ferry system
Published May 6, 2008
JUNEAU -- The Alaska Marine Highway System has released draft schedules for next fall, winter and spring.
Southeast charter operators say fishing season off to worrisome start
Published May 6, 2008
JUNEAU -- Charter fishermen in Juneau are putting their boats in the water for the summer season but they say there's a lot to worry about this year.
ConocoPhillips donates $15 million to UAA for science building
Published May 1, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ Oil giant ConocoPhillips has pledged $15 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage for a new science building.
Return of ferry Columbia delayed
Published April 27, 2008
JUNEAU -- The return to service of the state ferry Columbia is being delayed after a major overhaul.
Kodiak brothers find Hollywood film success
Published April 26, 2008
KODIAK -- Two Kodiak High School graduates are making their mark in the movie industry.
Wasilla radio station to go green
Published April 25, 2008
WASILLA -- Radio station owner John Klapperich, an avid promoter of growth and development in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, has seen the future, and it is green.
Alaska leads nation in work-related death rates
Published April 25, 2008
ANCHORAGE -- Federal reports show that Alaska leads the nation in the rate of worker deaths and was fourth-highest for work-related injury and illness.
Alaska softwood log exports fall in 2007, but rise in Northwest
Published April 24, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A U.S. Forest Service economist says Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Northern California exported roughly 880 million board feet of softwood logs last year, an increase of more than 11 percent from 2006.
Federal energy expert to assess Juneau crisis
Published April 24, 2008
JUNEAU -- The U.S. Department of Energy is sending a senior energy expert to Juneau to work with the city on conservation measures.
Ketchikan OKs financial analysis of communications utility
Published April 24, 2008
KETCHIKAN -- The Ketchikan City Council has voted to negotiate a deal with a firm to conduct a financial analysis of the city-owned Ketchikan Public Utilities Telecommunications Division.