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Alaska's unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
JUNEAU , Alaska – Alaska’s unemployment rate hit 8.5 percent in January. That’s an improvement from December when unemployment stood at 8.8 percent, but the state labor departme...
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Parnell to attend cruise trade show
KETCHIKAN , Alaska – A spokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell confirms he will attend a cruise ship trade show in Miami next week. Parnell will attend Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami. ParnellR...
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Juneau vies for Google's high-speed Internet
JUNEAU , Alaska – Juneau has applied to become a test city for Google’s experimental, ultra-fast broadband network. Google has set a March 26 deadline for city governments to express ...
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Alaska cheese makers seek exemptions to regulations
Updated 7:18 p.m. 3/8/10 JUNEAU , Alaska – Alaska’s small dairy producers are seeking exemptions in proposed regulations that appear to be geared for the industrial scale. The Legis...
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Calista renegotiates Donlin gold mine lease
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Developers of the proposed Donlin Creek gold mine in southwest Alaska have renegotiated a lease with the Calista Native corporation. The Anchorage Daily News reports Ca...
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The West entrance of the store is shown Friday afternoon, March 5, 2010 as Fred Meyer West continues to plan a two-phase expansion starting this spring that includes bigger and better entryways and adding 18,000 square feet where the existing outdoor garden area is located, at right. / Eric Engman/News-Miner Fred Meyer in West Fairbanks slated for major expansion
FAIRBANKS — Fred Meyer is planning a major overhaul of its West Fairbanks store, an effort that will add more than 18,000 square feet to the building in the next two years. The retailer plans to...
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It’s time to prepare for a new season
FAIRBANKS – As I sit in my office basking in the warm daylight streaming through my windows, I am reminded that we are finally crawling out of winter and leaping into a new spring. As I tu...
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Financial fitness workshop planned
FAIRBANKS – Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services is offering a free financial fitness workshop March 13. The class will teach people how to develop a good budget, start saving money, ge...
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Begich accepting intern applications
FAIRBANKS – U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is accepting applications for summer internships in his Washington D.C. and Alaska offices. There are seven internships available — four in Washington D.C...
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Osterby gets clerk designation
FAIRBANKS – Fairbanks Deputy City Clerk Deborah D. Osterby has earned the designation of Certified Municipal Clerk. The designation, awarded by the International Institute of Municipal Cle...
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A.D. May joins natural medicine clinic
FAIRBANKS – A.D. May, a naturopathic doctor with more than 10 years of experience in pain management, weight loss and rehabilitation techniques, has recently joined the Alaska Center for N...
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Akutan says goodbye, Grumman Goose; hello, airport to nowhere
JUNEAU , Alaska – Alaska’s small communities cannot escape the “nowhere” moniker. Construction is expected to begin this year on a $76 million airport and hovercraft for A...
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Plans call for back-to-back open seasons for Alaska gas lines
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Back-to-back open seasons are expected for competing natural gas pipelines in Alaska. Denali project hopes to begin courting potential gas shippers and securing commitm...
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Providence hospital in Anchorage plans $150 million expansion project
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Providence Alaska Medical Center is planning a $150 million expansion. Remodeling some existing space at the Anchorage hospital and erecting a new building will add mat...
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A quiet emptiness pervades the upstairs terminal in the Bill Sheffield Alaska Railroad Depot Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. The facility used to be available for hosting events over the winter, but now remains closed from mid-September to mid-May. Erik Hill/Anchorage Daily News Little bustle, or business at Anchorage airport train depot
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – The Alaska Railroad depot at Anchorage’s international airport, open for business since 2003, was envisioned as a bright and busy way station for travelers, among...
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