Anchorage based businesses lead Top 49 list
When Alaska Business Monthly unveiled its annual list of the Top 49 state based businesses earlier this week, once again Anchorage proved to be...
Bill Allen takes the stand in Ted Stevens trial
The government’s star witness took the stand today in the trial of Senator Ted Stevens. Bill Allen was once a respected businessman in Alaska,...
2007 a good year for Alaska businesses
2007 was a very good year for Alaska businesses. So much so that for the first time ever, the Alaska Business Monthly's annual...
Conflict between whales and longliners causes growing concern
Longliners on the inside waters of southeast Alaska encountered some unusual and unwelcome fishing partners this summer. A couple of sperm whales followed...
NOAA scientist reports dramatic increase in ocean acidification
A research scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that the surface layer of the world’s oceans has acidified by 30% in...
The downside of the PFD
While many Alaskans received their PFD by way of direct deposit earlier this month, many have had to wait longer. But the remaining PFD...
Gladys Jung passes away
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta elder and lifelong educator passed away last weekend.
Angela Denning Barnes, KYUIK - Bethel
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Temporary and permanent housing can't keep up with Anchorage homelessness
Homelessness in Anchorage is growing. And the number of homelesss families and individuals continues to outnumber emergency and low-cost housing available in the...
Valley transportation fair shows lots of options for Mat-Su commuters
Last week, a transportation fair in Palmer provided information for the public on a wide variety of plans to get people moving faster from...
Stevens' lawyers call for mistrial, Judge also upset by prosecutors
There were fireworks in the Washington, DC courtroom today where Senator Ted Stevens is on trial. Alaska's senior Senator is accused of lying about...
Rural schools funding dies in Congress, leaving Alaskan schools underfunded
A federal program that provides millions of dollars in education funding for southeast Alaska failed to make it through the U.S. House of Representatives...
27 cruise ship pollution violations cited in Alaskan waters
The state says 9 of the 20 cruise ships that regularly discharge wastewater in Alaska exceeded pollution control standards earlier this season.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska...
Fishing scientists in short supply
The Department of Commerce and the Department of Education jointly released a report to Congress today that forecasts a shortage in the number of...
Delta Junction fires up first wind turbine
A large wind turbine has gone online in Delta Junction. The turbine is the first of several planned for a wind farm being...
Anchorage Schools watching rural-to-urban student influx
Last month Anchorage School District administrators predicted the deteriorating economy of bush Alaska would produce a migration of rural families to urban Alaska, especially...
Skateboarders flip proposed Petersburg anti-skate ordinance
A group of skateboarders made a difference at a meeting of the Petersburg city council this month. The group objected to a proposed ordinance...
More "Troopergate" witnesses ignore subpoenas
For the second time in the past week, witnesses who had been subpoenaed to report to the Senate judiciary committee did not show up....
Prosecution in Ted Stevens trial calls its first witnesses
Veco employees testified today in the trial of Senator Ted Stevens that they spent hundreds of hours working on his Girdwood home. A bookkeeper...
Democratic legislators file paperwork for new gas tax initiative
One of the most contentious ballot questions of two years ago – the tax on North Slope natural gas that is not offered for...
Alaska Marine Higway System to build new ferry
The state ferry system plans to build a new ship that could sail at either end of Southeast.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
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