Business
Extreme jobs pay well, but 60 hours a week takes a toll on your personal life
Published May 11, 2008
I have a friend who considers it a good week if she only has to work 60 hours.
Inupiat fight to keep oil industry from disrupting offshore hunts
Published May 10, 2008
ANCHORAGE -- As mayor of Alaska's wealthy North Slope Borough, Edward Itta is keenly attuned to the importance of oil. The government structure he oversees would virtually collapse without the annual infusion of royalties from the giant fields of crude in his region.
Power knocked out to Prudhoe Bay processing plants
Published May 9, 2008
ANCHORAGE -- Oil production at Prudhoe Bay, the nation's most prolific oil field, halted on Friday when a vehicle clearing snowdrifts damaged the power supply to processing centers.
Linemen on track to repair Juneau powerlines
Published May 9, 2008
JUNEAU -- The avalanches that thundered out of the coastal range near Juneau last month uprooted old growth forest, mangled transmission towers and ripped out a portion of the high voltage lines that link the Snettisham hydroelectric plant to Alaska's capital city.
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.