02/11/2012 - Sarah Palin Brings Out the Barbs at CPAC
The former Alaska governor gives a rousing speech to conservatives in Washington, but most were glad she's not running for president.
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02/12/2012 - Idaho deals Alaska 5-1 loss
Despite absorbing yet another loss on the road on Saturday, there's good things in the future for the Alaska Aces. They're coming home.
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02/07/2012 - Alaska's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Teressa Baldwin, 18, of Sitka and Keefer Brown, 13, of Wasilla today were named Alaska's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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01/21/2012 - Feds indict Anchorage condo developer
The Associated Press The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska A federal grand jury has indicted an Anchorage real estate developer on charges that he lied and cheated on federal credit union loans connected with his construction projects. The Anchorage Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/xbzyK3) that 55-year-old Lee Baker Jr. was indicted on 14 counts. Charging papers say that Baker mislead Denali ...
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01/17/2012 - Gregoire names business bigwigs as UW regents
Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday named the Alaska Airlines CEO Bill Ayer and Boeing executive Pat Shanahan as new members of the University of Washington Board of Regents, and reappointed Tacoma business leader Herb Simon to the board. Appointment as a UW Regent is considered the most prestigious post that a governor can bestow. It also comes with work. Simon served as board president during ...
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01/15/2012 - Inquiry targets Prevo church tax exemptions
In 2006, after the Anchorage Baptist Temple lobbied the Alaska Legislature to change the law so more of its two-dozen-plus church-owned staff houses would be exempt from taxes, chief pastor and Republican activist Jerry Prevo told the state.
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01/13/2012 - Cluster of Alaska legislative bills includes one aimed at Pebble Mine
JUNEAU, Alaska - State lawmakers filed a flurry of bills Friday ahead of next week's legislative session, adding a few dozen measures to a growing stack of work that now includes a proposal that wo...
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01/13/2012 - Aces get unexpected help
Matt Shasby, the former elite Alaska Aces defenseman turned middle-school teacher -- his classes include world geography, U.S. history and language arts -- came out of retirement Friday night to play pro hockey for the first time in two and a half years.
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12/29/2011 - Fitch, Moody's, Standard & Poor's Give Alaska Housing Top Ratings
ANCHORAGE, AK-- - Despite the economic recession that continues to plague the housing industry nationwide, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation again received AAA ratings -- the highest possible -- for ...
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01/10/2012 - 'We must not kill our oily goose,' GOP lawmaker says
Chickaloon Republican Rep. Eric Feige says Alaska "must not kill our oily goose" and it is time for the Legislature to cut oil taxes, because BP and ConocoPhillips have "publicly committed t...
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12/29/2011 - Fitch, Moody's, Standard & Poor's Give Alaska Housing Top Ratings
ANCHORAGE, AK-- - Despite the economic recession that continues to plague the housing industry nationwide, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation again received AAA ratings -- the highest possible -- for ...
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12/25/2011 - Spotty jobs growth a drag for recovery
The U.S. economic expansion that began in June 2009 shows a dichotomy at the state level, with Nevada, California and Florida labor markets still languishing from the real estate collapse at the same time domestic energy production drives employment in North Dakota and Alaska.
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12/19/2011 - Sarah Palin: “It’s not too late”
Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took herself out of the 2012 Republican presidential race in October, but two months later she is continuing continues to tantalize and toy with the contest. “It’s not too late for folks to jump in: Who knows what will happen in the future?” Palin, the Republicans’ 2008 vice presidential nominee, told the Fox Business Network on Monday night. Palin has enjoyed ...
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12/19/2011 - North Dakota Thrives as Nevada Suffers in Recovery: Economy
The U.S. economic expansion that began in June 2009 shows a dichotomy at the state level, with Nevada, California and Florida labor markets still languishing from the real estate collapse at the same time domestic energy production drives employment in North Dakota and Alaska.
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12/12/2011 - Maritime Ports of the U.S. West Coast
The Occupy movement aims to block the 1 percent at the ports today, the Washington Post says. From Anchorage, Alaska, to San Diego, Occupiers seek to prevent loading and unloading of cargo. The West Coast ports collectively move about $705 million in cargo each day, Martin Associates of Lancaster, Pa., told Bloomberg.
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11/23/2011 - Doyon to donate $1 million toward new health center
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Alaska Native regional corporation for interior Alaska will make a $1 million contribution in support of a health center. Officials of Doyon Ltd. announced Tuesday they wil...
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11/14/2011 - In Alaska, Sesame Chicken With a Side of Perspective
Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports in Tooksook Bay, Alaska. Somehow sesame chicken is never going to be quite the same ... and it's all because of Alaska. Trust me. Our health unit recently went there to do a couple of stories, not on the health effects of Chinese food, but on access to dental care in the United States. Now, I was no neophyte who didn't know her way around a goose ...
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11/14/2011 - Realtor(R) PeggyAnn McConnochie Honored With NAR Distinguished Service Award
ANAHEIM, CA-- - PeggyAnn McConnochie, a Realtor® from Juneau, Alaska, has received the National Association of Realtors® 2011 Distinguished Service Award. Out of 1.1 million Realtors®, no more than two ...
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11/14/2011 - Which states are emerging from recession fastest?
Aided by continuing oil demand, North Dakota and Alaska have become the first states in the country to return to its pre-recession peak employment, but states hit hardest by the real estate bubble - including California, Florida and Arizona - may have to wait.
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10/17/2011 - Alaska woman files lawsuit against tobacco giant
BETHEL, Alaska - A woman from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is suing the nation's largest tobacco company. Delores Hunter of Marshall is suing on behalf of the estate of Benjamin Francis. Court docume...
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10/28/2011 - Murkowski suggests state look at gas line to Fairbanks
JUNEAU, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski is suggesting the state look at investing in a natural gas pipeline to Fairbanks as a way to jumpstart seemingly stalled efforts to commercialize North Slope ga...
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11/04/2011 - AP Interview: Interior Deputy Secretary Hayes says Arctic marine drilling under intense review
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Royal Dutch Shell paid the federal government $2.1 billion for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest shore. But nearly four years later, the oil giant has not been allowed to drill an exploratory well.
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11/04/2011 - AP Interview: Arctic marine drilling under review
Royal Dutch Shell paid the federal government $2.1 billion for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest shore. But nearly four years later, the oil giant has not been allowed to drill an exploratory well.
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11/04/2011 - Arctic marine drilling under review
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Royal Dutch Shell paid the federal government $2.1 billion for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest shore. But nearly four years later, the oil giant has n...
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10/30/2011 - Alaska: Will New Developments Spur Anchorage's Slow Real Estate Market?
Alaska: Will New Developments Spur Anchorage's Slow Real Estate Market?
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10/29/2011 - Positive news could spur housing market
As we listen to bad news about the national housing market, we Alaskans worry about what's happening locally.
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10/18/2011 - Same Sex Couples Allowed Equal Rights in Alaska Despite Marriage Amendement
A seemingly insignificant property tax case in Anchorage, Alaska may have a profound effect on one of the techniques used to combat marriage equality.?? Alaska has a marriage amendment in its Constitution which provides that a marriage can only be between a man and a woman.?? The Alaska Constitution also has strong equal protection guarantees.?? ...
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10/15/2011 - SC charity worker survives icy wreck in Alaska
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Paul Oliver remembers flying into Port Alsworth, Alaska. He thought it the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Snow-capped mountains surrounded Lake Clark's bluish-green waters.
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10/13/2011 - Jay Willoughby new Permanent Fund investment chief
New Jersey investment manager Jay Willoughby has been named the Alaska Permanent Fund's new chief investment officer.
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10/05/2011 - Senator: Sink illegal fishing vessel
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Begich on Tuesday called on the Coast Guard to sink a stateless, rat-infested vessel accused of illegal fishing.
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09/30/2011 - Palin's documentary maker reveals his 'Moose hell' during campaign
New York, Sept 30 (ANI): Nick Broomfield, who made a documentary film on Sarah Palin, has revealed that one hurdle he faced in infiltrating her world was the steady diet of moose meat in Wasilla, Alaska.
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09/25/2011 - Alaska state fund owns half a shopping mall
The Alaska Permanent Fund, the state's sovereign wealth fund, has a $38 billion portfolio garnered in the four decades since the state's coffers started overflowing with oil revenue.
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09/21/2011 - Backstage at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
JUNEAU - The hallways of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation's (APFC) office are lined with framed photographs of the fund's real estate holdings across the country - Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, North Bridge in Chicago, Independence Plaza in Denver.
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09/20/2011 - On their own terms
Soap peddler: Kimberly Masters Kimberly Masters has always been the crafty type. As a business student at UNC-Greensboro, she made things in ceramics classes. Later, she moved on to fleece hats and headbands, which she made while working as a bicycle tour guide in Alaska. It was a more recent trip to the doctor, though, that led her to create the business she runs today. “I got into soap because ...
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09/16/2011 - Reality TV taps Phoenix-area foreclosures
Alaska has a reality show about ice truckers trying to survive deadly hauls. New York has Donald Trump's cutthroat competition to be his apprentice. And Georgia has Billy the Exterminator, who battles rodents and alligators.
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09/14/2011 - Samaritan's Purse worker survives accident in Alaska
Paul Oliver remembers flying into Port Alsworth, Alaska. He thought it the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Snow-capped mountains surrounded Lake Clark's bluish-green waters.
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09/12/2011 - Vanessa Hudgens And Arnold Schwarzenegger Find New Thrillers
Vanessa Hudgens broke her "High School Musical" mold with this year's "Sucker Punch," and now she'll branch out even further by standing on "Frozen Ground." Deadline reports that the actress has been cast opposite Nicolas Cage and John Cusack in the thriller based on Alaska's most notorious serial predator, Robert Hansen, who abducted and murdered over [...]
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09/07/2011 - From strip club king to frail inmate
One of Alaska's most famous strip club owners picketed the Anchorage Correctional Complex Monday, August 29, and he's threatening to sue the state-run jail, claiming a jail guard hurt him badly after
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08/24/2011 - Earthquakes: East vs. West
A self-confessed earthquake bore defends the east coast reaction to yesterday's quake and makes comparisons to ones he's experienced in Alaska.
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08/23/2011 - Local owners selling garbage company to California firm
After more than eight years in the garbage business, the local owners of Alaska Waste are selling the private utility to Waste Connections Inc. of Folsom, Calif., a publicly traded company with operations in 29 states.
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08/20/2011 - 'Business judgment' defense used in WaMu case; Alaska Air honors 'tax holiday'
Former WaMu executives may benefit from courts' reluctance to second-guess business decisions; Alaska Air was one of just a few airlines to pass along unexpected tax savings to its customers.
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08/13/2011 - Senior games get their start in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — Luke Hopkins won’t be tripping the light fantastic in this year’s ballroom dance competition of the Alaska International Senior Games. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor did take st...
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08/12/2011 - Sarah Palin – upstaging the GOP field
Sarah Palin says she doesn’t want to “step on anybody’s feet,” but the former half-term Alaska governor was back to upstaging announced Republican candidates Friday in Iowa. Palin managed to be in New Hampshire when Mitt Romney was announcing nearby in the Granite State, making a few calculating, deflating remarks about the ex-Massachusetts governor’s health [...]
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08/09/2011 - SeaLife Center event honors Hickel family
The Alaska SeaLife Center at Seward has officially opened the Walter J. and Ermalee Hickel Overlook, in tribute to the significant contribution of the Hickel family in establishing the marine facility.
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08/08/2011 - Volatility costs Alaska Permanent Fund $2 billion
The Alaska Permanent Fund is taking a $2 billion hit with the volatility on world stock markets. The fund ended the fiscal year June 30 with a value of $40.1 billion, the first year-end close of...
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08/06/2011 - Is Wasilla Becoming the San Francisco of Alaska?
Is Wasilla Becoming the San Francisco of Alaska?
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08/05/2011 - Wasilla looking to be the Yukon's San Francisco
Moose Bites, a catering outfit that specializes in Cajun dishes such as chicken and sausage gumbo, was named Business of the Week at a recent Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Wasilla, Alaska. The exclusive event, which...
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08/05/2011 - Wasilla Prepares for Life After Palin
The Alaska town wants to jettison its lock ’n’ load image for something a little more sophisticated, perhaps as the ... San Francisco of the Yukon
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08/05/2011 - Leadership Changes Announced at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air
SEATTLE, Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group announced several leadership changes today at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Ann Ardizzone, whose career with Alaska Airlines spans three decades, has been elected vice president of strategic sourcing and supply chain management for...
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08/03/2011 - Alaska Editorials
The Associated Press Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers: Aug. 1, 2011 Juneau Empire: Willoughby area needs more than just a conceptual plan The City and Borough of Juneau's plans for the Willoughby District are ambitious and will go far toward reversing within Juneau some negative population trends facing the whole of Southeast Alaska — if they come to pass. The plan ...
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