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Alaska Air reports 3Q profit
Published October 22, 2009
ATLANTA - Improvements it has made in on-time performance and being insulated from the slump in international travel helped Alaska Air Group post a profit for the third quarter.
Earnings preview: Alaska Air Group
Published October 20, 2009
ATLANTA - Alaska Air Group Inc., operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reports third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Despite hardships, entrepreneurship will always inspire dreams
Published October 18, 2009
A new business starts every 11 seconds in the United States. Americans are, by far, the world’s leaders when in comes to entrepreneurship, and this trend shows no sign of slowing down.
Alaska loses jobs for fifth straight month
Published October 17, 2009
ANCHORAGE - The Alaska job market continues to struggle, as the state suffered its fifth straight month of job losses in September and the unemployment rate rose to 8.4 percent.
Assembly backs Juneau-Whitehorse flights
Published October 16, 2009
JUNEAU - The Juneau Assembly has voted to guarantee the seats on three proposed round-trip flights between Juneau and the community of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory.
EPA plans to give Red Dog mine new water permit
Published October 14, 2009
KIVALINA - The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to issues a new water pollution discharge permit for the Red Dog zinc and lead mine in northwest Alaska near the village of Kivalina.
Charity does not necessarily begin at home
Published October 11, 2009
Once upon a time as travelers approached a town, they first would see the spires of a cathedral and the towers of a castle. From these two institutions, church and state, degrees of health and prosperity were woven into the fabric of communities. As travelers approach modern towns, they first see the gleaming towers of commerce, which sew quilts of health and prosperity in their communities.
CIRI proposes Cook Inlet coal plant
Published October 9, 2009
ANCHORAGE - An Alaska Native corporation says it wants to build a new power plant using coal on the west side of Cook Inlet.
It’s hunting season and the Delta Junction meat plant is humming
Published October 5, 2009
DELTA — It started with 15 head of Galloway cattle he brought up from North Dakota. At the time, Doug McCollum was owner and operator of Delta Concrete. But his heart was in ranching, and he was testing the waters to see if a market existed for locally raised and processed meat.
It’s never too late to change your mind about volunteering
Published October 4, 2009
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Both sides of Alaska mining measure face penalties
Published October 1, 2009
ANCHORAGE - State election regulators are concluding their cases against both sides of a mining ballot initiative rejected by Alaska voters last year.
Class ring makers join boycott against Pebble Mine gold
Published September 30, 2009
ANCHORAGE - The growing list of jewelers vowing to boycott gold from a proposed Alaska mine now includes major manufacturers of class rings.
Audit ordered of Alaska public natural gas corporation
Published September 30, 2009
JUNEAU - A legislative committee has ordered an audit of the state-funded Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority.
Alaska Gov. Parnell touts energy plan
Published September 30, 2009
FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell stressed the need for affordable Alaska energy during a speech to the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, saying the state needs a well-rounded philosophy to meet its future needs.
Port authority looks to buy Fairbanks natural gas business
Published September 29, 2009
FAIRBANKS -- The Alaska Gasline Port Authority is looking to buy Fairbanks’ major natural gas company and expand the community’s gas supplies more than tenfold.
