Employment rate down by 0.4 percent
State labor officials say preliminary estimates show employment in April was down by 1,200 or 0.4 percent, compared to a year ago, so while...
Denali Highway open as snowpack cleared
In the wake of an above average snowpack and late spring storms, the Denali Highway is now open from Cantwell to the Parks Highway...
CRS celebrates salmon’s arrival
Copper River Seafoods partnered with 49th State Brewing Co. in Anchorage for a community kick-off party to celebrate the start of Alaska’s summer salmon...
Petition seeks ban on some chemical in sunscreen
An environmental group is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the coral-killing chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate from sunscreens and other personal...
Hunting, trapping changes proposed in national preserves
Federally proposed changes in sport hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves that would allow bear baiting and trapping and trapping wolves during denning...
Trollers urge changes in approach to Pacific Salmon Treaty
The Alaska Trollers Association is urging the state of Alaska to make changes in its approach to the Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations, on peril...
Latest potential investor pulls out of Pebble
Yet another potential major investor in a large mineral mine in the Bristol Bay watershed is now out of the picture, just as backers...
Plans underway for International Year of the Salmon
Fisheries interests from Canada, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States are collaborating through the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission to plan the International...
Chadux expands oil spill response hubs
Alaska Chadux Corp., a non-profit oil spill response organization based in Anchorage, has added the ORSV Ocean Liberty to its marine asset program, basing...
Latest potential investor pulls out of Pebble
Yet another potential major investor in a large mineral mine in the Bristol Bay watershed is now out of the picture, just as backers...
