The state’s job market is still a long way from where it was before the pandemic.
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Hilcorp is sole bidder in controversial Cook Inlet lease sale
“This was the market speaking,” economist Roger Marks said. “And the market is pretty knowledgeable.”
Environmental groups sue over Cook Inlet oil and gas sale
There’s no guarantee oil and gas companies will place bids in next week’s sale.
Indigenous languages will get the spotlight at Kenai schools’ film fest
The February festival will showcase short, locally made films that feature Alaska Native languages like Dena’ina. Those films will later be stored for future use by tribal organizations and schools.
State opens bidding on additional Cook Inlet lease sale
The tracts cover Wasilla down to Anchor Point, both onshore and off.
Proceeds from new holiday album will help rural Alaska domestic violence shelters
When it comes to classic holiday songs, there are some that are impossible to top. That’s why producer James Glaves said the Alaska artists on this year’s Bright Lights album aren’t trying to reinvent the classics. Each song on the compilation is a fresh take on holiday music. “That’s what I think is really great…
Cook Inlet beluga birth rates lower than expected, study finds
The study is the latest piece in a puzzle scientists are trying to solve about why the endangered population of Cook Inlet belugas is not rebounding.
Kenai man has the nation’s 19th-best mullet
Joe Malatesta III, of Kenai, has been growing his curly mullet for four years.
As Hilcorp drills for more gas, some Ninilchik neighbors refuse to sign on
As Hilcorp looks for more gas, the company is seeking to extract the resource from beneath private parcels like Shaw’s.
After years of high wages in Alaska, other states are catching up
Alaska’s wage rate ranks eighth overall nationwide, wedged between Maryland and Colorado.