Global Ports Holding wants to lease Haines’ large cruise ship dock, in a move that could boost cruise passengers to 300,000 per year.
Economy
Canagold plans to drive 98-foot-long ship up Taku River to proposed New Polaris mine in June
The route is up the Taku River, south of Juneau, to where it meets the Tulsequah River, just over the U.S.-Canada border.
AEL&P to raise Juneau electricity rates due to inflation, capital improvements
Juneau residents could see monthly bills increase by 18 to 20%.
Huna Totem’s new cruise dock project could be downsized due to cost hikes, tariffs
Despite the delays, Huna Totem is moving full steam ahead with its plan to open the dock for the 2028 cruise season and construction is slated to begin next summer.
Amid Iran war, Alaska’s oil is selling with an extra premium on global markets
The gap between the price of Brent crude and North Slope crude ‘may be the highest value in history.’
House panel boosts maintenance, pulls West Su and Cascade Point projects from budget
More than half of the House’s additions would go towards K-12 schools across the state.