Southwest Alaska will soon be broadband connected
Broadband connectivity is coming to Southwest Alaska, and a local economic development organization wants to make sure businesses are ready to take advantage of it.
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Calista places CEO on leave following lawsuit
Matthew Nicolai, longtime chief executive and president of Calista Corp., has been placed on leave by Calista’s board of directors, said the company’s spokesman.
Akiak, Sleetmute, Igiugig get state money to build VPSO housing
Three rural communities will receive funding to construct housing units for Village Public Safety Officers.
New fishers loan program up and running
Applications are being accepted at the Alaska Division of Investments for an expanded program of low interest loans to help commercial fish harvesters switch out old, inefficient boat engines for…
Guhlke, Schultheis, Adams named to ASMI board
Icicle Seafoods executive Dennis Guhlke has been appointed, and Jack Schultheis and Kevin Adams reappointed to the board of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, state officials announced today.
Senate race to test tea party movement in Alaska
Alaska’s GOP primary Tuesday promised to be a test of the political power of Sarah Palin and the tea party movement in the state, with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski hoping…
Comment period extended on Steller biological opinion
Officials with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service said today they are extending for a week the public comment period for the draft 2010 Groundfish Biological Opinion, released earlier this month.
Mourners pay respects to Stevens
Scores of Alaskans personally said goodbye to former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens on Tuesday, eight days after he was killed in a plane crash.
AFN seeks photos for convention exhibit
The Alaska Federation of Natives is looking for photos for a featured exhibit at the group’s 2010 convention in Fairbanks, a news release says.
Stevens services set for Tuesday, Wednesday
Services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens will be open to the public
PWS has record single week pink harvest
A single week record of 20.27 million pink salmon was harvested in Prince William Sound the week of Aug. 5, almost double the previous single week harvest record of 11.09…
Stevens services set for next Wednesday
Services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash this week, will be held next Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage,…
Many mourn passing of Alaska icon Ted Stevens
Condolences on the death of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, began pouring in Tuesday from many sources, including the Stevens family, offering their prayers for others on board the…
EPA postpones mining session in wake of plane crash
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has postponed two mining information sessions that were to take place on Aug. 11 and 12 in Dillingham and Newhalen, according to a statement from…
Chythlook-Sifsof hits the slopes in New Zealand
After competing in the X Games and then the Olympics last winter, Dillingham snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof mixed it up with a trip to New Zealand for the World Heli Challenge
Crowley donates fisheries scholarship funds
Crowley Maritime Corp. has donated $20,000 to the University of Alaska Foundation to increase opportunities for fisheries studies for students from rural areas where the shipping company operates.
Begich introduces new tribal public safety bill
Designed to provide Alaska’s villages more tools to promote and sustain safer communities, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today introduced the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 2010, according to…
