Crowne Plaza is an upscale brand of the InterContinental Hotels Group, which also operates the Holiday Inn and other brands. This will be the first Crowne Plaza in Anchorage.
GOP hopefuls get close look at ANWR
The rhetoric over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is heating up as gas prices rise, with pro-drilling members of Congress and congressional hopefuls making visits to the refuge to hammer home their point.
Unimak Pass rescue vessels far in future
Ship traffic through the Aleutian Islands is growing significantly and, along with it, the risk of accidents, according to a scientific report published Thursday.
High cost of energy sparks lots of chatter
WASHINGTON -- Ideas to lower the nation's high energy prices faced a whirlwind of hearings, press conferences, speeches and votes on energy in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Alaska business news in brief
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Thursday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Thursday at $128.59 a barrel, down $5.31 for the day.
State bets gas line jump-starts production
The newest in-state gas pipeline plan for Alaska is based on a bet. By connecting a region with a declining supply of gas to another region desperate for affordable fuel, the state is betting it can jump-start production of untapped Cook Inlet reserves by using demand from the Interior like a battery and a pipeline like a set of jumper cables.
The facts have not slowed the legend of Gull Island oil
Along with a surging interest in fuel-efficient automobiles and biking to work, the legend of Alaska's Gull Island, a speck of land four miles or so offshore the North Slope in the middle of Prudhoe Bay, seems to have an uncanny ability to appear when the United States is facing soaring oil and gasoline prices.
The government this fall plans to offer oil drillers potentially millions of acres for lease in a giant federal tract on the North Slope.
Resolution of Exxon interest payment issue may be soon
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide by the end of the month whether Exxon Mobil Corp. owes $488 million in disputed interest to fishermen and other plaintiffs for the 1989 oil spill.
Fairbanks considers coal-to-gas plant
Federal and state officials will gather in Fairbanks to plan a gasification plant that could turn coal and biomass into power and fuel for interior Alaska.
Visits to Denali National Park are down 13 percent so far this year, and everything from high gas prices to bad weather is getting blamed.
Wednesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Wednesday at $133.90 a barrel, down $4.14 for the day.
Matanuska Electric Association says regional electric plans won't affect its pursuit of a natural gas plant to serve Eagle River and Mat-Su customers.
Palmer building permits dip to 10-year low
While many property owners' renovations are giving downtown Palmer a face-lift, that may be a bit deceiving regarding construction overall.
Alaska business news in brief
Oil prices fell harder than they have in 17 years Tuesday as fears that record fuel prices are spreading broad economic pain exacerbated the third big sell-off in just over a week.
Exxon hires crew to work on disputed field
Exxon Mobil Corp. has hired contractors with plans to begin work on an oil and gas field the state wants to take back. The field's rich cache of oil and gas sit at the heart of a dispute over a proposed natural gas pipeline,.
BP and partner plot new assault on field
Looking to possibly restart a problematic oil field, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. and an independent oil company are proposing to drill two wells in the Badami unit to avoid losing leases there.
State confident fish are protected
State mining coordinator Tom Crafford says he remains confident that ongoing exploration drilling at the proposed Pebble mine in Southwest Alaska will have no significant impact on fisheries resources.
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