The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a public hearing Tuesday in Anchorage on the draft regulations, which would demand up to a $30 million bond be posted to drill and operate the largest oil fields.
The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. estimates the project would generate upward of 18,000 new jobs in the state over about six years of construction.
The company challenges the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau’s authority and “intends to pursue all available remedies,” according to a statement.
The goal of the Ocean Technology Innovation Sprint is to create an “economic ecosystem” of innovators, educators, mentors and businesses to help grow new products from the bottom up.
When our friends have conflicts with others, we often listen with sympathy and support. Sometimes, that’s not all that’s needed.
A state biologist expects fewer boats fishing this year, with fishermen combining quotas onto one boat that otherwise would have been fished by two vessels.
La Potato, the collaboration between La Bodega and McCarthy restaurant The Potato, also has its grand opening soon.
Some businesses tied to the oil industry are seeing more work, but a statewide jobs turnaround isn't expected anytime soon.
The warehouse would be situated near the cargo plane parking area, and it could house offices for shipping companies.
No frontline employees will be laid off, a spokeswoman said.
The news operation's former owner, Alice Rogoff, will pay $1.5 million to the estate.
State officials are attributing the favorable trend to fewer claims and medical cost reductions.
More than 60 years after it was initially prospected, Trilogy Metals is almost ready to apply for the major environmental permits it will need for the first project in one of Alaska’s premier areas with mining potential.
ConocoPhillips has turned on oil production at a new field that could produce up to 30,000 barrels of oil daily.
Crab catches dominate Alaska’s fish news in early October as boats gear up for midmonth openers in the Bering Sea.
The sale of the popular Girdwood ski area and hotel to Pomeroy Lodging is expected to be final by the end of the year.
Workplace advice: Those of us who report to the COO don’t dare cross him. We know that the price we pay for job security is putting up with his verbal abuse.
Local support is needed for the Transitions to Work program, so the Unalaska Department of Public Safety can provide electronic monitoring while the inmates are living in workplace bunkhouses.
Discover Kodiak Director Aimee Williams said “word is getting out” about what the area has to offer.
The location of the mall, at a busy intersection, has been one key to its survival.
