Recently added articles from AK Journal of Commerce:
Alaska governor's move to cut bridge's funding angers legislators, officials.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Bradner Sep. 30--Southeast legislators and Ketchikan community leaders are steamed about the way Gov. Sarah Palin handled her Sept. 19 order to curtail federal and state funds for Ketchikan's Gravina Island bridge. Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, said he and ...
Barrow forum eyes arctic development.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Rob Stapleton Sep. 30--There was no dancing, singing or Eskimo blanket tosses at the North Slope Oil and Gas Forum on Sept. 19-21 in Barrow. Interested parties got right down to business, giving their perspectives on oil development on Alaska's north coast. ...
Mining technique used to unearth polar dinosaur.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Rob Stapleton Sep. 25--The North Slope is known for its petroleum reserves, but it might also hold clues as to which creatures roamed the Arctic more than 70 million years ago. Australian paleontologist Tom Rich and scientists from the University of Alaska ...
Veco buyer assures continued local presence.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Bradner Sep. 23--Top managers of the newly enlarged CH2M Hill told an Anchorage business group Sept. 17 that the synergies created by its purchase of the core operating assets of Veco Corp. will double the parent corporation's energy and process technology business, ...
Rampart subsidiary nets $70M.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Carly Horton Sep. 23--The signing of a $70 million sole-source federal contract awarded to a Rampart village corporation subsidiary has been delayed by at least a week. Federal officials won't say why the signing was put off. Linda Douglass, the public ...