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Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more as federal board approves Unangan name
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi...
Alaska Bristol Bay, Russia’s Far East H&G sockeye prices surge despite strong run
Undercurrent News
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July 11, 2025
Processors in Alaska's Bristol Bay and Russia's Far East have begun officially offering headed-and-gutted (H&G) sockeye salmon to major international market buyers at prices well above last season's opening levels, as the harvest season gains...
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative
Alaska Beacon
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July 11, 2025
A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi Creek was the last landmark in the United States to bear the...
Alaska spaceport deal draws rocket-launch industry interest
Alaska Public Media
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The global space-launch industry is welcoming the prospect of launching rockets from Alaska’s two spaceports to relieve the backlog at larger facilities in the Lower 48. Top officials with Alaska’s two civilian launch facilities say their new...
Alaska not immune: USDA reveals foreign entities own 270,000 acres in the Last Frontier
Must Read Alaska
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July 10, 2025
Nearly 46 million acres of US forest and farmland — an area larger than the state of Washington — are now under foreign ownership, according to newly released data from the US Department of Agriculture. The report, published Thursday as part of...
'Alaska has the resources, but America needs the will'
The Week Magazine
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July 10, 2025
'Alaska has the rare earths we need' Frank Murkowski at The Wall Street Journal China is "exploiting U.S. reliance on rare earth and critical minerals by ordering restrictions on exports," says Frank Murkowski. Alaska has "untapped deposits of...
Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has high hopes for the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG pipeline, crediting former President Trump’s first-day executive order on “unleashing Alaska’s resource potential” for drawing renewed attention to the...
Alaska is America's worst state for business in 2025 as falling oil prices sink economy
CNBC
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July 10, 2025
Pipeline Winding in Summer Mountain Landscape Sarkophoto | Istock | Getty Images From the first discovery in Prudhoe Bay in 1968, Alaskans have had a love-hate relationship with oil. On one hand, it allowed Alaska to abolish its state income tax,...
Map Showing Best and Worst States for Business
Newsweek
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July 11, 2025
CNBC published its annual ranking of America's "top states for business" on Thursday, recognizing where companies are most—and least—likely to find favorable conditions for long-term success. Why It Matters For companies weighing where to...
Senate Passes H.R. 43 and H.R. 42 - Alaska Federation of Natives
Nashville Herald - Tennessee
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A Significant Step Forward for Our Communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2025 Anchorage, AK – The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association (ANVCA) are pleased to announce the recent passage of...
Christopher Simon - Alaska Federation of Natives
Nashville Herald - Tennessee
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Christopher Simon was raised in Huslia, Alaska and is of the Bedzeyh Te Hut’aane clan. When his friends and classmates left Huslia to finish high school at Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Chris’ parents sent him to Nulato to live with another family....
One year in, Anchorage Mayor LaFrance reflects on housing, homelessness and public safety
Alaska Public Media
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July 11, 2025
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance began her term on July 1, 2024, after representing South Anchorage for six years on the Anchorage Assembly and unseating former mayor Dave Bronson. Upon completing her first year as mayor, LaFrance sat down with...
FAA's Oversight Failures Contributed to Alaska Airlines Door Plug Mishap
Simple Flying
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July 11, 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its final report about the Alaska Airlines mid-air door plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9, which happened in January 2024. The investigators concluded that the probable cause was Boeing’s...
NJ slips in CNBC 2025 list of top states for business
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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Looking to start a business? New Jersey might not be the most ideal location compared to other parts of the country as The Garden State ranks 30 in CNBC’s 2025 list of top states for businesses. The annual list, now in its 19th year, grades every...
Anchorage Municipality: 18.8% of income comes from government transfers, ranking 22nd in Alaska
SC Alaska News
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July 10, 2025
In 2022, Anchorage Municipality ranked as the 22nd most government transfer-dependent county in Alaska, with 18.8% of total income coming from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance, according to information...
Alaska AG talks crime, statehood defense at Chamber luncheon
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor covered an array of topics at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, including statehood defense and the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG (liquefied natural gas) pipeline that would run from the North...
Alaska Air Group Announces Webcast Of Second-Quarter 2025 Financial Results
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) SEATTLE, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc., the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2025 second...
Americans to receive $1,702 from July 17; Check Alaska Permanent Fund eligibility and how to claim
The Economic Times
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July 11, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Alaskans will receive $1,702 stimulus-style payments in the coming days as part of the state’s Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) program. The payments will be distributed starting July 17, 2025, to applicants with an...
Sport fishing for wild kings in Southeast Alaska closed to nonresidents
KTOO - Alaska
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July 11, 2025
Sport fishing advisory announcements hang on a dockside information board at Petersburg’s South Harbor. (Photo by Olivia Rose/KFSK) Sport fishing for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska is now more restricted for some people. Nonresident anglers...
Massive Mobilization Forged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Engineering News Record
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July 11, 2025
Moving hot oil across Arctic terrain was an unprecedented challenge following the discovery of America’s largest oil field in 1969 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The first hurdle the Trans-Alaska Pipeline had to clear was environmental approval. The...