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Rising costs and flat state funding are hammering school districts, state senators told
Rising costs are hammering school districts, and state senators in Juneau got an earful about it in hearings last week. School districts are commonly experiencing a 20 percent cost increase in pupil transportation,...
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Natural gas reserves in Cook Inlet being depleted, new state study warns; 2027 could be critical year unless exploration increases
Alaska’s Division of Oil and Gas has completed a new study of natural gas resources in Cook Inlet, in Southcentral Alaska, showing current reserves being depleted by 2027.The report is raising concerns among...
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Alaska before oil: Things weren’t easy
What were things like in Alaska before oil?They were pretty tough. .link-button { border-radius: 5px; border-color: #333; background-color: #C5D9E2; color:#333; width:50%; align:center; max-width: 175px; margin: 5px; } .button-text { font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;...
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Hilcorp Energy strengthens its dominant position as Cook Inlet leaseholding in Dec. 30 state, federal offshore sales
Hilcorp Energy strengthened its position as the dominant leaseholder in Alaska’s Cook Inlet with the addition of six state of Alaska offshore leases and one federal lease, also offshore, in two state and...
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Biden White House, DOI agree to complete review of 180,000 b/d Willow project in Alaska by February
The Biden administration has given a commitment to Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to complete a federal review of ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in Alaska by the end of January and to issue a...
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Private sector jobs up 6,700 jobs, or 2.9 percent in October, state labor department says
Alaska’s economy continued its gradual recovery from the pandemic with private sector jobs up 2.9 percent from October, 2021, or 6,700 jobs, according to estimates by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce...
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Inflation eased in Alaska in August, but prices sharply higher than year ago
Inflation eased in Southcentral Alaska this summer although living costs were still up sharply from a year ago, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. Anchorage...
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New $24 million bond issue now before Mat-Su assembly
The Matanuska Borough Assembly ticked though a largely routine agenda at its meeting Tuesday, Aug 2, approving among other items a proposal for a new $24 million bond issue for school engineering and...
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