News of the Day: Off the cliffCraig Medred, September 9, 2020 The invisible, pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has gone after the three-legged stool of Alaska’s private sector economy like a big, angry beaver, according to the Alaska Department of Labor. Jobs in the oil and gas industry, tourism and fishing industries have all taken a beating, the state agency reports in … read more
News of the Day: Alaska Cannot Renege On Legislative Promises OIL U.S. shale producers race for federal permits ahead of presidential electionJennifer Hiller, Reuters, September 7, 2020 Oil producers in the top U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land ahead of the November U.S. presidential election, concerned that a win by Democratic candidate Joe Biden could lead … read more
GUEST COMMENTARY: Ballot Measure 1 is not a family affair: Vote noCharlie Paskvan, Alaska Journal of Commerce, September 2nd, 2020 I respect my brother Joe. Please don’t listen to him. My family has deep roots in Fairbanks, going to back to the mining days of the early 1900s. I worked on the pipeline starting in 1975, and know what boom … read more
