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New interactive map portrays mining boom across Alaska

Where there's a mountain, there's a mine in the making. Alaska is chock full of prospects, more than 75 of them peppering nearly every corner of the state. A new interactive map shows where the action is taking place.

Alex DeMarban

| May 23, 2012

EPA offers no verdict on Alaska's Pebble mine, but lays out some risks

The EPA warns that if the proposed Pebble Mine is not managed correctly, damaging contaminants could flow into streams at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

Alaska Dispatch

| May 18, 2012

Alaska Economy News - Economy News and Current Events in Alaska

Parnell vetoes $67 million from Alaska budget

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell vetoed nearly $67 million from the state's operating and capital budgets on Monday, including $1 million from a program intended to help relocate urban moose. What else got cut?

Alex DeMarban

| May 14, 2012

'Deadliest Catch' star among those giving up on Bering Sea snow crab season

Because of record Bering Sea ice, about a quarter of the snow crab available for harvest has not been pulled in. Regulators are considering extending the season into June.

Jim Paulin | Dutch Harbor Fisherman

| May 12, 2012

Chilled Bristol Bay salmon may be gaining upper hand

Bristol Bay residents have found the money to invest in the process of chilling salmon or have been helped by the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp.’s ice barges.

Margaret Bauman | The Cordova Times

| May 9, 2012

Oil companies rank high among top earners in 2012 Fortune 500

No. 1 with a bullet: Exxon Mobil Corp., one of Alaska's big oil producers, reclaimed the top spot in this year's Fortune 500 list of high-earning companies, with two other oil majors not far behind.

Ben Anderson

| May 7, 2012

China surges past Japan to become top importer of Alaska goods

Fueling the growth is a rising middle class that loves Alaska fish and a promising deal with China's largest gold producer.

Alex DeMarban

| May 6, 2012

Citizens clamor to shut down Wishbone Hill coal mine in Sutton

Citizen groups claim Usibelli Coal Mine's Wishbone Hill project doesn't have a valid permit. They want work stopped. And they want what work has already been done, undone.

Jill Burke

| May 3, 2012

Verizon Wireless leasing property across Alaska for cell towers

Verizon Wireless has begun laying groundwork for a network of cell-phone towers from populous Southcentral Alaska to the Fairbanks region.

Alaska Dispatch

| May 2, 2012

Arctic shipping boom may come with new obstacles

Studies continue to predict a rapidly increasing Arctic shipping economy. A Canadian polar scientist's most recent research warns that there may some caveats to an Arctic boom.

CBC News | Eye on the Arctic

| Apr 28, 2012

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New interactive map portrays mining boom across Alaska

EPA offers no verdict on Alaska's Pebble mine, but lays out some risks

Alaska Economy News - Economy News and Current Events in Alaska

Parnell vetoes $67 million from Alaska budget

'Deadliest Catch' star among those giving up on Bering Sea snow crab season

Chilled Bristol Bay salmon may be gaining upper hand

Oil companies rank high among top earners in 2012 Fortune 500

China surges past Japan to become top importer of Alaska goods

Citizens clamor to shut down Wishbone Hill coal mine in Sutton

Verizon Wireless leasing property across Alaska for cell towers

Arctic shipping boom may come with new obstacles

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