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My Turn: Juneau taxpayers pay the price for no growth mindset
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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September 5, 2025
Municipal election ballots will begin arriving in Juneau mailboxes this month and voters will have to make choices. Shall we continue to allow a good portion of our tax dollars to be spent without regard for the wishes of the public? Are we going...
Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut a flight's engines pleads guilty
FOX 13 Seattle - Washington State
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PORTLAND, Ore. - A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him Friday, saying in court that he regretted...
Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines pleads guilty
Associated Press
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September 5, 2025
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him Friday, saying in court that he regretted...
Candidates discuss visions for Juneau at election forum
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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September 5, 2025
Candidates running for the Board of Education and City and Borough of Juneau Assembly gathered Thursday evening to participate in a forum moderated by the Juneau Downtown Business Association. Jenny Thomas, Melissa Cullum, Jeremy Johnson and Steve...
Ex-Alaska pilot sentenced to probation for trying to cut engines, says he regrets harm he caused
OregonLive.com
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September 5, 2025
A Multnomah County judge on Friday sentenced ex-Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson to five years of probation and more than 600 hours of community service for endangering a plane and its passengers after consuming psychedelic mushrooms....
House passes resolutions reversing resource restrictions in Alaska, Montana, North Dakota
SW Arkansas Times
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September 4, 2025
Bruce Westerman - Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources | Official U.S. House headshotBruce Westerman - Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources | Official U.S. House headshot The U.S. House of Representatives has passed three...
Immigration enforcement leading to project delays, construction group says
The Bond Buyer - New York
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September 5, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions varied by states, with 75% of contractors in Georgia reporting being impacted by enforcement compared to 8% in Idaho.Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg Federal immigration policies have cramped employment...
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board election results announced
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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September 5, 2025
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board election results. The following soybean producers started their three-year terms as elected members...
Opinion: Let’s have an honest conversation about salmon farming in Alaska
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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(iStock / Getty Images) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is a brave man. When he asked whether Alaska should consider fish farming, he must have known the world would come crashing in, but he said it anyway. The public reaction, according to writer Julia...
Tension emerges between administration and agricultural industry
Florida Catholic
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As the climate surrounding immigration becomes more and more volatile, a farmworker and a farmworker advocate offer honest opinions about their desire to serve and work within the U.S. is coupled with fear and anxiety surrounding deportation....
Global Firm Expands Anchorage Retail Footprint
Alaska Business
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September 5, 2025
Mark Filipenko, broker at Bond Filipenko Commercial Properties, represented the seller in the transaction. TEI was represented in-house by Ziff, Jonathan Kim, Grant Scott, and Eli Smith. Ziff adds that Anchorage’s position as a strategic hub in...
Daily on Energy: Quote of the week, ‘Drill, baby, drill’ updates, and bad news for carbon capture
Washington Examiner
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September 5, 2025
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Friday, Daily on Energy readers! The Trump administration remains confident that “drill, baby, drill” can happen this year, even as producers and drillers grow more distressed over current market...
Russia-China landmark pipeline deal tilts global energy politics
The Parliament Magazine
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September 5, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to China was more than a symbolic show of defiance toward the West — it marked the biggest economic project so far in Moscow’s long-promised “pivot to the east.” On Tuesday, Moscow announced it had signed an...
927th Logistics Readiness Squadron Supports RED FLAG-Alaska
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 5, 2025
Members of the 927th Logistics Readiness Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., embedded into three different sections within the 354th LRS, Eielson AFB, Alaska, July 14-30, supporting RED FLAG-Alaska to ensure mission success while gaining...
Japan Considers Major Investment in Alaska LNG
Oil Price
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September 5, 2025
Japan is exploring offtake agreements to buy LNG from the planned export project in Alaska as part of the Japanese pledge to buy $7 billion worth of U.S. energy products, per a joint statement on the U.S.-Japan trade deal quoted by Reuters on...
Tight vacancies push rental prices to 15-year highs across Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Fairbanks renters are paying more than ever, with two-bedroom apartments now averaging $1,676 — an 8.7% jump from last year — as Alaska’s tight rental market keeps costs at 15-year highs, according to new state data. The is according to a report...
Alaska Air Shifts Boeing 787 Orders to Larger 787-10 Variant for Long-Haul Expansion
Techstory
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September 5, 2025
Alaska Air is set to make a significant shift in its fleet strategy by converting a portion of its outstanding Boeing 787 jet order to the largest 787-10 variant. This move highlights Alaska Air’s focus on ramping up its capacity for international...
Job market concerns on the Quikrete Industry Dashboard
HBS Dealer
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September 5, 2025
Leading off for the Week 36, 2025 edition of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard is August's U.S. unemployment numbers, which ticked up slightly to 4.3% compared to last month's 4.2%. The figures point to potentially problematic trends for the overall...
AK&M has released an industry bulletin on oil and gas production and refining with data for August
AK&M
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AK&M 05 September 2025 17:35 The 1638th issue of the bulletin "Branches of the Russian Economy: Manufacturing, Finance, Securities. Oil and Gas production and Oil refining" of the AK&M News Agency. In August, there was a neutral price trend in the...
As War Drags On, Ukrainian-Born Christian Keeps Serving Refugees In Alaska
Religion Unplugged
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September 5, 2025
On her future with the relief program “We are not welcoming new arrivals. That program has been suspended. No more people are coming. And I thought that that would be it. I don’t want to run a nonprofit just to run a nonprofit. “I think my last...