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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...
Alaska’s new state geologist brings experience from Wyoming to the job
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Erin Campbell, then Wyoming's state geologist, points out features in the Snowy Range Mountains in the southeastern part of that state in 2021. She is showing isoclinal folds in the Paleoproterozoic French Slate Formation. Campbell is the newly...
Alaska Air To Convert Parts Of Its Boeing 787 Order To The Largest Variant
myMotherLode - California
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To date, Boeing has received orders for 270 of this variant of the aircraft. Alaska Air (ALK) is reportedly converting part of its outstanding Boeing 787 jet order to the larger 787-10 variant. According to a Reuters News report, citing the...
Anchorage Digital Bank Becomes First Qualified Custodian for STRK
Blockonomi
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September 4, 2025
TLDR: Anchorage Digital is the first qualified custodian in the U.S. to offer custody and staking for Starknet’s STRK token. STRK custody and staking are now accessible through Anchorage Digital Bank, Singapore, and Porto wallet. Starknet uses...
"House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness"
The Environmental Magazine
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September 5, 2025
"The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment." "The House voted late on Wednesday to advance a 211-mile industrial road that...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Alaska Public Media
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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly The US House votes to undo a major resource management plan in Alaska. Plus, a reporter relays the frustrations of activists trying to get names of murdered Indigenous people from the state. And, after evacuating...
Republicans move to lift energy development limits to expand mining and drilling in Western states
Colorado Public Radio
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Republican lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in several Western states. House Republicans on Wednesday night...
House votes to advance a mining road through the Alaskan wilderness
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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September 5, 2025
The House voted late Wednesday to advance a 211-mile industrial road that would cut through pristine Alaskan wilderness to reach a proposed copper and zinc mine, handing a victory to the company behind the contentious mining venture. The 215-210...
Alaska firm sues TakeCare over $52K medical payments
Pacific Daily News
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Frontier Supply Corp. of Alaska is suing TakeCare Insurance Co. Inc. over $52,040.71 in medical payments it paid for an employee. The company, through the McDonald Law Office LLC, filed a civil complaint in the District Court of Guam on Wednesday....
Alaska Air converts part of Boeing 787-9 order to larger 787-10s, Air Current reports
Regional Media News - Iowa
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September 4, 2025
(Reuters) -Alaska Air Group is converting part of its outstanding order for Boeing 787-9 jets to the larger 787-10 variant, aviation industry publication the Air Current reported on Thursday. The move reflects the airline’s post-Hawaiian...
Construction begins on new retail development in Fort St. John
Energeticcity.ca
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September 4, 2025
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Development has started on a new retail space located within Fort St. John. Construction began on The Shops at Fort St. John Crossing on a 2.31-acre site on the southeast corner of 93rd Avenue and 86th Street. The property...
Anchorage Assembly passes on pot-smoking spots
The Alaska Current
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September 4, 2025
If you’re looking for a legal place outside your home to light up a joint in Anchorage, you’ll need to keep waiting. The Anchorage Assembly last week voted to indefinitely table a measure that would have OK’d smoking at licensed cannabis...
Alaska Air to convert part of its Boeing 787 order to larger 787-10's
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -Alaska Air Group said on Thursday that it is converting part of its outstanding order for Boeing 787 jets to the larger 787-10 variant. The move reflects the airline's post-Hawaiian integration strategy to meet growing demand on...
Mining pays – let's go mining now!
North of 60 Mining News
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September 4, 2025
Astrologically speaking, we are on the cusp of moving into the Age of Aquarius, and we are being asked to relinquish the old ways and harness the creative new ways. Or, if astrology is not your thing, we can still agree that politically in Alaska,...
Biggest oil project in Alaska in decades to launch production within months, ahead of schedule
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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A Santos Ltd. sign hangs from an office building on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The Pikka oil project that has sparked industry interest in Alaska’s North Slope oil fields will begin production in a matter...
Dunleavy selects former US attorney in Texas as Alaska attorney general
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Stephen Cox. (State of Alaska Dept. of Law) Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Stephen Cox to serve as Alaska attorney general beginning Aug. 29. Cox replaces Attorney General Treg Taylor, who has departed the Dunleavy administration after four years on...
Alaska pilots federal mine permitting pact
North of 60 Mining News
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Home to mines, deposits, and occurrences enriched with 49 out of the 50 minerals currently deemed critical to the United States, Alaska is increasingly being recognized as a key to breaking America's dependence on foreign suppliers for the...
New Anchorage zoning initiative could allow taller buildings and small businesses in many residential neighborhoods
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Downtown Anchorage and the South Addition neighborhood. (Loren Holmes / ADN / File) A new zoning policy taking shape could have a big impact on the kinds of buildings around huge swaths of the Anchorage Bowl. The measure is known as the Transit...
Republicans move to lift drilling, mining restrictions
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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September 5, 2025
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in several Western states. House...