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US Coast Guard exploring Arctic base
BARROW - The U.S. Coast Guard calls it the Arctic conundrum: expanding climate change, challenges from the Russian governments and the added ships both will likely bring across American boundaries.
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Arbitrator: Alaska Air violated contract
A federal arbitrator ruled Aug. 7 that Alaska Airlines violated its collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 143 when it laid off 500 baggage handlers and other ramp workers at its base at the SeaTac airport in Seattle in May 2005.
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Native corporation subsidiary opens office in Wasilla
An Alaska Native corporation subsidiary opened an office in Wasilla this month. WHPacific Inc., a subsidiary of Nana Development Corp., opened a Valley office to help with area growth and commercial building development.
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PHOTO: Rush hour in Barrow
Barrow residents ride their four-wheelers through dusty conditions toward Browerville as they pass Ilisagvik College.
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Palmer designer proposes new wind technology
Alaskans' search for answers to high energy costs just might be blowing in the wind, said a Palmer-based aircraft designer who has engineered a technology to produce a new type of high-wind generator.
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End of the session brings rebates, pipeline compromises
The Alaska Legislature spent just over two weeks debating options for a residential energy cost relief package before settling on Gov. Sarah Palin's original proposal for cash and a fuel tax suspension. They added increases in the existing rural electrical rate subsidy and bulk fuel loan programs.
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PHOTO: Start-Up for Athena
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athena Society provided scholarships for the Meena Ganesan and Elizabeth Fogel to attend Camp Start-Up, a week-long national entrepreneurship and business camp at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
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PHOTO: Cold call
A new microwave communications network site constructed by Alaska Power & Telephone Co. on Kasaan Mountain.
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Little Caesars pizza franchise reopens in Anchorage
Little Caesar pizza franchisee Gulshan Kumar has opened the firm's first Little Caesars pizza facility in Anchorage at 2001 E. 88th Ave. A former pizza restaurant manager, Kumar said he plans to grow the Little Caesars brand in Anchorage by opening three additional stores over the next two years.
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PHOTO: South Anchorage Target comes to life
Construction workers prepare the foundation for a Target department store in South Anchorage near 100th and King Street. Target will open stores in Wasilla and East Anchorage this fall.
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Palin signs disaster declaration for Interior communities
Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a declaration of disaster emergency for northern and Interior regions hit by widespread flooding, promising to continue to do everything possible to protect the lives and safety of impacted residents. The declaration of disaster emergency gives local officials and state responders the ability to continue coordinated response efforts, Palin said, as she signed the document in Fairbanks Aug. 4, authorizing state agencies to use disaster recovery programs to help repair impacted infrastructure, facilities and homes.
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Teacher turnover in Alaska in 2007 mirrors 1999 percentages
University of Alaska Anchorage researches say statewide turnover among teachers in 2007 was about 14 percent, roughly the same as it was in 1999. That lack of change comes after years of efforts by Alaska's state government, universities and school districts to reduce turnover, especially in rural areas. The statistics come from the latest annual update on teacher turnover by the UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research.
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