Former Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards, now an aide-on-everything to Gov. Bill Walker, Friday made a pitch to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. to invest in the state’s economic future in the […]
Let’s make a deal
New boom just like old boom?
Thirty-six years ago, the late Joe McGinnis authored a best-selling book about Alaska titled “Going to Extremes.” It went to extremes. Widely popular outside the 49th state, it was not so popular […]
Prudhoe Bay scaling back
The news just keeps getting worse for the ailing Alaska economy with BP officially announcing on Monday a plan to idle three oil productions rigs on the North Slope. The cut […]
Alaska’s biggest problem
Trust is a precious commodity. Once lost, it is difficult, often impossible, to regain. Friendships, marriages and business partnerships die when trust disappears. Many among the 40 to 50 percent of Americans […]
The magical $73 salmon
Alaska oil prices have now crept so low it is being reported a commercially caught king salmon is worth more than a barrel of crude oil, but 49th-state fishermen can only dream […]
