Governor Parnell, Monday, issued a statement after learning of BP’s announcement that they would be laying off a nearly a fifth of their workforce less than one month after voters took to the polls to defeat ballot measure 1. That ballot measure would have repealed Senate Bill 21 that would have taken back tax cuts given to […]
Washington, D.C. – The Alaska Congressional Delegation announced the following grants on Tuesday: U.S. Department of Transportation $ 2,500,000 to the Alaska Railroad Corporation for the Seward Marine Terminal Expansion Project to develop a master plan which will cover conceptual/preliminary design of the port and upland support facilities. U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development […]
In a press release on Tuesday, Alaska’s Governor, Sean Parnell announced that he will be releasing the amount of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend next Wednesday, September 17th at 10:30 am. The announcement of tthe amount will take place at the Atwood Building Conference Center. This year’s dividend amount is expected to be twice what it […]
Anchorage – – In a ground-breaking announcement Thursday, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) and six (6) North Slope village corporations have joined together to create a new company known as the Arctic Inupiat Offshore, LLC (AIO). AIO and Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) have entered into a binding agreement that will allow AIO the […]