JUNEAU, Alaska — July’s statewide job count was up by 3,600, or 1.0 percent, from July 2022. Leisure and hospitality added 2,100 jobs over the year, benefitting from a record-setting number of cruise ship visitors. Health care added 600 jobs, followed by oil and gas (400) and professional and business services (400). Most Alaska industries […]
After three days of fighting a raging wildfire that swept down the hillside threatening to burn the town, the residents of Skagway finally breathed a collective sigh of relief when the fire was finally put into check. While many community members could finally step back from their firefighting efforts, 200 people were left on the […]
On July 21st, 1917, a salmon tender pulled into Seward with news of deaths in the major storms that had encompassed Cook Inlet. The crew on the tender reported that five fishermen were lost and two Kenai fish traps had been washed away as the storms lashed the coastline there. Fish traps dotted the seascape […]
“What freedom do we have if we fear being gunned down at a parade?” asked one progressive politician horrified by the reported carnage. Panicked children and adults ran for their lives Monday as at least six people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a mass shooting that took place during a Fourth of July […]