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• State defends benefit calculation for Alaska ferry workers - Seattle Times

  01-11-2017 21:04
  State defends benefit calculation for Alaska ferry workers
  Seattle Times
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is defending its calculation of family and medical leave for ferry workers on rotational shifts. The state wants a federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. The matter focuses on ...and more »
  
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• Horizon Air pulling out of Alaska, closing Anchorage base - Seattle Times

  01-11-2017 20:55
  Seattle Times
  Horizon Air pulling out of Alaska, closing Anchorage base
  Seattle Times
  A Bombardier Q400 operated by Horizon Air takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recently. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times). Alaska Air Group is pulling its regional carrier Horizon Air out of the state of Alaska and closing its base in ...
  Alaska Air Group faces tough pricing and rising costs in the home stretch of merger integrationCAPA - Centre for Aviation
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• FISH FACTOR: Salmon permit values soar, halibut quota slides - Alaskajournal.com

  01-11-2017 19:57
  FISH FACTOR: Salmon permit values soar, halibut quota slides
  Alaskajournal.com
  It's steady as she goes for the values of Alaska salmon fishing permits, with upticks in the wind at several fishing regions. “There's a lot of cautious optimism,” said Jeff Osborn of Dock Street Brokers in Seattle. As well there should be after a ...
  
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• Southwest to Dallas: Make Alaska Airlines share Love Field gates with Delta - Dallas News (blog)

  01-11-2017 19:46
  Dallas News (blog)
  Southwest to Dallas: Make Alaska Airlines share Love Field gates with Delta
  Dallas News (blog)
  Southwest Airlines is accusing the city of Dallas of failing to properly manage gate space at Love Field, suggesting in a court filing this week that Delta Airlines should be given shared access to gates currently controlled by Alaska Airlines, rather ...and more »
  
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• Seaweed bar wins innovation competition - Alaskajournal.com

  01-11-2017 19:42
  Seaweed bar wins innovation competition
  Alaskajournal.com
  Alyse Daunis, second from left, program manager at Launch Alaska, presented at the OTIS competition on behalf of her team, made up of Caiming Li, a computer engineering student and software developer, Lowen Guzman a mechanical engineering student, ...
  
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• Alaska Air nets $266M while muddling through merger - Alaskajournal.com

  01-11-2017 19:42
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Air nets $266M while muddling through merger
  Alaskajournal.com
  Alaska Air Group reported record operating revenue in the third quarter, but is still grappling with the challenges of integrating Virgin America into its fleet as well as dealing with pilot shortages at its regional carrier Horizon Air. (Photo/Mark ...
  Alaska Air execs detail frustration and anxiety during Virgin America takeoverPacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Air Group faces tough pr
  
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• Alaska Airlines signs $500 million deal with GE Aviation for Boeing 737-800 engine work - Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

  01-11-2017 18:25
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Airlines signs $500 million deal with GE Aviation for Boeing 737-800 engine work
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Airlines has signed a $500 million deal with GE Aviation for overhaul and maintenance of engines that power the airline's Boeing 737-800 fleet. The nine-year agreement includes all 131 engines Alaska Airlines has for its 61 Boeing 737-800s ...and more »
  
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• Alaska-Siberia relations at center of Chamber luncheon - Juneau Empire

  01-11-2017 15:52
  Juneau Empire
  Alaska-Siberia relations at center of Chamber luncheon
  Juneau Empire
  Alexander Dolitsky sits at a 2017 book signing. Dolitsky, the director of the Alaska-Siberia Research Center, is speaking at Thursday's Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He'll have copies of his latest book, “Old Russia in Modern America: Living Traditions ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines: Tailwinds From Pilot Wage Arbitration Win - Seeking Alpha

  01-11-2017 15:26
  Seeking Alpha
  Alaska Airlines: Tailwinds From Pilot Wage Arbitration Win
  Seeking Alpha
  Arbitrators in Alaska's dispute with pilots reached a decision on pilot pay, scope, and retirement benefits. The decision was positive for Alaska: No scope was granted and pilot pay and retirement increases were only somewhat above Alaska's proposal.
  Alaska, Virgin America pilots' pay raises under joint contractATWOnlineall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Regulators Order Review of Oil Wells After Leak - U.S. News & World Report

  01-11-2017 14:10
  UPI.com
  Alaska Regulators Order Review of Oil Wells After Leak
  U.S. News & World Report
  State oil and gas regulators are ordering oil wells that share a similar design to one that failed earlier this year in northern Alaska to be shut in and reported to the state. Nov. 1, 2017, at 2:10 p.m.. Alaska Regulators Order Review of Oil Wells ...
  Australia's Oil Search to buy oil assets in Alaska for $400 millionReuters
  Oil Search Makes $400 Million Move Into Big Alaska Oil Find -- UpdateFox Busine
  
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• Alaska College Revives Certified Nursing Assistant Program - U.S. News & World Report

  01-11-2017 14:10
  Alaska College Revives Certified Nursing Assistant Program
  U.S. News & World Report
  An Alaska college again is offering a certified nursing assistant program after struggling to meet the state's Board of Nurses requirements for instructors. Nov. 1, 2017, at 2:22 p.m.. Alaska College Revives Certified Nursing Assistant Program ...and more »
  
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• Paddleboard and kayak in southeastern Alaska on this active outdoors cruise - Los Angeles Times

  01-11-2017 13:47
  Los Angeles Times
  Paddleboard and kayak in southeastern Alaska on this active outdoors cruise
  Los Angeles Times
  Backroads, known for its outdoor adventure tours, is beefing up its small-ship trips. The company has added 51 departures on 14 itineraries for 2019. Among the cruises is a weeklong Inside Passage cruise and multi-adventure tour in search of wildlife ...
  
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• An Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, Too - New York Times

  01-11-2017 13:35
  New York Times
  An Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, Too
  New York Times
  Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Capitol Hill. She will lead hearings on opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Credit Joshua Roberts/Reuters. WASHINGTON — Senator Lisa Murkowski was unequivocal when asked recently about ...and more »
  
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• An Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, Too

  01-11-2017 11:05 via nytimes.com
  Senator Lisa Murkowski’s views will take center stage this week in a hearing on opening an Arctic wildlife area to oil drilling.
  
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• Horizon Air to phase out Q400 aircraft in Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  01-11-2017 02:44
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Horizon Air to phase out Q400 aircraft in Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS - Horizon Air and its Bombardier turboprop Q400 aircraft will be phased out of Alaska in March and replaced with Boeing 737s. Horizon Air is a component of Alaska Air Group, which includes Alaska Airlines. "Horizon started flying in Alaska in ...and more »
  
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• Alaska sues opioid maker, alleging deceptive marketing - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  01-11-2017 02:13
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska sues opioid maker, alleging deceptive marketing
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth, left, speaks to reporters on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska, after announcing that the state had sued Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and other opioid drugs, alleging deceptive marketing and ...
  Alaska sues OxyContin maker, alleging deceptionAlaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska sues drugmaker Purdue Pharma, saying its OxyContin
  
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• Alaska's oldest building and its ghost story - Alaska Public Radio Network

  01-11-2017 00:53
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska's oldest building and its ghost story
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Baranov Museum's Michael Bach stands in room where the murder took place in 1886. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT). If any historical site on Kodiak can claim to be haunted, it's probably the Baranov Museum. Listen now. The Russian-American magazin ...
  
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