Local electrical utility Inside Passage Electric Cooperative is building a new hydropower facility at an old hatchery near Kake. The plant will allow the community of 630 people to move from diesel power and generators to a cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient power source.
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines announced an alliance to create more choice for West Coast customers. The expanded relationship will combine Alaska’s west coast network to connect with American’s long-haul flying to create more choice for travelers.
Representatives from Inuit businesses throughout Alaska, Canada, and Greenland initiated the founding meeting of the International Inuit Business Association (IIBA). The IIBA was born out of the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s (ICC’s) 2018 Utqiaġvik Declaration, which urged sustainable development and collaboration among Inuit businesses as Arctic economies continue to rapidly change.
Alaska’s Tongass and Chugach National Forests, which contain some of the world’s largest remaining tracts of intact temperate rainforest, contribute an average of 48 million salmon a year to the state’s commercial fishing industry, a new USDA Forest Service-led study has found.
BP is donating the BP Energy Center property and building to The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF), ensuring Alaska nonprofits will have access to the resource for years to come.
In response to low state revenues, Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation to establish the Alaska Lottery Corporation to organize, operate, and regulate an Alaska State Lottery.