The state will hold its annual Cook Inlet area-wide lease sale June 22 and has set the yearly Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope foothills sale for Oct. 26, the Division of Oil and Gas said in a press release

Web posted Friday, June 17, 2011 Council moves toward new options for controlling chum bycatch A packed house follows the discussion about chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea at the meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in Nome June 11. The council advanced new options for

We gripe and complain that the federal government has too much to say about what we do in Alaska, and now our lawmakers are turning back the all-important coastal zone management program to them.

Stocks sold off last month in light of ongoing uncertainty from the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, fears of a double dip in the U.S. economy, and continuing battles over the debt ceiling. US stocks lost 1.1 percent while the developed international markets fell almost 3 percent.

Dennis Sharp of WHPacific passed the professional engineering exam for electrical engineering in Alaska. Sharp holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alaska Anchorage and is a certified construction documents technologist.

It's an uncomfortable summertime moment that many small business owners face: A female staffer shows up for work in the shortest of shorts. Or a male staffer arrives wearing a tank top. And they work in full view of customers or clients. Dress code problems aren't confined to the summer months.

NEW YORK (AP) They exist for only seconds at most in real life, but they've gained immortality in chemistry: Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. The elements were recognized by an international committee of chemists and physicists.

Judge Larry Card accepted the agreement and sentenced Lloyd to the mandatory minimum of 33 days, with 30 suspended and three to serve at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

An Alaska gold rush is on once again, and Millrock Resources Inc. of Anchorage is spending about $10 million for its 2011 summer programs across the state with 90 percent of its budget attracted from its exploration partners.

Eklutna Inc. is selling residential lots and developing new residential areas at a speedy clip, said CEO Curtis McQueen, with large developments expected to materialize next year. The company has developed numerous residential areas in Eagle River, and its plans for expansion are ambitious.