Michael Fanelli Alaska Public Media

Anchorage, AK
December 20, 2023

Alaska Airlines flight attendants protest at Anchorage airport, as strike vote is in the offing

The Alaska Airlines flight attendants said Tuesday that they will vote to authorize a strike….

Anchorage, AK
November 28, 2023

The increasing minimum wage in Alaska will mean more to your salary than you may imagine.

If salaried employees are exempt from overtime pay, they generally need to be making at least double the minimum wage….

Anchorage, AK
October 27, 2023

The report says that Alaska’s labor shortage will not go away employers have to be more proactive in retaining workers.

Alaska has a historically high rate of job openings. It’s part of a national trend, but made more pronounced by the state’s declining population….

Anchorage, AK
September 21, 2023

Alaska is heading towards fiscal ‘brick wall’, which may trigger the end of PFD formula debate

Since the state stopped using that traditional PFD formula in 2016, the legislature has struggled to come up with a new one….

Anchorage, AK
September 7, 2023

A new program for e-waste recycles batteries that were discarded from rural Alaska

The program collected and recycled over 145,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries from 45 communities last year….

Anchorage, AK
August 31, 2023

Mat-Su Borough welcomes Alaska’s biggest solar farm

The company is currently looking at building another large solar project on the Kenai Peninsula….

Anchorage, AK
June 26, 2023

The new Anchorage airline hopes to provide year-round tourism to Alaska

The head of a new Anchorage-based airline said the company hopes to bring hundreds of jobs and a substantial increase in tourism business to…

Anchorage, AK
June 5, 2023

Anchorage currently has the third largest international cargo port in the globe with plans for expansion

The airport now accounts for one out of seven jobs in Anchorage….

Anchorage, AK
May 23, 2023

Alaska Green banks run by Natives are beginning to open in Alaska

Meanwhile, Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation last month to set up a state green bank….

Anchorage, AK
May 22, 2023

The income of the state in Alaska increased twice as fast as that of the US in the year before, mainly due to PFDs

State economist Neal Fried says not to put too much stock in 2022’s income growth….

Anchorage, AK
April 19, 2023

A growing but small group of owners of electric cars in Alaska prove that electric cars are able to work in cold north.

Chugach Electric Association estimates there are more than 2,300 electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids, on the road in Alaska….

Anchorage, AK
March 29, 2023

PFD applications are due Friday

The first round of payments usually goes out the first week of October….