A canceled ferry left Angoon students stuck in Juneau for four extra days following a middle school basketball tournament.
Economy
Construction workshop gives Kipnuk storm evacuees new skills, new hope
It wasn’t in the budget, but Alaska Works Partnership managed to put together a construction workshop for Western Alaska disaster evacuees, who hope to use their new skills to rebuild after Typhoon Halong.
State signs $1.3 million contract with Juneau Hydropower to electrify proposed Cascade Point Ferry Terminal
The Alaska Department of Transportation says they’ll pay for the infrastructure regardless of whether the ferry terminal gets built.
Planned fiber-optic cable will add backup for Alaska’s phone and high-speed internet network
The project, set to come online in fall 2027, is expected to bring more reliable internet and phone service to several isolated coastal communities.
U.S. Department of Energy lab, active in Alaska, drops ‘renewable’ from name
The Trump administration, which broadly opposes renewable energy projects, changed the name of the Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory to “National Laboratory of the Rockies.”
Alaska leads the nation in seasonal employment swings, by a lot
The gap between the lowest and highest employment months is about 14% in the state, or a difference of 43,900 jobs. The next closest state is Montana at 6%.