About 500 people are in Anchorage this week for the Alaska Travel Industry Association’s convention and trade show.
Business
Chieftain seeks Chinese financing to open Tulsequah mine
A China-based engineering company and its Canadian subsidiary will acquire 30 percent of the Tulsequah Chief Mine in British Columbia at the headwaters of the Taku River.
Can cruise ship wastewater be made cleaner?
A report that could change the way cruise ships handle wastewater is nearly done. A state science advisory panel met last week (Sept. 19-21) in Juneau and shared some of its work with the public.
Retired Juneau retailer Stuart Whitehead dies
Store owner, basketball talent passes due to complications related to cancer.
Shell cancels fall drilling operations
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it no longer plans to try to drill deep enough to reach oil in exploratory wells off Alaska’s coast this year.
Federal disaster declaration issued for YK, Cook Inlet king fisheries
Commercial fishermen may be eligible for relief after low salmon returns this year.