“Anyone with an operating gold mine is in a happy spot right now,” said one mining executive.
Economy
Capital Transit to roll out new mobile payment app next month
Riders can use the app to purchase single rides, youth rides or monthly passes. Paying in cash or using physical passes will still be options, but the city is getting rid of ride tokens.
Amid Trump’s tariffs and annexation talk, some Canadians see visiting Alaska as a ‘diplomatic mission’
About the same number of people registered for the Buckwheat International Ski Classic this year as last year. And nearly 70% were Canadian.
Silver Bay Seafoods announces buyout of OBI
Silver Bay plans to manage processing plants in Petersburg, Seward, Kodiak, Larsen Bay, Egegik, Wood River, Cordova and Naknek, as well as a warehouse in Washington.
Alaska lawmakers reject Gov. Dunleavy’s order creating state agriculture department
Dunleavy’s proposal would have split the existing Division of Agriculture into a new cabinet-level department. Lawmakers rejected it 32-28.
Alaska House deliberates resolution affirming Canada’s sovereignty
Two of Skagway’s elected officials participated in a legislative hearing outlined how a trade war with Canada, could, and perhaps already is, harming the Upper Lynn Canal.