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1:57 It’s a twist to an already odd story that began Saturday morning, when Sharkey entered the Yukon Territory at the Beaver Creek U.S.-Canada border crossing on the Alaska Highway about 300 miles south of Fairbanks. The Canadian Port of Entry at Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory. Credit Canadian Border Services Agency Sharkey was turned back, because of Canada’s COVID-related travel restrictions, but he reportedly refused to leave the checkpoint, and according to a Canadian Border Services Ag...

The pandemic taught Alaskans how much we miss Canada Author: Tom Morphet Published 2 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article Traveling to the Lower 48 is a small consolation when we can’t get into Canada. That’s been a lesson of COVID-19. Since restrictions between our nations were imposed 14 months ago, we’ve missed Canada, probably more than it has missed us. At least here on the border, the bond between Alaskans and Yukoners is deep and enduring. Canada is family. That’s m...

An Anchorage man was being held this morning at Fairbanks Correctional Center after he was denied entry into Canada then was arrested on both sides of the

Iron ore fuels $65b dividend windfall Share Investors will share in a $65 billion windfall in shareholder returns from the big three iron ore miners, with dividend forecasts for BHP Group, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group upgraded by analysts after prices soared by more than 20 per cent in a week. In a sign that the market expects demand and prices to remain strong for some time – and that tax revenue and dividends will continue to be pumped into the rebounding economy – a new generatio...

Presented by First National Bank Alaska On a cold, wintry day earlier this spring, sister-brother duo Alex and Brad von Wichman found themselves someplace they wouldn’t usually be at lunchtime at the beginning of charter season: sitting together in Whittier, drinking coffee. At this time of year, they’re usually out on the water, each captaining a vessel for Babkin Charters, the business they own and run together with Brad’s wife, Kjersti. “I was supposed to start a trip today, but w...

Top Companies Product Types Application Types Regional Scope Segmentations Analysis for the Automotive Aluminium Alloy Market: The segmentation of the Automotive Aluminium Alloy market is based on the product type, its applications and the end-use industries. Thereby, all the information for each segment is provided along with tables and graphs to showcase which segment holds a higher share and the reasons to justify it. Global Automotive Aluminium Alloy Market Product Types Segments: Cold Roll...

Could rising timber prices aid the Tongass transition to second-growth logging? Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 29, 2021 This is a 70-year old stand of young growth timber, photographed in 2013. The tightly-packed trees are growing among the stumps of their much larger predecessors. (USDA photo) Soaring lumber prices could be a boon for Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry. The pandemic has fueled the demand for both renovations and the new home construction market, and su...

“We’re  really in the midst of this gold rush, this energy industrial boom,”  Mike Langegger, president of the rod and gun club, said in an interview.  “There’s a host of concerns and many of these projects are looking at  potentially expanding … outside of the current industrial zone right  into some really key habitat areas.” Langegger stressed that members of the rod and gun club are not anti-industry, but  they are concerned about the cumulative impacts that increased ...

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved $26.3 million worth of capital spending on Thursday, postponed an ordinance to enact ranked choice voting and agreed to provide a minimum of $49 million to public schools. An ordinance adopting ranked choice voting, along with a substitute measure that would put it to a vote of the people, will come back before the assembly at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Seven public works projects were approved for construction, while three projects will go to design,...