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Alaska's U.S. senators introduced a bill Thursday that would help commercial fishermen cope with record-high fuel costs.

Published: June 13th, 2008 02:21 AM Last Modified: June 13th, 2008 02:31 AM It isn't business as usual for the fishing town of Sand Point.

Several southwest Alaska government officials and representatives from the Alaska fishing industry attended Bodo University's third annual "dialogue and tour" meeting in the city of Bodo on the northwest coast ...

A lengthy, multi-million dollar federal exercise that will determine whether offshore oil and gas exploration proceeds in the North Aleutian Basin is now open for extensive public input.

Published: May 18th, 2008 12:23 AM Last Modified: May 18th, 2008 12:55 AM The Rev. via Anchorage Daily News

“Most of the time I can see the shore.”

The show terrified me, made me seasick. I resisted for three seasons. But now I'm completely hooked on "Deadliest Catch." My initial reluctance to watching Discovery's hit reality series was because it hit too ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Published: April 24th, 2008 12:17 AM Last Modified: April 24th, 2008 12:41 AM SAND POINT POPULATION: 890 LOCATION: On Humboldt Harbor on Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula, 570 air miles from Anchorage. via Anchorage Daily News

“There were the 50 people there, and it turned out to be really fun to see them. Thor had asked everybody to write a little bit of a memory about their time in Unga”

Book preserves history, nets award for local author LAURA FORBES For the Peninsula Clarion "The Alaska Pen: An Illustrated History of Unga" is available for purchase at River City Books in Soldotna, the Kenai ... via Clarion Dispatch

“Ultimately, the goal is to be able to remove Steller sea lions from the endangered species list”

CATHY HEGWER / Aleutian East Borough via The Associated Press A bull Steller sea lion, right, and juveniles rest on Sea Lion Rocks, one of the Shumagin Islands south of the Alaska Peninsula near Sand Point. via Anchorage Daily News

Published: February 21st, 2008 01:20 AM Last Modified: February 21st, 2008 01:30 AM Editor's note: As part of the new format of the Daily News, Business people items will now appear throughout the week from ... via Anchorage Daily News

“We would have to build up the infrastructure, and move assets into the villages to participate.”

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing changes to the bypass mail system that will cut $7 million a year from the cost of the program. via Alaska Journal of Commerce

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes

“Where else in Alaska does the local population contribute financially to the construction of a state-owned airport?”

Voters in the Aleutians East Borough this week gave an airport construction project in Akutan a big push forward. via Anchorage Daily News

Published: September 27, 2007 Last Modified: September 27, 2007 at 01:18 AM Grants fund facilities, utilities The Alaska congressional delegation recently announced the following business-related federal ... via Anchorage Daily News