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Anchorage Investments signs $2bln petrochem deal with Suez Canal Authority
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Zawya
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Suez Canal Authority and Anchorage Investments have signed a partnership agreement worth $2 billion to establish a major petrochemical industrial complex in Egypt within the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). Under the agreement, Suez Canal...
Owner: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Opinion: Tourism builds Alaska’s future, one visitor at a time
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Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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People gather near the base of Nugget Falls, a popular destination for selfies at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, in Juneau. (Becky Bohrer/AP) Every Alaskan knows the pride of seeing someone visit our state for the first time. They step...
Owner: Ryan Binkley
Agriculture is on the rise in Interior Alaska, but farmers often need side hustles
Tom Zimmer brought a hammer down on a slender length of metal while a class of teens looked on. “They say, in the old days, you found the blacksmith shop not from the hammering but the cussing and filing of the apprentice,” he said between...
Owner: American Government & Bethel Broadcasting
University of Alaska extends UAA interim chancellor Cheryl Siemers’ tenure
The University of Alaska Anchorage will extend interim chancellor Cheryl Siemers’ tenure through next summer, the university announced on Monday, and has concluded the hiring process for a full time chancellor for now. University of Alaska...
Owner: States Newsroom Network
Suez Canal sigs agreement with Anchorage Investments for petrochemicals complex
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a strategic partnership contract with Anchorage Investments to build a petrochemicals complex in Ain Sokha, Egypt, with US$2 billion in investments the for first phase. The petrochemicals complex maximises...
Owner: Hardy Family
NOAA nominee pledges ‘scientific integrity’ in fisheries regulation
Lawmakers representing the nation’s fishing communities pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee oceans and fisheries to prioritize baseline surveys and stock assessments that undergird the nation’s $320 billion dollar seafood economy....
Owner: Mathias Döpfner & Friede Springer
Egypt: SCA inks partnership with Anchorage Investments to build petrochemical complex in Sokhna
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Arab Finance: The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Anchorage Investments to establish a large-scale petrochemical industrial complex in Ain Sokhna, as per a statement. The project marks a key step in...
Owner: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
PicoICE offers Alaska seafood a marketing boost
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National Fisherman - Alaska
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October 23, 2025 "PicoICE technology is arguably revolutionary,” says Dan Strickland. “The two tests which have been performed with it (in both cases with less than perfect support) have resulted in a plant manager in False Pass, and a processor...
Owner: Hildreth Family
Anchorage Assembly increases penalties for neglectful landlords
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Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A sign taped to an arctic entryway door says "Please keep this door closed: we have no heat," on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 at Romig Court in Spenard. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Landlords who allow their properties to become dangerous or unlivable by city...
Owner: Ryan Binkley
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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Alaska Public Media
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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly Those displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong face an uncertain future in Anchorage. Plus, food assistance benefits in Alaska are set to pause as the government shutdown continues. And, tourists hoping to visit...
Owner: American Government
Alaska Organized Militia races against winter in Western Alaska
BETHEL, ALASKA, UNITED STATES 10.22.2025 Courtesy Story BETHEL, Alaska — It is a race against time as winter closes in on communities impacted by Western Alaska Storm 2025. Alaska Organized Militia (AKOM) members were rapidly deployed as soon as...
Owner: American Government
Subsistence rights and disaster relief take center stage at 2025 Alaska Federation of Natives convention
Alaska Natives from across the state grappled with two dramatic issues at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention last week: The immediate devastation of the impact of typhoon Halong and yet another legal challenge to subsistence....
Owner: Diana Haecker & Nils Hahn
Alaska Schools’ Social Studies Standards Omit Washington, Lincoln, And Christianity
Alaska’s new social studies standards don’t mention the Nome Gold Rush. They don’t mention the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. They don’t mention William Egan, the state of Alaska’s first governor, and they don’t mention Sarah Palin, who ran for...
Owner: Ben Domenech & Sean Davis
Last year’s Alaska tourism season was a record year — but just barely
The Norwegian Joy docks in downtown Juneau on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Over 3 million people visited Alaska during the tourism season that ended in April 2025 marking a new record for the state, according to data...
Owner: Capital Community Broadcasting Inc.
2025 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey begins annual mailout
Anglers who purchased an Alaska sport fishing license in 2025 may soon receive a copy of the 2025 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey, according to an Oct. 22 press release. Conducted annually since 1977, the Alaska Sport Fishing Survey is a scientific...
Owner: Kachemak Bay Broadcasting & American Government
‘Radical autopilot’: Alaska’s school standards ignore Washington, Lincoln, and Christianity
(Photo by Joe Kovacs) State education bureaucrats routinely set “standards” for schools to include certain things in their classrooms for students to learn. But too often, they are reflecting an agenda or ideology, not the simple facts, according...
Owner: Joseph Farah
Battered, but not yet broken: Coastal Alaska abides in the grip of global heating
By Michael Engelhard October 22, 2025 116 An open lead in the pack ice, where migrating whales surface to breathe. Photo by Matthew Druckenmiller. Recent headlines about the vortex of the expired Typhoon Halong destroying two Native settlements,...
Owner: Alice Rogoff
New data shows Alaska’s 24/25 tourism season was a record year, barely
Over 3 million people visited Alaska during the tourism season that ended in April 2025 marking a new record for the state, according to data released at the Alaska Travel Industry Association’s annual convention in Anchorage Tuesday. The Alaska...
Owner: American Government
“Building the best airline in the world”: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on culture, technology and competing on the global stage
Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp An undoubted highlight of the FTE Global 2025...
Owner: Daniel Coleman
DFW, Synect, Burns Engineering and Faith Group on ‘Smarter Signage’ – strategy, content & systems that deliver
Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp A key session at FTE Global 2025 focused on ‘Smarter...
Owner: Daniel Coleman