Industry Trends Articles
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Accommodation and Food Services
Restaurants and Bars in 2020 (December 2020)
The Rise of Coffee Shops (October 2015)
Leisure and Hospitality in Alaska (June 2011)
Leisure & Hospitality (January 2004)
The Eating and Drinking Industry (July 2002)
Oil Industry to Train and Hire Alaskans, Apprenticeship for Native Youths, Deadhorse Air Strip, Major Hotel to be Built in Juneau, Agreement for Construction of Road to North Slope, Application to Construct Valdez Tanker Terminal, Explosive Company to Establish Facilities in Alaska (December 1969)
Job Growth, Training and Jobs for Rural Alaskans, Oklahoma Welder’s Union and the Pipeline, Karluk Fish Processing Plant, Humble Oil to Start Hard Rock Mining Exploration, Cortella Coal Corporation, Lumber Exports, Bethel Hotel (October 1969)
Oil Spurs Demand for Timber, Per Capita Income, New Hotel in Fairbanks, Ward Cove Sawmill, Klukwan Prospecting and Mining Lease, Sale of ACS to RCA (June 1969)
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Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Fishing Jobs Rebound (November 2018)
Marijuana: A New Industry (May 2018)
Commercial Fishing Employment (November 2017)
Determining Salmon Prices (November 2016)
Seafood Harvesting Jobs (November 2016)
Residents in Seafood Processing (November 2016)
Seafood Harvesting (November 2015)
Seafood Harvesting Jobs (November 2014)
Seafood Processors (November 2014)
Alaska’s Community Development Quota Groups (November 2014)
Winter Fisheries in Alaska (February 2014)
Fishing Jobs Up Slightly in 2012 (November 2013)
Alaska’s Salmon Hatcheries (November 2013)
Alaska’s Fishermen (November 2012)
Long Hours on the ’Slime Line’ (November 2012)
Fish Harvesting in Alaska (November 2011)
Employment in the Seafood Industry (November 2010)
Alaska’s Timber Industry (October 2010)
Employment in Alaska’s Seafood Industry (November 2009)
Employment in Alaska’s Fisheries (November 2008)
Seafood Industry Data (June 2007)
Fish Harvesting Employment (December 2006)
Employment in the Alaska Fisheries (February 2006)
Alaska’s Traveling Seafood Workforce (February 2006)
Employment in the Alaska Fisheries (December 2004)
Natural Resources (December 2003)
The Global Salmon Industry (October 2003)
The Ketchikan Pulp Mill Closure (January 2001)
Case Study of a Layoff (January 1998)
Seafood Processing Leads Rebound in New Hires During First Quarter of 1997 (December 1997)
Mill Closure Impacts – Far Reaching (January 1997)
Alaska Seafood Processing– A Growing Job Source? (March 1996)
Alaska’s Commercial Fishing Employment (September 1994)
Alaska’s Timber Industry Faces An Uncertain Future (June 1991)
Timber Industry’s Newest Player–Southcentral Alaska (June 1991)
Alaska’s Timber Industry (October 1988)
Prospects for Aquaculture Diversification in Alaska (July 1987)
Working in the Fishing Industry (July 1987)
Surimi Production in Alaska (January 1986)
Fish Harvesting and Fish Processing in Alaska 1982 (February 1985)
Alaska Fish Harvesting Employment (September 1983)
Southeast Forest Products Employment (February 1983)
Alaska’s New Commercial Fishing & Agriculture Bank (July 1979)
A Discussion Of The Potential For Expanding Into An Alaskan Bottomfish Industry (August 1978)
Southeast Alaska Timber Industry (December 1977)
Agriculture – A Renewable Resource Industry (April 1977)
The Salmon Industry (October 1975)
Agriculture in Alaska (June 1974)
Alaska’s Poor Salmon Outlook (March 1974)
1974 Salmon Outlook Dismal (February 1974)
Imports of Alaskan Pollock Increase (September 1973)
Alaska Fishermen’s Fund (May 1973)
The Future of Fishing in Kodiak (August 1972)
Alaska’s Salmon Industry in a Controlled Environment (October 1971)
Shrimp Landings Continue High (February 1971)
Oil Lease Sale, Pipe Coating Contract Let, Salmon Catch to Decline, Importance of Halibut Increasing (December 1970)
Large Seafood Plant for Kodiak, Salmon Pack Second Best in Twenty Years, Salmon Roe Market Expanding, Reindeer Industry Expanding, Timber Harvest Down, Rowen to Seek Seafloor Gold, Dillingham to Get Manpower Center (October 1970)
Alaska’s Population Shows 30 Percent Gain, Rural Alaska Data Available, Port Facilities in Homer to be Expanded, Herring Fishery on the Rise, Petersburg Fish Hatchery, Copper Deposit Sought (September 1970)
Teachers to be Trained for Rural Schools, Shellfish Landings Up, Foreign Trade Surges Ahead (August 1970)
North Slope Gas Pipelines Study, North Slope Development Plans, Oil Industry Sealift, Kuskokwim River King Salmon Season, Neighborhood Youth Corps, AFN to Sponsor Training, Smaller Communities Program (July 1970)
Alaska First in Value of Fisheries, Oilfield Contract to Brown and Root, Work at Snettisham, Mineral Exploration Up, Alaska’s Personal Income Rises, Alaska’s Cost of Living Up, Korea Exploring Investment, Population Grows (May 1970)
Kodiak Shrimp Landings Up 34 Percent (April 1970)
Big Salmon Catch Expected, Freezer Barge Completed, Uranium Found in Southeast Alaska, Denali Copper Venture, Oil Company Expenses (April 1970)
Crude Oil Production Tops 74 Million Barrels, New Pipe to Cope with Oil Spills, Rural Alaskans on the North Slope, Shipper to Triple Alaska Service, Cold Storage for Yakutat, Razor Clams to be Harvested, Market Outlook for Alaska Salmon (March 1970)
Alaska’s Exports Up 68 Percent in 1969, Japanese to Bid on North Slope Lands, Kaiser Steel Corp. Investigating Arctic Coal, Seward Fish Plant Expands, Manpower Training Programs, Manpower Outlook (February 1970)
Alaska’s Personal Income up 10 Percent, Alaska Peat Moss Company, Marcona Corporation Studying Mining Complex, Fishing Cooperative Grants, Cold Storage in Dillingham, Oil Strike in Canada Predicted, Kenai Lumber Company, 1969 Mineral Production (January 1970)
JOBS Program, Hard Rock Mineral Exploration Office in Ketchikan, Hickel Highway, Halibut Fishery, Big Bear Refinery, North Slope Industrial Park, New Sawmill, Swanson River Oil Field (November 1969)
Job Growth, Training and Jobs for Rural Alaskans, Oklahoma Welder’s Union and the Pipeline, Karluk Fish Processing Plant, Humble Oil to Start Hard Rock Mining Exploration, Cortella Coal Corporation, Lumber Exports, Bethel Hotel (October 1969)
Seward Skill Center, Department of Defense HIRE Program, Alaska Based Companies and the Pipeline, ACS Employees, Prudhoe Bay Oil, Bristol Bay Salmon Catch, Frozen Halibut Shipments, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Catch, Tourists (September 1969)
Work Incentive Program, Kotzebue Manpower Center, Hydaburg Cooperative Cannery, Air Transportation Industry, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Corporations in Alaska, Exploratory Drilling for Oil in Gulf of Alaska (August 1969)
Alaska Lumber Contract, Log Exports, Metlakatla Sawmill, Contract for Tanker Terminal, Red Devil Mine, Training Program for Rural Alaskans, Contract to Insulate Pipeline, State Revenues (July 1969)
Oil Spurs Demand for Timber, Per Capita Income, New Hotel in Fairbanks, Ward Cove Sawmill, Klukwan Prospecting and Mining Lease, Sale of ACS to RCA (June 1969)
Disadvantaged Alaskans, Commercial Fishing Industry, Talkeetna Satellite Earth Station, Haines and Skagway Airport Upgrades, Soldotna Seafood Employer, Seward Chosen as Base of Supply, Japonski Island Bridge, New Factory in Palmer (May 1969)
Fairbanks Today, Cedar Mill in Klawock, Iron Deposits in the Snettisham Area, Klukwan Iron Deposits, Adak Crab Boats, High School Construction Programs (April 1969)
Population Growth, Exports, Canned Shrimp Production, Fishermen Income, Japan’s Demand for Coal, Copper Prospect Near Denali, Rural Development Grants (March 1969)
Agreement to Build Pipeline, Potential Fabrication Plant in Fairbanks, Population Forecast, North Slope Contracts with Alaska Construction Company, Seward Scallop Processing Plant, 1968 Fires, Airline Numbers (February 1969)
Employment Tops 100,000, Personal Income Increase, Peat Moss Plant in Juneau, Cruiseliners to Visit, Shellfish Industry Consolidation, Grant to Build Road in Quinhagak, Golovin Reindeer Processing Company, Sitka Pulp Mill (January 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Kenai Liquid Gas Plant, North Slope Exploratory Drilling Rigs, Kodiak Island Slaughtering Houses, Matanuska Valley Potatoes, Kodiak Scallop Fishing, Barrow Air Strip, REA Funds to Clark’s Point and Newhalen, Tlingit Indian Folklore File (September 1968)
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Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (September 2014)
Leisure and Hospitality in Alaska (June 2011)
Leisure & Hospitality (January 2004)
Winter Tourism in Alaska (December 1988)
Alaska’s Visitor Survey (August 1984)
Tourism (May 1974)
Seward Skill Center, Department of Defense HIRE Program, Alaska Based Companies and the Pipeline, ACS Employees, Prudhoe Bay Oil, Bristol Bay Salmon Catch, Frozen Halibut Shipments, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Catch, Tourists (September 1969)
Employment Tops 100,000, Personal Income Increase, Peat Moss Plant in Juneau, Cruiseliners to Visit, Shellfish Industry Consolidation, Grant to Build Road in Quinhagak, Golovin Reindeer Processing Company, Sitka Pulp Mill (January 1969)
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Construction
Construction’s Winding Road (December 2019)
Alaska Residential Construction (December 2011)
Alaska’s Construction Industry (November 2003)
A Stable Decade for Construction (December 1998)
The Changing Role of Alaska’s Construction Industry (October 1991)
Nome Anticipates Mineral Development, U.S. and Canadian Firms to Co-Research Pipeline, Method to Regenerate Tundra, Juneau Living Costs Up, Non-residential Construction Soars, Population Becoming Less Urban (November 1970)
U.S. Steel Eyeing Klukwan Iron Ore, Mercury Mining Up, Capital Improvements Spur Construction Industry, State Revenues Increase (August 1970)
Contract Construction Employment (April 1961)
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Educational Services
Alaska’s Public Schools (June 2012)
Public School Education A Big Industry (February 1998)
Teachers to be Trained for Rural Schools, Shellfish Landings Up, Foreign Trade Surges Ahead (August 1970)
Seward Skill Center, Department of Defense HIRE Program, Alaska Based Companies and the Pipeline, ACS Employees, Prudhoe Bay Oil, Bristol Bay Salmon Catch, Frozen Halibut Shipments, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Catch, Tourists (September 1969)
Alaska Lumber Contract, Log Exports, Metlakatla Sawmill, Contract for Tanker Terminal, Red Devil Mine, Training Program for Rural Alaskans, Contract to Insulate Pipeline, State Revenues (July 1969)
Fairbanks Today, Cedar Mill in Klawock, Iron Deposits in the Snettisham Area, Klukwan Iron Deposits, Adak Crab Boats, High School Construction Programs (April 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Salmon Packers, Skagway’s Waterfront, Elementary School Projects, Wrangell Airport, Hoonah Air Strip, Barges to the North Slope, Kenai Oil Refinery (August 1968)
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Finance and Insurance
Alaska’s Banks and Credit Unions (August 2020)
Banking and Finance (September 2004)
Employment Opportunities In Credit Institutions (August 1982)
Alaska’s New Commercial Fishing & Agriculture Bank (July 1979)
Alaska Fishermen’s Fund (May 1973)
The Insurance Industry (September 1962)
The Banking Industry (August 1962)
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Health Care and Social Assistance
How Health Care Wages in Alaska Rank (December 2018)
Alaska's Hospitals (December 2016)
Alaska’s Health Care Industry (August 2011)
Social Assistance in the Private Sector (March 2011)
Alaska’s Health Care Industry (March 2010)
Alaska’s Health Care Industry (February 2008)
Alaska’s Health Care Industry (April 2003)
An Alaska Growth Industry–Health Care (November 1995)
Job Opportunities in Alaska’s Health Care Industry Part II (March 1984)
Job Opportunities In Alaska’s Health Care Industry (December 1983)
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Information
The Changing Face of Media (September 2020)
Big Changes for the Information Industry (April 2013)
Alaska’s Information Industry (September 2005)
Occupations in the Information Sector (September 2005)
Information Technology (IT) (January 2002)
High Tech – Alaska’s Boom Industry? (November 1984)
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Manufacturing
Craft Breweries (November 2017)
Alaska is Big on Microbrews (April 2014)
Alaska’s Other Manufacturing (November 2010)
Manufacturing (January 2002)
Seafood Processing Leads Rebound in New Hires During First Quarter of 1997 (December 1997)
Alaska Seafood Processing– A Growing Job Source? (March 1996)
Manufactured in Alaska (July 1990)
Large Seafood Plant for Kodiak, Salmon Pack Second Best in Twenty Years, Salmon Roe Market Expanding, Reindeer Industry Expanding, Timber Harvest Down, Rowen to Seek Seafloor Gold, Dillingham to Get Manpower Center (October 1970)
Alaska’s Exports Up 68 Percent in 1969, Japanese to Bid on North Slope Lands, Kaiser Steel Corp. Investigating Arctic Coal, Seward Fish Plant Expands, Manpower Training Programs, Manpower Outlook (February 1970)
Alaska’s Personal Income up 10 Percent, Alaska Peat Moss Company, Marcona Corporation Studying Mining Complex, Fishing Cooperative Grants, Cold Storage in Dillingham, Oil Strike in Canada Predicted, Kenai Lumber Company, 1969 Mineral Production (January 1970)
JOBS Program, Hard Rock Mineral Exploration Office in Ketchikan, Hickel Highway, Halibut Fishery, Big Bear Refinery, North Slope Industrial Park, New Sawmill, Swanson River Oil Field (November 1969)
Job Growth, Training and Jobs for Rural Alaskans, Oklahoma Welder’s Union and the Pipeline, Karluk Fish Processing Plant, Humble Oil to Start Hard Rock Mining Exploration, Cortella Coal Corporation, Lumber Exports, Bethel Hotel (October 1969)
Work Incentive Program, Kotzebue Manpower Center, Hydaburg Cooperative Cannery, Air Transportation Industry, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Corporations in Alaska, Exploratory Drilling for Oil in Gulf of Alaska (August 1969)
Disadvantaged Alaskans, Commercial Fishing Industry, Talkeetna Satellite Earth Station, Haines and Skagway Airport Upgrades, Soldotna Seafood Employer, Seward Chosen as Base of Supply, Japonski Island Bridge, New Factory in Palmer (May 1969)
Population Growth, Exports, Canned Shrimp Production, Fishermen Income, Japan’s Demand for Coal, Copper Prospect Near Denali, Rural Development Grants (March 1969)
Agreement to Build Pipeline, Potential Fabrication Plant in Fairbanks, Population Forecast, North Slope Contracts with Alaska Construction Company, Seward Scallop Processing Plant, 1968 Fires, Airline Numbers (February 1969)
Employment Tops 100,000, Personal Income Increase, Peat Moss Plant in Juneau, Cruiseliners to Visit, Shellfish Industry Consolidation, Grant to Build Road in Quinhagak, Golovin Reindeer Processing Company, Sitka Pulp Mill (January 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Kenai Liquid Gas Plant, North Slope Exploratory Drilling Rigs, Kodiak Island Slaughtering Houses, Matanuska Valley Potatoes, Kodiak Scallop Fishing, Barrow Air Strip, REA Funds to Clark’s Point and Newhalen, Tlingit Indian Folklore File (September 1968)
Salmon Packers, Skagway’s Waterfront, Elementary School Projects, Wrangell Airport, Hoonah Air Strip, Barges to the North Slope, Kenai Oil Refinery (August 1968)
Printing and Publishing and Miscellaneous Manufacturing (July 1961)
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Military
The Military and Alaska’s Economy (December 2013)
The Military is Big Business in Anchorage (June 2006)
Base Realignment and Closure (August 2005)
The Military–Still An Economic Force (September 1993)
The Military and Alaska’s Economy (November 1987)
The Military Role in Alaska’s Economy (September 1984)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
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Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Metal Mining in Alaska (May 2019)
The North Slope Oil Patch (February 2018)
Ups and Downs for Oil Industry Jobs (February 2017)
Alaska’s Oil and Gas Industry (June 2013)
Alaska’s Mining Industry (May 2013)
Alaska’s Mining Industry (October 2010)
Building the Next Pipeline (May 2009)
Alaska’s Oil Industry (September 2008)
A Supply of Alaska Workers for the Gas Line (April 2007)
Natural Resources (December 2003)
The Oil Industry (September 2003)
Metal Mining: Revival of a Basic Industry (November 1997)
Case Study of a Layoff–Life After Greens Creek (January 1996)
Accident Rate for Oil Spill Cleanup not Unusual (September 1991)
Alaska Mining Reawakens (November 1989)
An Overview of Alaska’s Oil Industry (November 1989)
Alaska Oil Production in Perspective (October 1987)
Alaska’s Oil Patch (October 1987)
Working in the Oil and Gas Industry (October 1987)
Alaska’s Mining Industry (June 1985)
The Petroleum Industry– Alaska Compared to Other States (January 1983)
Molybdenum Demand and Quartz Hill (September 1982)
Employment Opportunities of the U.S. Borax Project (June 1982)
Alaska’s Oil Industry (March 1982)
The Petroleum Industry Alaska Compared To Other States (January 1982)
Pipeline Construction (October 1978)
Petrochemical Development in Alaska (September 1977)
Pipeline Completion and its Impact on Alaska’s Labor Markets (November 1976)
Future Energy Resource Development (April 1976)
Oil Pipeline Impact (November 1975)
The HRPI-URSA Pipeline Impact Study (March 1975)
Gold! (December 1974)
Transporting North Slope Gas to Market (December 1973)
Lost River Mining Development Moves Forward (November 1972)
Mining’s Future in Alaska (March 1972)
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Lives (February 1971)
Mineral Production Climbs (January 1971)
Oil Lease Sale, Pipe Coating Contract Let, Salmon Catch to Decline, Importance of Halibut Increasing (December 1970)
Nome Anticipates Mineral Development, U.S. and Canadian Firms to Co-Research Pipeline, Method to Regenerate Tundra, Juneau Living Costs Up, Non-residential Construction Soars, Population Becoming Less Urban (November 1970)
Large Seafood Plant for Kodiak, Salmon Pack Second Best in Twenty Years, Salmon Roe Market Expanding, Reindeer Industry Expanding, Timber Harvest Down, Rowen to Seek Seafloor Gold, Dillingham to Get Manpower Center (October 1970)
Alaska’s Population Shows 30 Percent Gain, Rural Alaska Data Available, Port Facilities in Homer to be Expanded, Herring Fishery on the Rise, Petersburg Fish Hatchery, Copper Deposit Sought (September 1970)
U.S. Steel Eyeing Klukwan Iron Ore, Mercury Mining Up, Capital Improvements Spur Construction Industry, State Revenues Increase (August 1970)
North Slope Gas Pipelines Study, North Slope Development Plans, Oil Industry Sealift, Kuskokwim River King Salmon Season, Neighborhood Youth Corps, AFN to Sponsor Training, Smaller Communities Program (July 1970)
Alaska First in Value of Fisheries, Oilfield Contract to Brown and Root, Work at Snettisham, Mineral Exploration Up, Alaska’s Personal Income Rises, Alaska’s Cost of Living Up, Korea Exploring Investment, Population Grows (May 1970)
Big Salmon Catch Expected, Freezer Barge Completed, Uranium Found in Southeast Alaska, Denali Copper Venture, Oil Company Expenses (April 1970)
Crude Oil Production Tops 74 Million Barrels, New Pipe to Cope with Oil Spills, Rural Alaskans on the North Slope, Shipper to Triple Alaska Service, Cold Storage for Yakutat, Razor Clams to be Harvested, Market Outlook for Alaska Salmon (March 1970)
Alaska’s Exports Up 68 Percent in 1969, Japanese to Bid on North Slope Lands, Kaiser Steel Corp. Investigating Arctic Coal, Seward Fish Plant Expands, Manpower Training Programs, Manpower Outlook (February 1970)
Alaska’s Personal Income up 10 Percent, Alaska Peat Moss Company, Marcona Corporation Studying Mining Complex, Fishing Cooperative Grants, Cold Storage in Dillingham, Oil Strike in Canada Predicted, Kenai Lumber Company, 1969 Mineral Production (January 1970)
Oil Industry to Train and Hire Alaskans, Apprenticeship for Native Youths, Deadhorse Air Strip, Major Hotel to be Built in Juneau, Agreement for Construction of Road to North Slope, Application to Construct Valdez Tanker Terminal, Explosive Company to Establish Facilities in Alaska (December 1969)
JOBS Program, Hard Rock Mineral Exploration Office in Ketchikan, Hickel Highway, Halibut Fishery, Big Bear Refinery, North Slope Industrial Park, New Sawmill, Swanson River Oil Field (November 1969)
Job Growth, Training and Jobs for Rural Alaskans, Oklahoma Welder’s Union and the Pipeline, Karluk Fish Processing Plant, Humble Oil to Start Hard Rock Mining Exploration, Cortella Coal Corporation, Lumber Exports, Bethel Hotel (October 1969)
Seward Skill Center, Department of Defense HIRE Program, Alaska Based Companies and the Pipeline, ACS Employees, Prudhoe Bay Oil, Bristol Bay Salmon Catch, Frozen Halibut Shipments, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Catch, Tourists (September 1969)
Work Incentive Program, Kotzebue Manpower Center, Hydaburg Cooperative Cannery, Air Transportation Industry, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Corporations in Alaska, Exploratory Drilling for Oil in Gulf of Alaska (August 1969)
Alaska Lumber Contract, Log Exports, Metlakatla Sawmill, Contract for Tanker Terminal, Red Devil Mine, Training Program for Rural Alaskans, Contract to Insulate Pipeline, State Revenues (July 1969)
Oil Spurs Demand for Timber, Per Capita Income, New Hotel in Fairbanks, Ward Cove Sawmill, Klukwan Prospecting and Mining Lease, Sale of ACS to RCA (June 1969)
Fairbanks Today, Cedar Mill in Klawock, Iron Deposits in the Snettisham Area, Klukwan Iron Deposits, Adak Crab Boats, High School Construction Programs (April 1969)
Population Growth, Exports, Canned Shrimp Production, Fishermen Income, Japan’s Demand for Coal, Copper Prospect Near Denali, Rural Development Grants (March 1969)
Agreement to Build Pipeline, Potential Fabrication Plant in Fairbanks, Population Forecast, North Slope Contracts with Alaska Construction Company, Seward Scallop Processing Plant, 1968 Fires, Airline Numbers (February 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Kenai Liquid Gas Plant, North Slope Exploratory Drilling Rigs, Kodiak Island Slaughtering Houses, Matanuska Valley Potatoes, Kodiak Scallop Fishing, Barrow Air Strip, REA Funds to Clark’s Point and Newhalen, Tlingit Indian Folklore File (September 1968)
Salmon Packers, Skagway’s Waterfront, Elementary School Projects, Wrangell Airport, Hoonah Air Strip, Barges to the North Slope, Kenai Oil Refinery (August 1968)
Mining Industry (March 1961)
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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Legal Services in Alaska (December 2013)
Professional and Business Services (May 2007)
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Public Administration
The Make-Up of State Government (December 2016)
The Corrections Industry (June 2016)
Government Jobs Vary by Area (February 2016)
Federal Civilian Jobs in Alaska (October 2013)
Federal Spending in Alaska (February 2012)
State Government (September 2007)
Local Government (October 2006)
The Federal Government in Alaska (February 2002)
State Government (January 2000)
Federal Agencies Prominent Despite Downsizing (September 1996)
Federal Government: The Largest Alaskan Employer (February 1994)
Alaskans: More Likely to Be Federal Workers Than Other Americans (February 1994)
Local Government in Alaska (January 1988)
Employment and Earnings in Local Government (January 1988)
Federal Agency Employment in Alaska (November 1987)
Federal Government Occupations in Alaska (November 1987)
State Government Employment 1979–1987 (August 1987)
Alaska State Government Employment Profile (August 1987)
Village Native Corporations (December 1984)
Regional Native Corporations (June 1984)
Alaska Government Employment (January 1981)
U.S. Steel Eyeing Klukwan Iron Ore, Mercury Mining Up, Capital Improvements Spur Construction Industry, State Revenues Increase (August 1970)
Alaska Lumber Contract, Log Exports, Metlakatla Sawmill, Contract for Tanker Terminal, Red Devil Mine, Training Program for Rural Alaskans, Contract to Insulate Pipeline, State Revenues (July 1969)
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Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
The Real Estate Industry (October 1962)
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Retail Trade
Retail Faces a Trio of Pressures (April 2021)
The Auto Industry (September 2018)
How is Alaska Retail Faring? (April 2018)
Retail Sales Workers 10 Years Later (March 2014)
The Recession’s Impact on Retail Jobs (December 2009)
Retail Trade in Alaska (December 2008)
Retail Trade (October 2004)
Registers Ring for Alaska’s Retailers (December 1990)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Miscellaneous Retail Stores (July 1962)
Building Materials and Home Furnishing Stores (June 1962)
Automotive Industry (May 1962)
Retail Food Industry (March 1962)
General Merchandise and Apparel Establishments (February 1962)
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Transportation and Warehousing
Transportation and the Pandemic (May 2021)
Water Transportation in Alaska (September 2013)
The Marine Highway System (September 2013)
The Air Transportation Industry (April 2012)
The Span of Alaska’s Railways (March 2012)
Transportation (January 2005)
Transportation (November 1999)
A View of Alaska’s Air Transportation Industry (July 1996)
Alaska’s Air Transportation Industry (May 1988)
Rail Transportation in Alaska (May 1988)
Truck and Water Transportation in Alaska (May 1988)
Opportunities In the Alaska Air Transportation Industry (August 1983)
The Jones Act (April 1983)
Alaska’s Population Shows 30 Percent Gain, Rural Alaska Data Available, Port Facilities in Homer to be Expanded, Herring Fishery on the Rise, Petersburg Fish Hatchery, Copper Deposit Sought (September 1970)
Crude Oil Production Tops 74 Million Barrels, New Pipe to Cope with Oil Spills, Rural Alaskans on the North Slope, Shipper to Triple Alaska Service, Cold Storage for Yakutat, Razor Clams to be Harvested, Market Outlook for Alaska Salmon (March 1970)
Oil Industry to Train and Hire Alaskans, Apprenticeship for Native Youths, Deadhorse Air Strip, Major Hotel to be Built in Juneau, Agreement for Construction of Road to North Slope, Application to Construct Valdez Tanker Terminal, Explosive Company to Establish Facilities in Alaska (December 1969)
JOBS Program, Hard Rock Mineral Exploration Office in Ketchikan, Hickel Highway, Halibut Fishery, Big Bear Refinery, North Slope Industrial Park, New Sawmill, Swanson River Oil Field (November 1969)
Work Incentive Program, Kotzebue Manpower Center, Hydaburg Cooperative Cannery, Air Transportation Industry, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Corporations in Alaska, Exploratory Drilling for Oil in Gulf of Alaska (August 1969)
Disadvantaged Alaskans, Commercial Fishing Industry, Talkeetna Satellite Earth Station, Haines and Skagway Airport Upgrades, Soldotna Seafood Employer, Seward Chosen as Base of Supply, Japonski Island Bridge, New Factory in Palmer (May 1969)
Agreement to Build Pipeline, Potential Fabrication Plant in Fairbanks, Population Forecast, North Slope Contracts with Alaska Construction Company, Seward Scallop Processing Plant, 1968 Fires, Airline Numbers (February 1969)
Employment Tops 100,000, Personal Income Increase, Peat Moss Plant in Juneau, Cruiseliners to Visit, Shellfish Industry Consolidation, Grant to Build Road in Quinhagak, Golovin Reindeer Processing Company, Sitka Pulp Mill (January 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Kenai Liquid Gas Plant, North Slope Exploratory Drilling Rigs, Kodiak Island Slaughtering Houses, Matanuska Valley Potatoes, Kodiak Scallop Fishing, Barrow Air Strip, REA Funds to Clark’s Point and Newhalen, Tlingit Indian Folklore File (September 1968)
Salmon Packers, Skagway’s Waterfront, Elementary School Projects, Wrangell Airport, Hoonah Air Strip, Barges to the North Slope, Kenai Oil Refinery (August 1968)
Air Transportation (October 1961)
Water Transportation (September 1961)
Trucking and Warehousing Industries (August 1961)
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Utilities
The Growth of Telecommunications (April 2014)
Satellite Telecommunications in Alaska (August 1975)
Alaska First in Value of Fisheries, Oilfield Contract to Brown and Root, Work at Snettisham, Mineral Exploration Up, Alaska’s Personal Income Rises, Alaska’s Cost of Living Up, Korea Exploring Investment, Population Grows (May 1970)
Seward Skill Center, Department of Defense HIRE Program, Alaska Based Companies and the Pipeline, ACS Employees, Prudhoe Bay Oil, Bristol Bay Salmon Catch, Frozen Halibut Shipments, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Catch, Tourists (September 1969)
Oil Spurs Demand for Timber, Per Capita Income, New Hotel in Fairbanks, Ward Cove Sawmill, Klukwan Prospecting and Mining Lease, Sale of ACS to RCA (June 1969)
Disadvantaged Alaskans, Commercial Fishing Industry, Talkeetna Satellite Earth Station, Haines and Skagway Airport Upgrades, Soldotna Seafood Employer, Seward Chosen as Base of Supply, Japonski Island Bridge, New Factory in Palmer (May 1969)
Snettisham Dam, Nikiski Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Topping Plant, Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site, North Slope Winter Road Construction, Petersburg Airport, Salmon Catch, Southeast Halibut Harvest, Water System Grant for Mendenhall Valley, School Enrollment, Sitkalidak Mink Farm (November 1968)
Crude Oil Production, Cordova Coal Company, Forest Products Exports, Nome Reindeer Processing Plant, Kodiak Shrimp and Crab Processing Plant, Kodiak Jet Fuel Facility, Interior Highway Construction, REA Loan for Service to Remote Villages, Car and Truck Sales (October 1968)
Communications and Public Utilities Industries (November 1961)
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