Transitions
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
With the economy in shambles, Americans have seen their retirement disappear, the stock market rise only to plunge the next day and the government bailing out failing corporations. Given the circumstances, it's safe to assume most are not thinking about purchasing a new home.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
While political and business leaders argue over the construction of new instate and international natural gas pipeline projects, it's important not to forget about a second type of pipeline.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Kenai Peninsula Borough was incorporated in 1964 as a second-class borough under the authority of the state of Alaska Borough Act of 1961.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
When Agrium USA closed its fertilizer plant in Nikiski last year, it spelled an end to more than 160 long-term jobs and incomes that were an important part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough's economy.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
Some long for banker's hours, while others are ready to be done with working for someone else altogether. Being self-employed may bring the promise of more freedom and happiness, but it's often no less work.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
A half-million-dollar increase in sales tax revenue due to high fuel prices contributed to keeping Soldotna's bottom line in the black during 2008.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
Acting as the Kenai Peninsula Borough's economic analyst for the last 10 years, Jeanne Camp has seen an increase in taxable sales every quarter of every year, however, that trend could be coming to an end.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
Alaska's seafood industry packs a walloping $5.8 billion economic impact in the state, a major economics firm concludes in a new report prepared for the Marine Conservation Alliance and two major processor interests.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
If a space visitor could look down on the lower Kenai River on any given July morning, it would likely be confused.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
People invested in stocks and bonds these days are feeling the financial ground shifting beneath their feet like a never-ending earthquake.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Kenai Peninsula Borough lies directly south of Anchorage. The waters of the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound border the borough on the south and east with the dramatic Chigmit Mountains of the Alaska Range rimming the borough to the west. The Cook Inlet divides the borough into two land masses The peninsula itself encompasses 99 percent of the borough's population and most of the development.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
For some, the central Kenai Peninsula is synonymous with world-renowned fishing, but in the much larger picture, most tourists visit Alaska for three reasons.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
Surviving in a challenging economy can be difficult for a small, independent business owner, but those that do thrive often have figured out a way to provide a service or product that is always in demand. And, that is definitely one of the secrets of the success for Manny's Drivers Education.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tesoro continues its commitment to being the fuel of choice for Alaskans. The company had no strategic capital projects in 2008, but did focus on regulatory requirements and scheduled replacements, according to a Tesoro Alaska executive.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
As 2008 drew to a close, three of seven independent oil and gas companies with interests in Cook Inlet were asked by the state to combine their activities or face termination of their lease holdings.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
State fisheries biologists are predicting a Cook Inlet salmon haul of about 3 million fish this coming summer; about 900,000 fish lower the 20-year average.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
In the face of a tumultuous U.S. economy overall, the largest city in the central Kenai Peninsula was reporting finances in the black at the beginning of 2009.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
The peninsula has one of the state's most diverse economies. Performance of major industries -- oil and gas, commercial fishing and tourism -- remains strong. The oil and gas industry is composed of exploration, extraction, storage, processing/manufacturing and transportation and accounts for approximately one-third of the labor force.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
ConocoPhillips continues to work with BP on initiatives to advance the Denali natural gas pipeline project, as well as continuing to explore and develop in lease units around the state.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
As co-owner of Denali, the Alaska Gas Pipeline, BP is touting the natural gas pipeline project as its investment in the future.
web-posted Thursday, February 19, 2009
With Cook Inlet operating costs high and oil prices low, Chevron plans to defer all discretionary capital projects for oil work until 2010, according to company spokeswoman Roxanne Sinz.
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