Alaska Obtains Six-Figure Civil Penalty in Product Labeling Case

[co-author: Stephanie Kozol]* Alaska’s Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit recently announced it obtained a Superior Court order issuing a $250,000 civil penalty against B. Merry Studio, which the state alleged to have marketed products as being …

Juneau man wins 1 million Alaska Airlines miles

Alaska’s HIV and AIDs support nonprofit says cuts to federal health department could have deadly consequences

Four A’s testing outreach (Photo Courtesy of Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, also known as Four A’s) The Trump administration announced Thursday it would shrink U.S. Department of Health and Human Services staff by almost a quarter, and has suggested …

Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was one of the worst aviation disasters in modern US history. What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragedy after a part of the tail assembly failed. Twenty-five years on from this terrible accident, we look back …

New Epic Alaska Season on Holland America Line

Holland America Line will commence its new season in late April. In 2025, six of its ships will embark on voyages to the breathtaking landscapes of Alaska, offering roundtrip journeys from Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as …

Glenfarne to lead Alaska LNG project with 75% acquired interest

Glenfarne Alaska LNG LLC, an affiliate of Glenfarne Group LLC, will become the majority owner of the Alaska LNG export project, the sole federally permitted LNG export project on the US Pacific Coast (OGJ Online, Apr. 14, 2023).  Through a definitive …

Preserving wild Alaska

Moab local Nick Lee has been commercially fishing in Alaska’s Bristol Bay for decades. In 2016, with a team of filmmakers, he started working on a documentary about fishing in the bay. At first, he envisioned it as a consumer-education film, focused on …

Holland America Adding New Experiences to 2025 Alaska Season

As the weather begins to warm in North America, the cruise season is about to heat up in one of the coolest places on the map: Alaska.  Holland America Line won’t be the first cruise line to bring passengers to the region in 2025 – that will be Norwegian …

Glenfarne takes majority stake of Alaska LNG Project, will lead development

Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion) The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and New York-based Glenfarne Group …

Alaska House bill raises concerns about transparency, necessity of the trafficking council

House Bill 118, a proposal to solidify the Alaska Governor’s Council on Human and Sex Trafficking into a permanent fixture of the state government, is a deeply concerning one, fraught with potential for continuing abuse and a demonstrated lack of necessity …