Alaska Morning News: April 3, 2026 8am
Alaska Morning News: April 3, 2026 8am
How much will Alaska have to spend? Volatile oil prices make it difficult to predict.
The COVID pandemic, when oil prices went negative for a day, is the only time in the index’s nearly 20-year history when prices were more volatile than they are right now.
Greenwave opens kelp nursery in Kodiak to reduce cost for farmers and increase production
Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.
Alaska tourism was flat last summer, and this year may look similar
Geopolitical tensions last year caused some international travelers to cancel their vacations to the United States, and locally, Alaska tourism operators were navigating a puzzle of uncertainty.
What the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs means for Alaskans
The ruling is in, but uncertainty isn’t over.