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National Study Shows Gap Between Cost of Renting and Housing Wages
Channel 2 NewsNumbers from a new national study show the challenges of being able to afford housing in Alaska. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the average wage for Alaskans who rent doesn't quite add up to the cost of renting a standard two...Tags: Rentals
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Juneau Home Prices Up $40K in 2 Years
Russell Stigall, Juneau EmpireIt's definitely a seller's market in Juneau. The Juneau Empire reports (http://is.gd/4urcD9) the average home price in the capital has increased about $40,000 in a two-year period. Heather Marlow with the city and borough says the average... -
Ketchikan Borough Considers Land Sales
Ketchikan Daily NewsThe Ketchikan Gateway Borough is considering a 140-lot land sale. The Ketchikan Daily News says the borough would play the part of a private landowner if the borough Assembly approves phase-one of a three-phase effort. The first phase would...Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping
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Alaska Permanent Fund to Invest 1 Percent in Foreclosed Home Market
Pat Forgey, Juneau-EmpireThe Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. will be expanding its investment into the home market. Executive director Mike Burns tells the Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/KNXNMO) that the fund intends to buy hundreds of foreclosed properties and maybe more. ...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Rentals, Foreclosures, Mike Burns
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Checklist on Your Financial Well-Being
Channel 2 Financial CorrespondentTrying to determine whether your finances are in good shape can be challenging. I have gathered a series of questions you can use to check your financial progress. Do you have an investment plan? Financial goals are not achieved by accident. You...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Air Force General Promises Transparency on Proposed F-16 Move
Alaska Journal of CommerceIn meetings with community leaders in Fairbanks and Anchorage April 10 to April 12, the Air Force general tasked with implementing the relocation of the F-16 squadron from Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson promised a transparent...Tags: Finance, Labor Legislation, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Economy, Business and Finance
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Sealaska Lands Bill Passes House Natural Resources Committee
The Sealaska Native Corporation scored a major victory in Congress Wednesday. A bill to convey 80,000 acres of land in the Tongass National Forest to the corporation cleared the House Natural Resources Committee.
“This is the furthest we have gone...Tags: Culture, Energy Resources, Lisa Murkowski, Natural Resource Industry, Wildlife
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Death Knell Rings for Alaska Coastal Management Program
Channel 2 NewsThe death knell of the Alaska Coastal Management program can be heard in state offices. The reason: the Legislature’s refusal to renew the federally-funded program, which is set to expire on midnight June 30. The Department of Natural Resources,...Tags: Government, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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A Way Home for Rural Alaskans Stranded in Anchorage
KTUU.comWhen Tony Skurla fell for Nome, he fell hard. “I’ve been lookin’ for this place all my life,” he said. But when Skurla developed medical problems that necessitated a trip to Anchorage, he discovered a harsh fact of life in...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Disasters and Accidents, Travel, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Food Mosaic Project Spotlights a Culturally Diverse Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsIn spring of 2010, word spread that a Samoan couple, Pae and Lotu Uti, were refused service at an Anchorage Asian restaurant because, according to the Utis, of their ethnicity. Fei Harding, owner of Asia Garden, called the whole thing a miscommunication...Tags: Culture, Recipes, Immigration, Facebook, Anchorage
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Ice Park Buys New Home in Fairbanks
Ice Alaska has closed a deal for a new location in Fairbanks to hold its annual premier ice sculpting event.
The transaction positions Ice Alaska -- host of the BP World Ice Art Championships -- for a long-term development project on prime riverfront...Tags: Real Estate, Fairbanks, Real Estate Buyers, Alaska
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Realtors: Alaska home sales ahead of national trend
Real-estate experts say U.S. home sales were down last year, and they predict them to be flat this year -- but add that sales in Alaska are much better than the rest of the country.
Housing was the hot topic at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s...Tags: Real Estate Sales, Real Estate, Anchorage, Alaska, Politics
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