In this Issue:

What has the dithering in Legislature cost us?
The cost of fiscal uncertainty: Investment losses
State’s recession drags on but job loss eases

Transportation
Alaska Railroad back in the black

Fisheries
2018 will be a low year for salmon
Tough year for Southeast charters

Petroleum
More oil discovered on North Slope
DOI begins fast-track ANWR EIS
Eni bullish; plans new investment
Edison Chouest fleet arriving
Steel tariffs won’t hit Ak LNG hard

Health care
SEARHC, Wrangell Medical Center

Energy
From Northrim Bank’s latest survey
More statewide economic data – 2017 small gains over 2016
Small dip in Anchorage home sales; increase in Fairbanks
Building permits issued statewide rose slightly in 2017
Income shows small gains
Inflation remains at modest levels
ISER’s Guettabi: Where will growth in economy come from?

Business Intelligence
Fairbanks under the gun on PM 2.5 particulates; emissions control
U.S. coast guard to home-port more new cutters in Alaska
Haines gets a nice boost from fish taxes, tourism
Anchorage home property taxes to dip; commercial taxes rise
Palmer developer wants an in-city shooting range; locals not so sure
Private-public partnership to help anchorage homeless
Big new retail tenant possible for midtown anchorage sears mall
with legislature’s adjournment delay, ballot propositions pushed to November
Customer for Alaska aerospace cancels launch from kodiak at last minute
Sound publishing buys four Alaska newspapers after gateway sells
Winter sea ice in western Alaska at lowest level in 150 years

Timber
Mat-Su to nalize timber contract

Minerals
Donlin Gold final EIS due out soon
Pebble pre-feasibility report
Ambler resource road