JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 10 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska has emerged as a leader in state government technology by embracing cloud services. Over the past two years, the Department of Administration's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has taken significant steps to move State servers and software applications from local data centers to the cloud. This shift enhances the security of Alaskans' data, improves reliability, and updates Alaska's technica  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 11 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: With the new year underway, construction crews are nearing the completion of construction in Akutan. GCI technicians expect to finish deploying the bulk of the community's fiber by the end of January. When construction is complete, teams will start laying fiber directly to local homes and testing before turning up lightning fast 2.5 gig consumer internet speeds in the coming months, which will gi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Alaska Airlines and United have cancelled hundreds of flights today after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines to stop using some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes until they are inspected. The decision over the weekend came in response to an Alaska Airlines plane emergency landing when it lost a piece of its fuselage in midair. Jungho Suh is a teaching assistant professor of management at the George   more