7 March 2010 | 7 replies
They may have enough votes to pass state law, but they don't control local governments.I'm in a town of 60,000 and we've got a brand new Coles, a brand new Olive Garden, and several brand new restaurants and small business that aren't chains, including an enormous sporting goods warehouse.
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13 September 2022 | 44 replies
Looking at the Anchorage-Eagle River-Wasilla-Palmer area.Concerned more about the decline in oil prices than COVID.Any perspective appreciated.A few questions:1.
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13 April 2014 | 35 replies
Not an easy license to get.Boats will need to be USCG compliant and you'll have inspections, they aren't just checking for life jackets, it's a survey (like an appraisal or home inspection, but worse, like checking air cleaner connections, oil or water leaks, service records, etc.
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7 April 2014 | 72 replies
Also, I see brass, chrome, oil rubbed bronze, and satin nickel all mixed together.
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1 March 2016 | 3 replies
Those of us in other areas who have always wanted to own something up there are wondering if the oil related dip in the market will provide some good opportunities?
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18 February 2016 | 23 replies
To bring you up to speed on our situation here, Alaska is very much a “one horse” economy: OIL.
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18 February 2016 | 10 replies
Thanks for the private message @Charles McClure I'm glad you're enjoying the show and working with Oliver.
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30 April 2016 | 36 replies
And I see some of the shakiness in Weld County with oil & gas being in the tank as it is.
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8 March 2016 | 67 replies
The great news is that this will only last a short time while big oil strangles out all the small oil companies.
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8 January 2015 | 12 replies
i know what you mean. im doing that currently with oil ETF's.