In a year when the economy struggled to recover, business boomed for Total Reclaim, a computer and electronics recycling firm now carrying its mantra on the merits of recycling all over the state of Alaska.

KODIAK — Alaska fishermen have embraced a project that will result in many saved lives.

An Anchorage economist predicts a weak, uneven recovery for Alaska in 2010.

Alaska Native corporations and a multinational firm are planning to build the first fiber-optic cable between Asia and Europe through the Arctic.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Morris Publishing Group, owner of daily and nondaily newspapers across the country, including some in Alaska, said Wednesday it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within a week.

Shell is partnering with Olgoonik Corp., the Native village corporation for the Chukchi Sea coast village of Wainwright, and Ukpeaegvik Inupiat Corp., the Native village corporation for Barrow, to operate logistics bases in Wainwright and Barrow this summer, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said.

NORTH SLOPE — Crews have completed cleanup of an oil spill on the North Slope from a pipeline that froze and ruptured under pressure in November, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday.

Alaska workers might be eligible for an unemployment tax refund if they worked for more than one employer last year, the state Department of Labor said.

North Slope oil: $81.15, down $1.14

In a state-versus-oil company battle with major implications for the development of Alaska’s untapped North Slope gas, a state judge this week issued a ruling in favor of oil companies.