ANCHORAGE - Former Sen. Ted Stevens received a standing ovation at a speech to the Alaska Industry Support Alliance, one of his first public appearances since leaving Congress. He told the group Thursday in Anchorage that business must organize...

...future. Bob Stinson is the co-founder and president of CONAM Construction Company, an oil field service company that performs facilities construction and maintenance. He was a former president of the Alaska Industry Support Alliance.

...before last spring's eruption of Mount Redoubt. The company's operations manager, Dale Haines, told an Alaska Industry Support Alliance luncheon Tuesday in Kenny that shutting down the Drift River Oil Terminal in April forced a change. Oil...