Skip to content
Saturday, August 09, 2025

Anchorage Herald

Anchorage Breaking News & Events

The location could not be found.
  • News
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Life
  • Money
  • Tech
  • Travel

Author: Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tech

Broadband internet is creating jobs, and changing lives in Kentucky’s ‘Silicon Holler,’ Wisconsin’s Northwoods

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Broadband internet is creating jobs, and changing lives in Kentucky’s ‘Silicon Holler,’ Wisconsin’s Northwoods

Studies have shown broadband creates jobs, boosts entrepreneurship, raises property values and creates taxpayers who contribute to the common good.

Tech

Broadband internet is creating jobs, and changing lives in In Kentucky’s ‘Silicon Holler,’ Wisconsin’s Northwoods

June 10, 2021Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Broadband internet is creating jobs, and changing lives in In Kentucky’s ‘Silicon Holler,’ Wisconsin’s Northwoods

Studies have shown broadband creates jobs, boosts entrepreneurship, raises property values and creates taxpayers who contribute to the common good.

Money

Farmers’ milk prices rising, easing dairy farm losses, but for how long?

July 11, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Farmers’ milk prices rising, easing dairy farm losses, but for how long?

Boosted by government purchases of dairy products and the reopening of restaurants, farm milk prices have been rising.

Money

Sales of canoes, kayaks, other outdoor gear rebound during the coronavirus pandemic

June 29, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Sales of canoes, kayaks, other outdoor gear rebound during the coronavirus pandemic

Across the nation, bicycles, kayaks, paddleboards, camping gear, even backyard items such as trampolines and pool floats are in hot demand.

Money

Briggs & Stratton skips $6.7 million interest payment, awards $5 million to executives

June 19, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Briggs & Stratton skips $6.7 million interest payment, awards $5 million to executives

Briggs & Stratton skips $6.7 million interest payment, awards $5 million to executives

Money

The sinking of Evinrude, a legendary Wisconsin brand in outboard motors, shocked even dealerships

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on The sinking of Evinrude, a legendary Wisconsin brand in outboard motors, shocked even dealerships

Evinrude outboard motors’ demise shocked, saddened, boaters and dealerships

Money

‘We went from the pandemic … to this’: Business owners frustrated by looting

June 2, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on ‘We went from the pandemic … to this’: Business owners frustrated by looting

Business owners express frustration with looting but solidarity with protesters

Money

Harley-Davidson executives take 30% pay cut; other salaried employees take cuts of 10% to 20%

April 15, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Harley-Davidson executives take 30% pay cut; other salaried employees take cuts of 10% to 20%

Harley-Davidson executives take 30% pay cut; other salaried employees take pay cuts of 10% to 20%

Money

Wisconsin farmers forced to dump milk as coronavirus slams a fragile dairy economy

April 3, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Wisconsin farmers forced to dump milk as coronavirus slams a fragile dairy economy

Dairy farmers, whose product is highly perishable, are seeing processing plants close or curb production, forcing them to flush milk down the drain.

Money

Harley-Davidson president and CEO Matt Levatich steps down from motorcycle manufacturer

February 28, 2020Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal SentinelComments Off on Harley-Davidson president and CEO Matt Levatich steps down from motorcycle manufacturer

Matt Levatich, Harley-Davidson president and CEO, has stepped down from his roles leading the world’s largest manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles.

Posts pagination

1 2 3 Next

Headlines

‘Big Hero 6’s San Fransokyo comes to life at Disneyland

August 31, 2023Eve Chen, USA TODAY

Velocity at what cost? MLB’s hardest throwers keep succumbing to Tommy John surgery

August 31, 2023Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
  • News
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Life
  • Money
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Tampa Herald
  • Reno Chronicle
  • New Orleans Courier
  • Flint Chronicle
  • St. Louis Herald
  • Boise Chronicle
  • Anchorage Herald
  • Madison Chronicle
  • Chula Vista Chronicle
  • Newark Chronicle
  • Stockton Chronicle
  • Pittsburg Herald
  • Toledo Herald
2020 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.