Journal of Commerce By:  Elwood Brehmer and DJ Summers Former Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins narrowly escaped the Legislature’s joint confirmation process and kept his seat on the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board of directors. Legislators voted 31-27 in favor of Hopkins, who is Gov. Bill Walker’s latest in a string of appointments to the board charged with leading the state’s role in developing a North Slope natural gas pipeline project, namely today the $45 billion plus Alaska LNG Project. An appointment must receive 31 votes — a [...]