KTUU by Ted Lamb.  Drivetrain-designers Roush CleanTodd Mouv, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Propane vehicles, Roush Fenway, Anchorage, Alaska, DetroitTech brought some propane-powered trucks up to Alaska about nine months ago to show folks it could handle the state’s tough conditions.  “The truck and technology came through with flying colors, it worked down to 55-below,” said Todd Mouw (NGP Photo with Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan), vice president of Roush CleanTech.  Mouw has been visiting with state officials and companies that have large fleets of vehicles, promoting his propane trucks.

Alaska Dispatch by Austin Baird.  A report  by economists for Wells Fargo released this week finds that Alaska is among 13 states that "likely fell into recessionary territory in July," even though the country’s economic outlook as a whole "remains in positive territory." The report draws from data  compiled by The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia that attempts to estimate the current health of the economy.  Alaska’s "economy is very cyclical and fluctuates quite a bit," Michael A. Brown, one of the economists who authored the report, said Thursday. "Obviously, a lot of that’s tied to oil and energy, but growth has decelerated in other areas as well." … But Neal Fried (NGP Photo), a state labor economist, said he’s wary of economic indexes that rely heavily on national averages or data tied to manufacturing, which Alaska doesn’t have a lot of. He also said the jury’s out on the economic impact of the Japanese disaster on Alaska.