Construction sees big gains while leisure and hospitality fell by 400 jobs.
This Feb. 9, 2016, photo shows ice forming on pipelines built near the Colville-Delta 5, or as it's more commonly known, CD5, drilling site on Alaska's North Slope. ConocoPhillips in October 2015 became the first to drill for oil in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a region the size of Indiana set aside by President Warren G. Harding in 1923. FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Alaska Dept.
Construction made up most of that increase adding 1,900 jobs. Many of those jobs were related on activity on the North Slope. Health care provided the second biggest increase at 1,600 jobs. Most of that increase was related to outpatient care. Transportation, warehousing and utilities each added 1,300 jobs and the mining sector saw an increase of 1,200 jobs.
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