Check Out Alaska’s Top 49ers!
National Parks Visitors Spent $1.2B in Alaska in 2022
A report from the National Park Service (NPS) estimates that parks attracted 2,023,881 visitors who spent $1,160,600,000 in 2022.
Work on Coast Guard Cutter to Begin at Ketchikan Shipyard
Vigor Alaska awarded $3.65 million contract to maintain and repair US Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick at Ketchikan Shipyard.
Alaska Communities Receive $440M to Improve Sanitation Infrastructure
Alaska to receive more than $440 million through Indian Health Service to improve sanitation infrastructure in communities across the state.
Palmer Quilt Shop Closes After 19 Years
Just Sew in Palmer is closing its doors after more than 30 years operating as a fabric and quilting store.
North Slope Marketplace: Boot Camp for Arctic Entrepreneurs
The North Slope Marketplace provides technical training, cash, and financing to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shareholder and descendant entrepreneurs.
Rural Retail Realities
What retailers choose to stock at their remote Alaska stores—food, snowmachine or boat parts, fuel—could mean survival for residents of small villages.
Five Left Out: A Generational Fight for Southeast Land Claims
The fight to amend the exclusion of five Southeast communities from Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act continues today, fifty years after the act passed.
Buy Alaskan? How about Shop Shareholders
The state-run “Made in Alaska” program provides a relatively easy way for makers to promote the Alaska authenticity of their goods. How about getting even more local? Alaska Native corporations have launched shareholder directories that allow members and nonmembers to look up and support businesses owned by other corporation shareholders or descendants.
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September 29
2023 Top 49ers Luncheon
Celebrate with Alaska Business as we honor the 2023 Top 49ers, businesses that were launched in Alaska and remain headquartered here, as ranked by gross revenue.
September 26 – September 28
Fall Forum
The Alaska Chamber’s 2023 Fall Forum will be held in Anchorage at the Downtown Hilton Hotel.
The Contractors Plan
‘Significant’ Oil and Gas Investment Forecast at AOGA Conference
The annual economic report prepared for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association conference anticipates $14 billion in industry spending, supporting 2,600 to 2,900 jobs.
Quintillion’s Arctic Offshore Cable Nearly Repaired
Repair vessel IT Integrity is in position to fix Quintillion’s fiber optic cable at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean that was severed by sea ice in June.
BINW Cuts the Ribbon on Alaska’s First Veterans Business Outreach Center
Seattle-based nonprofit Business Impact Northwest adds to its Anchorage entrepreneurship services with a federally funded military veteran outreach office.
Fabulous Fabrication: CITC’s Super Fab Lab
Cook Inlet Tribal Council held a grand opening for Denełchin Lab, an expanded maker space in Muldoon for education, entrepreneurship, and cultural connection.
