Education Hurdles
Schools throughout the nation are facing a teacher shortage, and nowhere is this felt more starkly than in Alaska, where a large number of educators are recruited from the Lower 48.
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Birds Large and Small Sniff Their Way Through Life
Turkey vultures are most sensitive to a gas called ethanethiol, the rotten-egg scent that wafts from a carcass in the first 24 hours after something dies.
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AIDEA Board Approves Anchorage Business Loan
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) Board unanimously approved a loan participation for a project located in Anchorage.
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Cornerstone Earns Governor’s Safety Award of Excellence for Seventh Consecutive Year
Cornerstone General Contractors has been awarded the 2018 Governor’s Safety Award of Excellence, for the seventh consecutive year, at the 38th Annual Governor’s Safety and Health Conference.
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Stoel Rives Offers New Paid Leave Program to All Staff
Stoel Rives LLP has launched a new firm-wide paid leave program for all staff members in its 10 offices across seven states and Washington, DC
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April 2019
Featured
The Wonderful History of Bev Crum
Bev Crum has worked at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center for more than forty years.
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Education Hurdles
Schools throughout the nation are facing a teacher shortage, and nowhere is this felt more starkly than in Alaska, where a large number of educators are recruited from the Lower 48.
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Alaska’s Shipshape(d) Economy
The cruise industry is crucial to Alaska tourism and the state’s financial well-being. The industry includes approximately 2,180 Alaska businesses that provide tours, activities, and services to the cruise lines and their passengers, according to Cruise Lines International Association
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Chasing the Aurora
During aurora season, generally August 21 through April 21, there’s always the chance to catch the Northern Lights in action.
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North x North Summit & Festival
May 1-5
May 1-5 the Anchorage Museum hosts the third-annual North x North Summit & Festival.
AOGA Conference 2019: Alaska, Back on the Map
May 30
This year’s theme, “Alaska: Back on the Map,” recognizes the role Alaska will play in securing America’s energy security for years to come.
Featured Events
Urban Harvest: What’s Happening in Your Back Yard
April 23
What are you growing? What do you want to grow? Where can we grow more food in Anchorage? Come to this drop-in lunch hour in the Why What How We Eat exhibition to discuss these topics and more. Featured author Liz Snyder, PhD, from the Food Research, Enterprise, and Sustainability Hub (FRESH) discusses various urban agriculture projects happening throughout Anchorage and opportunities for the future of urban agriculture in Alaska. Included with admission.
Tech Forward Alaska 3.0 Luncheon
May 1 @ 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Alaska is home to a small, but growing, tech community. There are a cadre of entrepreneurs who are creating cutting edge technologies here in the 49th state and gaining recognition and customers in the Lower 48 and around the world. The potential opportunities for this sector to flourish here are very real, but not always discussed enough in conversations about growing and diversifying the state’s economy.
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Industry Featured
Visit Sitka Magazine “Official Visitors’ Guide” Released
The new Visit Sitka Magazine is now available online at VisitSitka.org, offering travel inspiration for visitors through dynamic images and engaging stories.
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Enhanced Offerings from Alaska Raptor Center at Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary
New this summer, Kawanti Adventures is offering a raptor flight experience presented in the custom-built, 1,500 square foot flight auditorium of the Alaska Raptor Center.
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Greg Wolf Honored by Chinese Government
WTC Anchorage Executive Director Greg Wolf was honored for his nearly two decades of work to promote stronger trade and investment ties between Alaska and China.
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Salmon Sisters Charitable Give Fish Project Now Donates 1% of All Sales
Salmon Sisters, the fishermen-sister owned Alaskan seafood and design brand’s charitable Give Fish Project has expanded, and will now donate one-percent of all sales.
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In This Issue
The 2019 Alaska Business Corporate 100 Directory
April 2019
Ranked by Alaska employees, these outstanding organizations are keeping Alaskans at work.