Penny Wise: Businesses Adapt to Cent Stoppage
by Rindi White | Jul 13, 2026
Penny Wise: Businesses Adapt to Cent Stoppage
by Rindi White | Jul 13, 2026
ACC’s Span Elite Acquires Arctic Harvest Deliveries
The founder of Alaska Harvest Deliveries transitioned to a new job helping entrepreneurs, so she sold the business to Alaska Commercial Company.
HOTWORX Franchise Expands to Alaska, Starting in Wasilla
Former Alaskans return with a new fitness trend: hot yoga, hot pilates, and hot cycle sessions held in saunas to keep muscles limber and lithe.
Feds Settle Port of Alaska Lawsuit for $191.3M
A dozen years since a lawsuit was filed, the US Maritime Administration settled with the Municipality of Anchorage for $191.3 million over defective port improvements.
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Birch & Bloom Family Lounge Brings All-Ages Play Space to Eagle River
Birch & Bloom Family Lounge is a place where kids and parents can enjoy open play, workshops, classes, birthday parties, and events.
Ketchikan Shipyard Gets $99M NOAA Contract
A $99.6 million contract to JAG Marine Group keeps the Ketchikan Shipyard busy overhauling the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.
Homemade Ice Cream Moves Fun to Sun Mountain
Alaskan-owned Big Dipper Homemade Ice Cream celebrates five years in business with a new Wasilla location and booming wholesale distribution.
Chugach Alaska Breaks Ground on ‘Village in the City’
Chugach Alaska Corporation and its nonprofit affiliates are developing Village in the City, a multifunctional campus on a vacant lot in Midtown Anchorage.
Regular Session Bills Enacted for Healthcare, Trawling, and Interior Design
New state laws affect pharmacists, physician assistants, interior designers, trawl fisheries, and precious metals as legal tender.
Minimum Wage Hike to $14 Arrives on July 1
Minimum wage earners get a raise, effective July 1. A ballot measure increases the hourly rate to $14, on the way to $15 per hour by 2027.
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Best of Alaska Business Celebration
It’s back! Alaska Business is hosting a celebration for our readers’ favorites at The Wildbirch Hotel. Gather in July 2026 for festivities honoring business excellence with live music, food, drinks, fun games, and more!
July 16, 2026
Visit Anchorage July Membership Luncheon
Join Anchorage tourism industry peers and hear the latest tourism and economic trends from key community and visitor industry leaders at the July Visit Anchorage Membership Luncheon.
July 17 – 18, 2026
Copper River Salmon Jam
The artsy, coastal town of Cordova lives and breathes fishing. Every July, through the family-friendly Copper River Salmon Jam, local nonprofits and loads of volunteers come together to raise awareness of the region’s rich resources and raise funds to support art opportunities with two days of live music, a wild food sampler, a beer garden, race events, and kids’ activities.
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New Hires at Northrim Bank
Northrim Bank hired Jesse Carlstrom, Mason McFarland, and Shep Delolli as new leaders in its statewide team.
New President of The Tatitlek Corporation
The Tatitlek Corporation promoted Executive Vice President Dick Hobbs, former president of Afognak village corporation, to become its new President.
New Staffers at Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce hired Morrow Duszynski as Communications Manager and Mariah Caldwell as Membership Manager.
Penny Wise: Businesses Adapt to Cent Stoppage
The US Treasury stopped minting pennies, so how are local businesses adapting to the imminent extinction of the little red cent?
Standout Startups: Favorite 2025 Arrivals
Votes for Best Startup of 2025 were so spread out that we decided to feature as many as possible. Meet newborn businesses dealing in firearms, flowers, photography, and more.
The Vacancy Chain: Transitions Expose Leaders
Manager effectiveness isn’t a single measurement; it is a system of three components: results, environment, and capacity. Brian Walch describes a scenario where all is not as fine as it appears.
Characteristics of Leadership: Recklessness
Throughout 2026, this series on effective leadership interviews knowledgeable Alaskans and shares their methods of aligning values with ethical conduct. This month’s topic: when risk-taking crosses the line into recklessness.
Reporting from the Reservation Economic Summit
For Alaska Native leaders, business owners, and tribal representatives, the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit has become one of the most important national stages to understand where Indian Country is headed.