Standout Startups: Favorite 2025 Arrivals
by Christi Foist | Jul 6, 2026
Standout Startups: Favorite 2025 Arrivals
by Christi Foist | Jul 6, 2026
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.
Northrim Bank Opens Palmer Financial Center
Northrim Bank opened a new Palmer Financial Center, practically in the shadow of the town’s iconic water tower, as its twenty-first location statewide.
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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.
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.
Alaska Employment: Job Growth and Unemployment Flat in May
Unemployment in Alaska held at 4.6 percent in May while government job cuts held overall employment growth since 2025 at 0 percent.
Back to School: UAF Provides Housing, Education for Eielson AFB Personnel
UAF has underused dorms; the US Air Force has a housing shortage at Eielson. A $2.7 million agreement solves both problems while providing personnel with educational opportunities.
Amazon Reaches Next-Day Delivery Goal for Anchorage
Daily morning flights from Washington to Anchorage open the door to next-day delivery for eligible Amazon packages.
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Bear Paw Festival
The 42nd Annual Bear Paw Festival brings Eagle River together for a vibrant community event. It is a fun, welcoming experience where tradition and community come together for all ages.
July 16, 2026
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.
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Alaska Pacific University
Associated General Contractors of Alaska
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Thomas Head & Greisen, PC
SeaTac Marine
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American Marketing Association Alaska Chapter
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
Doyon, Limited
Oxford Assaying & Refining
ASRC Energy Remediation
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.
Third CEO in Three Years for Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications hired Courtland Madock as CEO and president, effective September 1, while her predecessor Paul Fenaroli aids in the transition.
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.
Robot Dogs and Radar Trails: Innovations in Land, Sea, and Air Transport
Advanced technology is helping to improve all aspects of transportation, from efficiencies to maintenance to scheduling. Learn more about some of what’s happening in Alaska to take advantage of developing tech.
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.