Authority Questioned: AIDEA Defends Its Win/Loss Record
Flyers mailed this spring accused the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority of bad investments. Is the criticism justified, and what is AIDEA anyway?
Author: Scott Rhode
Pikka’s Promise Becoming Reality
From its new headquarters building in Downtown Anchorage, Santos is watching construction proceed apace at the Pikka project on the North Slope.
Secondhand Experience
Nearly a dozen secondhand and thrift stores are visible from one intersection in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood. Learn the difference between secondhand and thrift and how both shoppers and stores make money by keeping used merchandise in circulation.
Labor Shortage as a National Security Issue
As with many civilian employers, the US military struggles to fill jobs, such as child care providers, to keep warfighters mission ready.
Veteran of the Trolley Wars
What does one weird Chevron gas station have to do with the Fourth Avenue Theatre, the Snow Tiger, and Clifford the Big Red Trolley? Take a tour of the laws protecting trade names in Alaska.
Supportive Housing for Homeless Elders Opens in Anchorage
Q’et’en Qenq’a “Elder’s House” is designed as permanent supportive housing for senior citizens in Anchorage who have nowhere else to live.
Slow Brew: How a Local Product Lands on National Shelves
The journey of Zip Kombucha into coolers at Carrs/Safeway, Fred Meyer, Costco, and Walmart stores is an example of the path that Alaska-made products take from small-batch sales to national retail shelves.
Raw Market Brings Organic Option to Girdwood
Around the corner from Crow Creek Mercantile, the main grocery store in Girdwood, a couple opened Raw Market to sell organic fruits and veggies.
Ketchup and Conversations: Sustainable Energy with Added Equitability
General themes for the 2024 Alaska Sustainable Energy conference included global connections, equitability, and tempered expectations.
Press Forward Alaska: Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism
Press Forward Alaska taps into a nationwide network of philanthropy to support local journalism, shifting the news business toward a nonprofit model.