Workers’ Comp Costs Drop in 2022
From $3.51 per $100 of payroll in 2012, the highest of any state, Alaska is closer to the national median for workers’ comp costs at $1.95 per $100 of payroll.
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Arctic Slope Telephone Expands 4G LTE Along Dalton Highway
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative established three new 4G cell stations along the Dalton Highway at Slope Mountain, Chandalar, and Coldfoot.
UAA Small Business Plan Competition Accepting Entries
The UAA College of Business and Public Policy is taking entries for its 2023 Business Plan Competition through February 17, with finalists pitching to investors in April.
The Skagway News Ending Print Editions, Switching to Online Only
To cut expenses, the December 9 and 23 editions will be the last with physical copies, and going forward the newspaper will be available only on its website.
New Grant Brings ACT’s ‘Annie’ to PAC Stage
Anchorage Community Theatre brings the musical Annie to the Sydney Laurence Theatre in the Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts thanks to a new charitable endowment, the Ruth Hart Fund.
Northline Seafoods Building New Mobile Processor
Sitka-based Northline Seafoods secured funding to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform for the Bristol Bay fishery. The vessel is billed as the world’s most sustainable and efficient vertically integrated processor.