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In the Alaska Business Editorial department we’re passionate about cats, plants, Bob Ross, and Frank’s, but those are all secondary to our investment in Alaska businesses and their contributions to the state’s economy and communities.

Through our monthly print edition, online content, e-newsletters, and social media platforms, our goal is to highlight the individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and other organizations that create jobs and opportunity throughout the state.

Our best resource for that information is the community: we frequent conferences, attend luncheons, and hustle to media briefings; we scour press releases and obsessively check in on social media; and of course, we reach out to our sources, the professionals who are here in Alaska doing the work and pushing the projects we love to feature.

And we want to hear from you: acquisitions, partnerships, mergers, certifications, new hires, additional lines of business, unique service offerings, innovations, initiatives, projects, contracts, subsidiaries… and we certainly wouldn’t turn down a good pie recipe.

We are Alaska’s business advocates.

Managing Editor

Tasha Anderson

Stats:

Height: Tallest
Weight: Marshmallow
Age: Classic
Favorite book: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
What animal would you be: Baby otter
Pet peeve: Putting dirty dishes in the sink instead of the dishwasher

Editorial Assistant

Emily Olsen

Stats:

Height: Correct
Weight: Spectacular
Age: Limitless
Favorite book: Religious Texts
What animal would you be: A bird
Pet peeve: When someone answers the phone when they aren’t actually able to talk.

Alaska Business Magazine November 2025 cover
In This Issue
Natural Resource Development + Manufacturing
November 2025
Despite several decades of extracting valuable commodities, Alaska’s potential for future development remains expansive. In this issue’s special section about Natural Resource Development, we survey the variety of resources the state has to offer, from ongoing gold production and timber to exciting new possibilities, such as antimony. This issue also checks in on how local business leaders have taken an interest in building and expanding the state’s manufacturing industry, led by the new Alaska Manufacturers Association. Enjoy!