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You want to know—and we want to tell you—what’s happening with Alaska’s businesses: large corporations with thousands of employees or sole proprietorships filling a niche; manufacturers adding value to local resources or engineering firms with decades of specialized experience; or companies centralized in Southcentral or operating across Alaska’s slopes.
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Latest News
RIM Architects Joins Global Services Firm
Anchorage-based RIM Architects has collaborated before with GHD, and now the Australian company is acquiring the design firm.
NASA Awards APU $5M for a Microplastics Research and Education Center
Alaska Pacific University gets nearly $5 million from NASA to build a Microplastics Research and Education Center.
Shrinking Ink: Alaska Newspapers Cut Back on Printed Editions
The Anchorage Daily News is becoming the twice-weekly news, where paper editions are concerned, switching to Wednesday and Saturday printings.
Credit Union 1 Expanding with Kotzebue Branch
Credit Union 1 is opening its fourteenth branch, to be located inside the Alaska Commercial Company store under construction in Kotzebue.
Chugach Alaska Warehouse Changes Hands; Global Firm Expands Anchorage Portfolio
New York-based Time Equities, Inc. purchased a 48,000 square foot warehouse near Midtown from Chugach Alaska Corporation.
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.
Rebuilt Cordova Small Boat Harbor Opening for Summer
Turnagain Marine wrapped up a two-year, $40 million expansion and upgrade in Cordova in time for the boat harbor to be used this summer.
Alaska Regional Hospital Tries Again to Extend Services to South Anchorage
Alaska Regional Hospital is before the Department of Health seeking permission to build a South Anchorage Emergency Room facility.
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrates twenty-five years with new exhibits, renovations, updates, and a $25 million expansion campaign.
Latest News
Rasmuson Foundation Resumes Grantmaking, Issues $5.75M for UA, Housing, and Cultural Projects
Rasmuson Foundation ended its grantmaking pause with $5.75 million in grant awards and news of expanded grantmaking programs.
$1.9M Federal Grant for The Kuskokwim Corporation Sawmill
The Kuskokwim Corporation’s nonprofit affiliate receives $1.9 million in US Commerce Department funds to develop a sawmill to produce local building materials.
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Gets More Than $5M to Boost Seafood Sales
Funds from three federal sources help Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute develop a pet food brand and improve overseas market potential, among other projects.
RIM Architects Joins Global Services Firm
Anchorage-based RIM Architects has collaborated before with GHD, and now the Australian company is acquiring the design firm.
NASA Awards APU $5M for a Microplastics Research and Education Center
Alaska Pacific University gets nearly $5 million from NASA to build a Microplastics Research and Education Center.
Shrinking Ink: Alaska Newspapers Cut Back on Printed Editions
The Anchorage Daily News is becoming the twice-weekly news, where paper editions are concerned, switching to Wednesday and Saturday printings.
Rebuilt Cordova Small Boat Harbor Opening for Summer
Turnagain Marine wrapped up a two-year, $40 million expansion and upgrade in Cordova in time for the boat harbor to be used this summer.
Alaska Regional Hospital Tries Again to Extend Services to South Anchorage
Alaska Regional Hospital is before the Department of Health seeking permission to build a South Anchorage Emergency Room facility.
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrates twenty-five years with new exhibits, renovations, updates, and a $25 million expansion campaign.