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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.
Browse below to get a comprehensive look of what’s happening—and why it matters.
Latest News
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.
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.
Regular Session Bills Enacted for Healthcare, Trawling, and Interior Design
New state laws affect pharmacists, physician assistants, interior designers, trawl fisheries, and precious metals as legal tender.
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.
Latest News
Nova Minerals Completes Engineering and Design for Port MacKenzie Antimony Plant
With engineering and design done, Nova Minerals plans to begin building an antimony processing plant soon at Port MacKenzie and near Skwentna.
ACC’s Span Elite Acquires Arctic Harvest Deliveries
The founder of Alaska Harvest Deliveries transitioned to a new job helping entrepreneurs, so she sold the business to Alaska Commercial Company.
HOTWORX Franchise Expands to Alaska, Starting in Wasilla
Former Alaskans return with a new fitness trend: hot yoga, hot pilates, and hot cycle sessions held in saunas to keep muscles limber and lithe.
Feds Settle Port of Alaska Lawsuit for $191.3M
A dozen years since a lawsuit was filed, the US Maritime Administration settled with the Municipality of Anchorage for $191.3 million over defective port improvements.
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.
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.
