Alaska Business Hall of Fame 2025
Linda Leary, Joe Schierhorn, Ralph Seekins, and (posthumously) the late US Representative Don Young form the Alaska Business Hall of Fame class of 2025.
Author: Scott Rhode
Candlemaker Opens Studio for DIY Experiences
Four years after Chester Mainot launched his Get Scent candle business, he’s opening an Anchorage storefront with room for classes and shared inspiration.
RMG Real Estate Emphasizes Professionalism as Independent Brokerage
RMG Real Estate Network founder Reed Moore is shifting his team of almost forty agents away from the Keller Williams brand and starting his own brokerage.
Nonresident Hire Rises Amid Workforce Shortage
The rate of nonresidents working in Alaska rose to an all-time high of 22.5 percent in 2023, as employers struggle to fill a steadily growing number of jobs.
Drone Dock Simplifies Cordova Telecom Tower Maintenance; Other Uses Forthcoming
Alaska Remote Imaging is pioneering beyond-line-of-sight drone operations for telecommunications in Cordova, and other applications await.
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?
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.