by Scott Rhode | Sep 30, 2024 | Magazine, Retail, Small Business
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.
by Vanessa Orr | Jul 17, 2024 | Magazine, Retail, Tourism
Life is the bubbles under the sea—and visitors to Alaska’s cold, clear waters want a closer look. Local dive shops have the equipment and the know-how to take tourists on an aquatic adventure.
by Vanessa Orr | Apr 15, 2024 | Magazine, Professional Services
Alaska Escape Rooms is a popular destination for parties or dates, but it also has a business-to-business aspect to help employers build a positive workplace culture.
by alaskabusiness | May 11, 2021 | News, Transportation
An engine cut-off switch is an emergency ignition cut-off device that shuts down the engine if the operator is ejected from the vessel or falls overboard.
by alaskabusiness | Oct 14, 2020 | Government, Monitor, Tourism
The Forest Service hopes a variety of stakeholders, including the public, partners, tribes, and Alaska Native corporations, will help it identify needed work on outdoor projects.
by Amy Newman | Jun 22, 2020 | Magazine, Tourism
With the number of tourists drastically reduced (if they come at all), locals will have the run of Anchorage—which makes it the perfect time for the city’s residents to become acquainted with all the municipality’s outdoor options.
by alaskabusiness | Jun 11, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Tourism
Alyeska Resort reopens to the public on June 12, providing Alaskans the opportunity to enjoy a true resort experience and world-class dining on the border of the northernmost rainforest in the world—all without having to leave the state.
by alaskabusiness | Mar 18, 2020 | News, Tourism
Veteran Iditarod musher Thomas Waerner of Torpa, Norway, crossed under the burled arch in Nome to claim his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship.
by alaskabusiness | Feb 27, 2020 | News, Tourism
This year Great Alaskan Holidays, Alaska’s largest RV rental, sales, and service business, celebrates its 35th anniversary in Alaska’s travel, tourism, and leisure industry.
by alaskabusiness | Nov 25, 2019 | Media & Arts, News
The Alaska State Fair announced the first two acts in the 2020 AT&T Concert Series: traditional country singer Jon Pardi on August 29 and the genre-crossing, multilingual orchestra Pink Martini on September 3.