Annie Zak covers business news and general assignments.
“We’ve actually had people say, ‘I was watching this show, so I’m here, I cleaned out my closet.' " But at least one business credited the federal shutdown for bringing in customers.
At one cafe where business has been slow, “the trickle-down effect is definitely happening.”
The Las Vegas-based budget airline will start the flights from Bellingham in May.
A Fairbanks cannabis retailer just opened an Anchorage shop, and poke shop Glacier Bowl is expanding.
2018 was also the sixth year in a row that Alaska had a net migration loss.
There’s also been an uptick in the number of federal employees filing for unemployment insurance in Alaska.
“It’s a little bit of added stress and uncertainty,” said one federal employee.
“We are starting to see some cultivators ... going out of business," said a state official.
The former Sea Galley restaurant off C Street had been shuttered since October and was slated for demolition, officials said.
Preparation for F-35 fighter jets coming to the Interior next year is a growth driver.
People who live in subsistence-dependent places with weak cash economies could lose benefits.
The battle over opening the borough Assembly’s meetings with prayer has simmered for years.
