Nordstrom closure will leave a big retail hole in downtown Anchorage. It’s not clear yet what will fill it.
Changes also are in the works for the J.C. Penney garage across the street, the head of a development group said.
Hong Kong airport protests shouldn’t affect cargo flights to and from Anchorage, official says
The protest resulted in canceled passenger flights at Hong Kong International Airport.
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Dunleavy administration seeks to tighten work requirements for some food stamp recipients
The move has raised concern from the Food Bank of Alaska, which said the change will further impact food insecurity at a time when services are already strained due to the governor’s budget vetoes.
Polar bear encounters in Kaktovik aren’t new. But they’re happening a bit earlier than last year.
Looking over a longer time span, bears in the southern Beaufort Sea "are now using land to an extent they haven’t used it historically,” a researcher said.
Alaska credit union to end pilot program that served marijuana businesses
Credit Union 1 provided checking and savings accounts to businesses in a cash-based industry.
Alaska ferry schedule set to get ‘back to normal’ later this week, DOT says
Vessels started sailing again Sunday after being docked for more than a week as workers were on strike.
Alaska ferry workers union and state reach tentative contract deal; service is set to resume Sunday
As of Friday afternoon, the deal still needed to be approved by members of the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific.
State budget cuts ‘eliminate any chance’ of economic recovery in Anchorage, AEDC forecast says
The city was projected to have a net jobs gain in 2019 after years of losses. Now that’s no longer the expectation, according to the Anchorage Economic Development Corp.
Alaska ferry workers have been on strike for a week. The effects continue to ripple throughout coastal Alaska.
A fish processor in Pelican is trying to figure out how to ship its product. A Juneau pretzel stand is stranded in Haines. The mayor of the city of Kodiak likened suspended ferry service to the federal shutdown earlier this year.
Alaska ferry workers strike continues with union, state ‘working through’ issues
State and union representatives met this weekend with a federal mediator to discuss contract negotiations.
Ferry workers’ union, state meet with federal mediator to discuss contract
Workers with the union have been on strike since Wednesday over their employment contract.
As strike continues, ferry service stoppage has a big impact on coastal Alaska communities
Vessels that move along the marine highway’s 3,500-mile route serve many coastal communities not accessible by road.