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One of the biggest reasons people choose to visit Alaska is because of its natural beauty. The pristine environment, variety of wildlife, and gorgeous views attract travelers from all over [...]

When Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) reached its silver jubilee this year, it chose to kick off a $25 million capital campaign. Investing a million dollars for each year of [...]

Islands of Southeast demand a certain self-sufficiency, even for the building designers who live in the region. Unlike in urban settings where architects may specialize in certain areas such as [...]

Oprah Winfrey's ability to influence consumer purchasing choices, particularly since she launched a book club segment on her TV talk show in 1996, has been dubbed "the Oprah Effect." A [...]

Forty years after downhill skiers first laid stakes on Mount Alyeska in Girdwood, the world-class Alyeska Resort opened Its doors to guests in 1994. Three decades later, the resort Is [...]

Aggravated assault is one of the most common types of crime committed in Alaska. About 4,000 times each year, someone with a deadly weapon is harming someone else, somewhere in [...]

Putting the role of solar energy into terms Alaskans can understand, Chris Rose draws an analogy. 'Its like fishing in the summer or hunting in the spring and fall,' says [...]

Just below the view of Alaska's amazing landscape is an entirely different world. The state's seascape offers stunning sights--and local dive and scuba shops are thriving because of them. 'When […]

It's not easy to start a new business, and its even more difficult to make a big impression in the first year. Yet three Alaska companies--Aurora Security, Glow Events AK, […]

While Alaska's largest international trade partners are currently China, Korea, and Japan, there may be some new Asian players entering the market if Greg Wolf, president and CEO of the [...]

While talented musicians are found all over the world, those living in Alaska believe there's something special about the sounds from their home state. 'Music and performances are inevitably unique [...]

Cruise ship tourism in Alaska has recovered from the COVID-19 wipeout, and then some. The Alaska Travel Industry Association reports that nearly 1.7 million cruise ship passengers saw the state [...]

Life in uniform doesn't always translate into relevant civilian work experience after military personnel finish their tours of duty. Fortunately, several programs and resources can help prepare for life after […]

Alaska Escape Rooms is an indoor adventure disguised by an innocuous storefront in downtown Anchorage. The rooms, plural, are named Raven's Eye and Conjured Kingdoms. Each one-hour experience tells a […]

Since its inception in 1987, World Trade Center Anchorage has been known by both its original name-World Trade Center Alaska--and by the Anchorage moniker that it was required to adopt [...]

Junior Achievement's (JA) mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy--but they can't do it alone. It takes the efforts of a wide range [...]

In 1964, Alaska was hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the state, which left huge swaths of destruction behind. One of the hardest-hit areas was the Turnagain neighborhood [...]

'Ask any three architects to define culturally responsive design, and you'll get four different answers,' Architects Alaska principal architect Stephen Henri says with a laugh. What is Henri's answer? 'I [...]

Unmanned aircraft, often known as drones, have tremendous potential: scientific research, search and rescue, cargo delivery, and other applications. This technology can be used to save lives--especially in the 49th [...]

Annually, Junior Achievement (JA) of Alaska honors two exceptional individuals: a Volunteer of the Year and an Educator of the Year. JA's work to prepare Alaska's youth for the workforce [...]

When Con and Nellie Miller moved to the Interior in 1949, they had $1.40 to their name and two children in tow. To make a living, Con traveled to villages [...]

While working on the Sterling Highway in 2021, contractors unearthed evidence of Dena'ina homes. The find included cache pits, animal remains, cutting tools, and a ground slate point arrowhead. On [...]

Hiking is an important pastime in Alaska for tourists and residents alike. A proposed multi-braid trail system known as the Alaska Long Trail is going to make it even easier [...]

One out of every eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes. With early detection, the disease is easier to treat, surgeries are less invasive, patients can take less [...]

In 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) divided 44 million acres of land among more than 200 regional, village, and urban corporations to resolve land claims throughout Alaska. [...]

Guarding the lobby of an office building. Watching the entrance gates at a conference venue. Patrolling a fairground, head on a swivel. Responding in the dark of night to a [...]

While conferences take a lot of planning, it's not often that such an event--even in Alaska--is four years in the making. But the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) conference, [...]

There's nothing quite like waking up in a beautiful, secluded Alaska lodge and looking out the window to see reindeer wandering outside the window. This view is especially surprising considering [...]

Whether it's the lure of the northern lights, the chance to catch a king salmon, or the opportunity to view bears in the wild, Alaska attracts a significant number of [...]

A new skipper is at the helm of the state ferry fleet. After twenty years as general manager of the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS), Captain John Falvey retired in [...]

Coming from a commercial fishing family in Bristol Bay, Sara Erickson believed that fisheries were throwing away a huge resource that could be making money. Namely, the skins left over [...]

While many people were trying to find ways to stay busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Simpson, owner of PKS Consulting, was studying ways to save the environment. He was [...]

Anglers talk about 'the one that got away,' but just as much of a headache for commercial fishers is the one caught accidentally. Bycatch occurs when fishermen unintentionally catch fish [...]

When Jon McNeil and Nicole Cusack decided to bring a ramen restaurant to Anchorage, they pictured a small, cozy place where they could share their love of phenomenal food and [...]

Just as the wood siding on a house will deteriorate if it is not painted or treated, the steel used in pipelines, buildings, machinery, and more will corrode if not [...]

While working for the Alaska Department of Corrections, Rick Mallars and Tom Karpow were given the opportunity to create a probation/parole orientation video that could spread a consistent message across [...]

Each year, approximately 2,000 students statewide take part in Native Youth Olympics (NYO) junior and senior games, athletic contests based on skills crucial to Alaska Natives people's traditional way of [...]

You were TIME magazine's Person of the Year for 2006, thanks to a certain tube first established one year earlier. YouTube was one of several platforms from the early '00s [...]

Some animals play a critical role in helping people. Therapy dogs, for example, are used to instill confidence in children learning to read or to provide comfort for patients during [...]

One of the most difficult parts of being a business owner is taking the time to do the financial work that keeps the company running. Beyond Numbers (formerly known as [...]

For more than forty-five years, Span Alaska, an LCL/LTL (less than container/truck load) to full load container and flatbed logistics company, has been serving the Alaska market. In addition to [...]

In June, the United States and other countries established the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) to bolster critical mineral supply chains. The goal, according to the announcement made at the Prospectors [...]

To take part in the global economy, communication is key. Yet parts of Alaska still lack access to high-speed internet or to any internet at all. To help improve access, [...]

The first time a neighbor shared her generations-old sourdough starter with me, I felt like that scene in Disney's The Lion King in which Rafiki holds newborn Simba up to [...]

The 5,620 nonprofits in Alaska range from sports leagues and outdoor recreation organizations to rural and urban hospitals, clinics, and community health centers. Nonprofits provide housing--for seniors, individuals with disabilities, [...]

ConocoPhillips set some major milestones in 2022, producing its first oil from the Fiord West Kuparuk reservoir and setting a new drilling record from a land-based rig. The company's optimization [...]

By Vanessa Orr June 2022 was a big month for golden anniversaries. All twelve Alaska Native regional corporations marked their 50th birthdays, six months after they celebrated the anniversary of [...]

Construction season in Alaska is short, and many sites--such as oilfields and logging camps-are extremely remote. Shipping in the materials needed to build traditional offices, workforce accommodations, repair facilities, and [...]

When designing on a grand scale, there are a lot of factors to consider, ranging from the amount of work required to the 'canvas' itself and the reactions of the [...]

Chelsea Coartney, owner of Unleashed Alaska, decided to open her dog daycare, boarding, and indoor dog park in 2021 as the result of her own experiences as a dog owner. [...]