Consumers value the Alaska Grown label, and their preferences could help guide policy in a state highly dependent on imported food.
Business
Quintillion fiber ring could quell Alaska’s Arctic internet outages
The company says a new 950-mile fiber optic cable from Nome to Homer should offer redundancy against undersea damage that caused a major outage in 2023.
Construction and oil expected to lead job growth in Alaska this year
While growth is forecast in other sectors, struggling seafood processors are expected to keep shedding jobs, and demographic shifts cloud the state’s longer-term future.
Number of Native and Alaska Native-owned businesses slips by 2%
Despite the decrease in Native and Alaska Native-owned businesses, those businesses saw significant increases in revenue and employees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Ketchikan ER doctors work months without pay after collapse of staffing firm
PeaceHealth Ketchikan is now paying the emergency physicians, but it’s unclear whether they’ll be made whole for the lost wages.
The Skagway News looks for new owner
After five years of running the paper, owner Gretchen Wehmhoff has made the difficult decision to sell.