In March, the company announced it would be closing all of its nearly 800 stores nationwide and going out of business.
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Alaska ferry engineers say they are critically short-staffed, with no easy answers
Meagan Nye doesn’t always know when or if her workweek will end. She’s an engineer on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia. She is supposed to work two-week shifts at sea. But more and more often, those two weeks will turn into six. “I love my job, but I don’t want to be there…
Judge rules that Alaska may limit sales of intoxicating hemp products
The ruling may end a legal challenge that has persisted since 2023 and means those products are restricted to marijuana retailers here.
Sitkans reject ballot proposition to cap cruise traffic
Sitka voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have capped the number of cruise visitors beginning next year.
An affordable housing project in Juneau hinged on federal funding. Now it’s in limbo.
The nonprofit was expected to break ground in April for a three-story building with 51 long-term housing units. But the Trump administration pulled a key grant and Congress nixed earmarked funds.
Alaska Legislature makes progress on aid package for ailing seafood industry
Bills intended to give incremental relief to fishers passed this session, while more substantive bills will be considered next year amid tough fiscal challenges.