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For this Anchorage baker, city’s newly loosened ‘cottage’ food laws ease burden on business
In November, the Anchorage Assembly voted to exempt small businesses that sell some homemade foods from a licensing requirement. Many say it will open up new opportunities.
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Sea-Tac airport’s answer to crowding? Construction
The Port of Seattle plans to spend billions upgrading and expanding Sea-Tac. But the Port finds itself short on both space and, with Seattle’s six World Cup matches just months away, time.
Powered by people, Lucky Wishbone celebrates 70 years in Anchorage
Lucky Wishbone, the city’s oldest non-chain restaurant still operating, was opened in 1955 by George and Peggy Brown.
Anchorage Assembly rejects 5% tax on vacation rentals but approves registration tracking
The Assembly ordinance will create what the mayor called a “critical data gathering tool.”
State opts to give Anchorage $19M less than expected for road safety next year
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities allocated $9 million for Anchorage projects out of the total $77 million set aside for statewide highway safety.
Opinion: Coverage of trawling’s role in Alaska halibut decline was a public service
The trawl fleets continue to discard large numbers of halibut and other species as bycatch.