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‘Locked down’: Crime at Anchorage big box stores prompts new strategies

The municipality is adding police details, training store managers to write reports, and consolidating repeated thefts into felony charges.

Michelle Theriault Boots 

Some Lithia Motors customers in Alaska could get refunds under proposed settlement with state

The Department of Law said five of the auto dealership’s seven Alaska locations charged customers hidden fees when purchasing vehicles starting in 2019.

Chris Aadland 

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.

Bella Biondini 

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.

Lauren Rosenblatt and Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Seattle Times 

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.

Chris Bieri