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DOT&PF Awarded Grant Funding for Rural Drones, Seward Highway Avalanche Mitigation

Jan 17, 2025 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Jan 17, 2025 | Featured, News, Transportation The Skydio X10, a US-made drone, is part of a pilot program through which dozens of drones and docking stations will be set up across Alaska, allowing communities to use them for numerous purposes, including counting fish, damage assessment, and search and rescue. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is continuing to experiment with robotic aircraft, thanks to some fresh funding. A $12.4 million federal grant...
Credit Union 1 Answers Skagway’s Call for Greater Financial Access

Jan 15, 2025 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

“With two other branches opening this year, Skagway wasn’t on our radar for expansion, but the assembly’s request got our attention,” says CU1 President and CEO Mark Burgess. “When we visited the community, we met incredible people who exemplify the Alaskan spirit—innovators, small business owners, and families building their future.
Manh Choh’s First Year: 8 Million Miles of Gold

Dec 19, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Dec 18, 2024 | Featured, Mining, News A Black Gold Transport truck pauses on the Manh Choh access road outside of Tok. Drivers logged about 8 million miles between Manh Choh and Fort Knox in 2024. Manh Choh must wait its turn. The junior member of Alaska’s producing mines club relies on processing facilities at its big brother, Fort Knox Mine north of Fairbanks. Ore from Manh Choh near the Native Village of Tetlin piles up at the state’s largest gold mine until the processing mill...
Alaska State Fair Garden Display, Promotional Features Win International Awards

Dec 16, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Dec 16, 2024 | Featured, News, Nonprofits, Tourism Conductor Riley Coyote, tongue wagging out the window, was accompanied in Engine 5 by Engineer Agnes Owl on the 2024 Alaska State Fair Magic Train. The mosaiculture display by head gardener Becky Myrvold won two awards at the International Association of Fairs & Expositions. When Alaska State Fair Head Gardener Becky Myrvold got the green light to build a living train in the Pioneer Plaza Circle Garden, she was a little taken aback at...
Invisible Rays of Hope: UV Disinfection for Healthier Spaces

Dec 9, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Dec 9, 2024 | Healthcare, Magazine From sterilizing bottled water to sealing and hardening nail polish for a durable gel manicure, ultraviolet (UV) light is used in many facets of everyday life. In Alaska, UV light disinfection is becoming more commonly used in healthcare settings, a trend that increased following the COVID-19 epidemic. Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage uses UV light disinfection technology to protect particularly vulnerable patients in an operating room that...
Mat-Su College Opens New Suite to Train Veterinary Technicians

Dec 2, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Dec 2, 2024 | Education, Featured, Healthcare, News Dogs, dignitaries, students, and professors were on hand to cut the ribbon officially opening the veterinary technician education suite at UAA’s Mat-Su College. Alaskans are notoriously fond of their animals, meaning there are a lot of pets and generally not enough veterinarians around to treat them. UAA’s Mat-Su College is hoping to help ease that demand by providing skilled veterinary technicians—think of them like a skilled nurse who...
Palmer Slaughterhouse Dodges Closure with Purchase by Soldotna Rancher

Oct 30, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Oct 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Featured, News, Retail 4T% Ranch owner Ben Adams posted a photo of cuts of beef he processed at his ranch with the “Not For Sale” stamp, noting that, now that he has purchased the US Department of Agriculture-approved slaughterhouse in Palmer, he can discontinue the stamp. The only US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-approved meat processing plant in Southcentral is changing hands again. Ben Adams, the perpetually harried lawyer-turned-rancher who owns 4T%...
UAA Business Showcase Builds Bridges Within Community

Oct 10, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Oct 10, 2024 | Education, Featured, News UAA College of Business and Public Policy Showcase attendees roam Rasmuson Hall accompanied by swingy live music. Universities can feel separate from the communities in which they reside, a world unto themselves. But both cities and universities stand to gain when bridges can be built between them—from partnerships with businesses that enhance and enrich learning opportunities for students to students examining problems the broader community is...
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Lauded for Lift Station Removal Project

Sep 4, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

In accepting the award, Alyeska President and CEO John Kurz said removing pump stations shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign that production won’t increase or that Alyeska won’t be ready for larger volumes. “There’s sentimentality and nostalgia for TAPS—especially as we close in on our 50th anniversary—and I hear that wherever I go in the state,” Kurz told the lunchtime crowd.
City Bound: Mat-Su Chains Make Inroads in Anchorage and Fairbanks

Aug 14, 2024 | akbizmag.com | Rindi White

by | Aug 14, 2024 | Featured, News, Retail Coffee huts are hardly unusual in Anchorage, especially at a busy Midtown intersection, but Little Millers represents the first urban extension of a Houston-based retailer. Strategic growth has been part of the tale of Three Bears Alaska since the supermarket chain started in 1980 as a grocery store in Tok. Through the years, locations opened from the Kenai Peninsula to Healy and throughout the company’s home turf in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It...