Alaska Business Monthly

1 week ago | akbizmag.com | Vanessa Orr

by | May 26, 2025 | Magazine, Professional Services Multiple studies have found that pets help lower stress, so what better place to have them than in the office? According to CO, the US Chamber of Commerce newsletter, pet-friendly workplaces are becoming increasingly popular among employers and employees alike. CO cites a recent LiveCareer study reporting that 94 percent of respondents were supportive of having Fido or Fluffy in the office, with 52 percent reporting that “pet-friendly...

2 weeks ago | akbizmag.com | Scott Rhode

by | May 21, 2025 | Architecture, Government, Insurance, News The first regular session of the 34th Alaska State Legislature adjourned on its 120th day in Juneau. In the end, lawmakers finished an operating budget for the fiscal year that begins in July and overrode the governor’s veto of an education funding bill. The House and Senate also enacted new rules for alcohol retailers, backed the Alaska Railroad Corporation’s financing of a cruise ship terminal in Seward, and passed other bills...

1 month ago | akbizmag.com | Scott Rhode

by | Apr 28, 2025 | Magazine, Professional Services Queues for car washes in the Anchorage area are longer than they need to be. From that observation, other questions arise. How many more car washes would satisfy demand? Where should those car washes be? What price should they charge? “We have spent a lot of time and effort, even in the Lower 48, figuring out the best way to analyze markets,” says Tamara Davis, CFO of Wild Pines Ventures. The family-owned company brought the Tommy’s Express...

1 month ago | akbizmag.com | Vanessa Orr

by | Apr 21, 2025 | Magazine, Tourism Bald eagles, snowy owls, Steller’s jays, and willow ptarmigan. Sandhill cranes, red-faced cormorants, emperor geese, and bristle-thighed curlews. The list of birds that live in or migrate to Alaska’s wetlands, coastal areas, and public lands, such as national wildlife refuges and national parks, is long—and so is the distance that birdwatchers from around the world travel to see them. “Birding is big business in Alaska because of the healthy, resilient...

1 month ago | akbizmag.com

A builder’s risk policy is a type of property insurance designed to cover property during construction. Sean Dewalt explains how it works.