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Anchorage career expo connects freshmen with future opportunities
More than 2,800 Anchorage School District freshmen attended the third annual Academies of Anchorage Career Expo at the Dena’ina Center. Students connected with nearly 100 businesses and organizations to explore different career paths and opportunities available in Alaska. The expo featured a range of industries, from health care to...
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Private enterprise increases housing in Anchorage after Assembly clears way with tax cuts and code changes
Private builders and property owners are developing needed housing in Anchorage after the Assembly cut taxes on qualifying housing and loosened land-use rules that developers said made projects uneconomic. Officials describe a citywide shortage across housing types. The response has been targeted tax exemptions and Title 21 revisions meant to let private capital move.
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Developer Opens Bidding on 'Holtan Hills' Lots, But Remains Mum on Details
In a process largely shrouded in secrecy, a developer announced last week that lots flagged in a hilly rainforest behind Girdwood school are open for reservations. Questions crowd-sourced by Turnagain News and sent to the developer of "Holtan Hills" went unanswered as of Tuesday. An advertisement that appeared in the...
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Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall opened with about 10 of 110 stores in an oil bust. 39 years later, this mall is still open in Anchorage, AK
Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall fills a downtown block at 320 W. 5th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. It's a shopping center stacked several floors high, with JCPenney attached on its west side. The mall opened in 1987 as the Fifth Avenue Mall, in the middle of Anchorage's oil bust. So only...
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Williams Reindeer Farm unveils new hay maze for fall family fun event
The fall maze at Williams Reindeer Farm in Palmer is getting a new look this year. The giant hay maze is nearly ready, and this year’s design spans more than an acre. Each year, the farm team creates a new maze design and spends several weeks bringing it to life.
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From $24 gas in Noatak to emergency generators in Anchorage, rural Alaska braces for winter energy strain
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In the Northwest Arctic village of Noatak, daily life runs on four-wheelers, river boats, and snowmachines. Because the village cannot receive river barges, every drop of gasoline and stove oil must be flown in by cargo plane. This summer, residents were hit with a sudden price...
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8 Alaska Fish Markets Where The Halibut Comes In Straight From The Boats And Stays Seriously Fresh
Your suitcase is about to become a seafood transport system. Buying halibut in Alaska comes with its own little logistics department. The fish may have come off a local boat, passed through a processing room, and been vacuum-sealed before you even start wondering how it is getting home. That is...
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From $24 gas in Noatak to emergency generators in Anchorage, rural Alaska braces for winter energy strain
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In the Northwest Arctic village of Noatak, daily life runs on four-wheelers, river boats, and snowmachines. Because the village cannot receive river barges, every drop of gasoline and stove oil must be flown in by cargo plane. This summer, residents were hit with a sudden price...
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Talkeetna Roadhouse Is Changing Hands After 30 Years
The Talkeetna Roadhouse is changing hands at the end of the month. To celebrate 30 years of donning an apron, owner Trisha Costello hosted a potluck to introduce the new owner, Bee McLaughlin. KTNA’s Colleen Love has this story. The scene was crowded at the Talkeetna Roadhouse, as people...
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‘Leading by example’: Alaska baby food maker blends Greek heritage and local harvest for 15 years
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage company making baby food using Alaska-grown vegetables, Alaska seafood and olive oil harvested from Greece is celebrating 15 years in business. Zoi Maroudas, who grew up in Greece and later moved to Alaska with her family, is the founder and CEO of Bambino’s Baby...
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New Construction Underway Next to Merc in Downtown Girdwood
A grove of cottonwoods were cleared next to Girdwood's Mercantile in the past couple months to make room for a triplex of condos and commercial space, the latest of several developments to crop up in downtown. Priced between $875,000 and $899,000, the three condos are already spoken for, according to...
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Mat-Su Assembly calls for industrial projects at Point MacKenzie, West Susitna; opposes AIDEA transfer
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly this week formally opposed a state plan to transfer nearly 20,000 acres of recreation land near Houston to Alaska’s development agency and called for potential development projects to instead be located at Point MacKenzie or in the West Susitna area. The Assembly unanimously approved the...
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Aave Proposal Brings Anchorage-Custodied Bitcoin Into V4 Lending Model
Aave Labs has proposed a V4 market built around institutionally custodied collateral. Bitcoin would remain with Anchorage while an on-chain receipt represents the collateral. Chainlink infrastructure would keep custody data synchronized with Aave. Aave Labs is exploring a lending structure that would let institutions borrow on-chain without first moving their...
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Federal Reserve rate hike could impact Anchorage housing market
The Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike could push mortgage rates closer to 7%, adding pressure to Alaska’s housing market. Local realtors say higher borrowing costs come as Alaska continues to face low housing inventory, which could affect buyers, sellers and the broader economy. Tags. Federal Reserve rate hike...
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Loft Dynamics and Pathfinder Aviation make H125 VR simulator training available in Alaska for the first time
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sept. 17, 2026 — Loft Dynamics, the leader in virtual reality (VR) pilot training, announced that Pathfinder Aviation will install Alaska’s first Airbus H125 VR simulator at its main base in Anchorage, giving its pilots year-round access to aircraft-specific training in Alaska. Pathfinder operates...