News for Community

Saturday, September 13, 2025
Featuring National SHRM Speaker Faith Stipanovich, SHRM-SCP Thursday, Sept 18, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM BP Energy Center – 1014 Energy Court, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508Pre-registration required  Elevate your HR impact:Transform HR into a true business partnerUnlock insider strategies from a SHRM expertBuild powerful connections across Alaska Faith will share her career journey + how SHRM ...read more
Categories: Community, Members, Press Release, Events, Military/Veteran
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Anchorage, Alaska — thread, Alaska’s Statewide Child Care Resource and Referral agency, will host its 6th Summit on the Economic Impact of Early Care & Learning: Building Solutions & Creating Opportunity on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Marriott Anchorage Downtown. The full-day event will bring together local and national leaders, policymakers, businesses and ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Community, Economic, Education, Events, Members, Press Release
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC), one of America’s Cultural Treasures, is proud to offer our Indigenous Awareness Workshops (IAWs), designed to foster understanding, collaboration, and respect across cultures.As Alaska’s only statewide living cultural center, ANHC is uniquely positioned to provide immersive, interactive, and customizable training that helps organizations build stronger, ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Press Release, Economic, Members
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
To our valued suppliers, We are reaching out to inform you of upcoming changes to our current Supplier Portal, effective September 13th. Please note that these updates are routine enhancements from our current provider GEP and are not related to the future launch of the American Heart Association’s new Supplier Portal under Oracle Cloud. The upcoming enhancements include:A refreshed log-in ...read more
Categories: Economic, Press Release, Community, Members
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
The Running Free 4 Miler is a course from Eagle River High School to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, with a loop around the correctional facility before heading back to ERHS. The runners from our inside program will cheer you on from the Hiland yard as you run! If you can't join us in-person this year, use the link below to compete ...read more
Categories: Community, Economic, Events, Members, Press Release, Diversity & Inclusion, Fun Facts
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
Anchorage, Alaska — August 22, 2025 — The Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) has released a mapping and data tool with PolicyMap, a web-based mapping platform designed to give residents, partners, and community organizations easy access to essential statistics about Anchorage. The map provides a snapshot of general community data, including: DemographicsIncome & SpendingHousing & ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Members, Press Release
Monday, September 08, 2025
YWCA Alaska is proud to announce it’s 2025 Women of Achievement Awardees. The Women of Achievement is the flagship program and event for YWCA Alaska since 1989. Over 350 women leaders have been recognized in Alaska for their commitment to eliminating racism and empowering women, for their amazing work in their professional careers, their commitment to community, and their inspiration for younger ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Community, Events, Members, Press Release
Tuesday, September 02, 2025
ANCHORAGE – The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s 68th Annual Gold Pan Awards “Brilliance on Bourbon Street” will be held on Friday, November 21, 2025, at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center. Established in 1957, the awards are one of Anchorage’s longest-running civic programs. "An Anchorage Chamber Gold Pan Award is an iconic, coveted recognition in our community of service and success, ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Events, Members, Press Release
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Anchorage, Alaska – The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) announced today that it has partnered with The Foraker Group while President & CEO Jenna Wright takes a medical leave of absence to focus on her health. We wish Jenna all our best and look forward to her return. The AEDC Board of Directors has appointed Heather Harris, a consultant with Foraker, as Interim President & ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Members
Thursday, August 28, 2025
 Anchorage needs more affordable, high-quality childcare — and more empowered childcare providers. YWCA Alaska, in partnership with First Entrepreneur LLC, is launching a 10-class training series to teach participants how to start and run a worker-owned childcare cooperative.This free workshop series begins Saturday, September 20th and will meet every Saturday for 10 weeks. Each participant will ...read more
Categories: Members, Community, Press Release
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rasmuson Foundation welcomes Issa Spatrisano to its strategy group as a Program Officer. In this role, Spatrisano will support the Foundation’s strategic grantmaking, foster meaningful partnerships, and help implement solutions that reflect the ideas and aspirations of Alaskans. Spatrisano brings over a decade of experience in refugee resettlement and community engagement. ...read more
Categories: Economic, Community, Press Release, Members
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its continued effort to help Alaska’s small businesses thrive, Alaska Communications (ACS) has added a best-in-class, secure managed Wi-Fi solution, purpose-built to meet small business connectivity needs, to its portfolio with ACS SmartBiz. ACS is the first provider in Alaska to launch Wi-Fi 7, delivering speeds up to four times faster than Wi-Fi ...read more
Categories: Community, Members, Economic, Press Release
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach) filed a request with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) to update its base rates, which is known as a general rate case, on August 18, 2025. Chugach is requesting a 3% permanent increase to total retail bill levels compared to current rates. In its filing, Chugach states that it “continues to see increases in costs and declines in sales.” ...read more
Categories: Community, Economic, Members, Press Release
Monday, August 25, 2025
Best Beginnings is reaching out to see if anyone would be interested in helping support the Anchorage community through our Little Free Libraries! These little libraries connect kids and families with free books, and a few of them could use some extra love. We’re looking for volunteers who can help with small repairs, a fresh paint job, or just sprucing them up so they stay welcoming and full ...read more
Categories: Community, Members, Press Release