News for Community

Alaska Communications Launches Bundled Services Perfect for Small BusinessesBundles are scalable and include unlimited internet, Microsoft 365, voice and help desk options ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 99.9% of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses. Although many small businesses are a labor of love, their owners often find themselves ...read more

Alaska’s wildfire season started early this year. To help Anchorage residents protect their properties against wildfires, the Mayor’s Office, Anchorage Fire Department Wildfire Division and Solid Waste Services (SWS) are partnering together to open the local wood lots for free to Anchorage residents clearing their properties this spring and summer. To encourage wildfire mitigation, from March 29 ...read more

Today, the LaFrance administration announced that over $5 million in secured federal funding will go toward helping people get housed and keep their housing in Anchorage.The Mayor’s Office team and the Anchorage Health Department have worked together to identify, align, and deploy two sets of federal funding for housing stability: Just over $4 million in Emergency Rental Assistance and $1.5 ...read more

Urban Snow Modeling to Advance Resilience for Today and Tomorrow (USMARTT)Mission Statement University of Alaska researchers want to understand how previous years of heavy snow affected your business.Background In Anchorage, Alaska, the urban area has faced the top three snowiest years in the last decade. In the last two years, 24 buildings have collapsed due to weight of snow, resulting in ...read more

Anchorage, Alaska and Renton, Washington – March 14, 2025 – Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) and First Financial  Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”),  jointly announced today they have set the expected closing date for Global’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets and  assumption of substantially ...read more

Raise a glass (or two!) and raise funds for Habitat for Humanity! Our hosts at The Continental will be raising a glass with us on June 2nd, from 6:00 - 9:30pm.    The Cork & Fork Garden Party is  Our goal is to raise $100,000 to sponsor a new build. Donors like you are vital when it comes to building affordable housing and serving more families in need.     I invite you to review the ...read more

The 2025 awards event will be on April 18 at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour, and the dinner/program will begin at 7 p.m. with music and dancing following the awards and dinner. Tickets are available on MyAlaskaTix.com. Individual seats are $180, and table sponsorships are $2,000.• • • The Alaska Journal of Commerce is pleased to once again ...read more

Today, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance announced the Municipality’s snow clearing vehicles are now equipped with GPS, which the public can track online at www.muni.org/plow. Now, the public can see the progress of plows moving across the city and their neighborhoods in near-real time – GPS devices will report with a slight delay to ensure the safety of operators. In a winter city like Anchorage, snow ...read more

What is Leadership Anchorage? Leadership Anchorage is a unique leadership learning experience lasting nine months (September - May), which includes both deep personal growth and a rich breadth of experiences with a dynamic, diverse cohort from all parts of our community. The program is entering its 29th year, and we are excited to select ~20 new members to join the more than 450 distinguished ...read more

Anchorage, AK – The Global Credit Union Foundation donated $65,000 to community nonprofits in Alaska and Arizona. The donations were part of the Foundation’s 2024 quarterly distribution of funds to its nonprofit partners in areas served by the credit union.  “We’ve partnered with these nonprofits because we’ve seen firsthand the good they do in the community,” said Noël Gabler, Executive ...read more