News for Members

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Escape Rooms (AER) has once again been recognized on the global stage, earning the prestigious 2025 Morty Award for Best Escape Room Design, marking its third international Morty win in three consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025). Selected from nearly one million player experiences worldwide, the Morty Awards represent the highest honor in the escape room ...read more

 This spring, the Municipality of Anchorage is officially launching an additional 10-person Healthy Spaces crew—effectively doubling the number of boots on the ground dedicated to cleaning up parks, trails, and greenbelts year-round.  Managed by Anchorage Parks and Recreation, the Healthy Spaces team cleans and revitalizes public spaces, removing litter, addressing illegal dumping, and ...read more

Anchorage, ALASKA – Rasmuson Foundation invites applications for one-time grant awards to develop community solutions around funding child care access. Applications for Tending the Future Fund (Child Care) grants open on February 23. The Foundation will award a total of $100,000 to Alaska communities for convenings on local solutions to increase sustainable funding for child care. The awards ...read more

ANCHORAGE, AK – Alaska Wealth Advisors, a fiduciary wealth management firm, is pleased to announce a strategic evolution of its executive leadership team. Dave Valdez, CWS®, CLU®, ChFC®, AIF®, formerly Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), and Amber Frizzell, AIF®, formerly Chief Marketing Officer, has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO). These ...read more

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation to Host 30th Annual Alaska Native Art Auction 30th Annual Event Marks Milestone Year for Indigenous Arts and Media   ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) announced that it will host the 30th Annual Alaska Native Art Auction on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, bringing together artists, community members, and ...read more

Fourth-quarter contributions of $574,711 pushed the total given to Alaska communities by First National Bank Alaska and its employees to more than $1 million in 2025. Total contributions include charitable gifts, activity sponsorships and in-kind donations of time and talent during the past year.   “Our great communities are at the heart of what makes Alaska such a wonderful place to live, work ...read more

 Today, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance arrived in Juneau to advocate for the Municipality’s 2026 legislative priorities, including support for the Don Young Port of Alaska Modernization project and the Anchorage Police Department’s (APD) Real-Time Crime Center.During her visit, Mayor LaFrance is meeting with members of the Anchorage legislative delegation and key stakeholders to secure essential ...read more

In an 11-1 vote on Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly approved a measure to improve safety in public spaces, proposed by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and cosponsored by Assembly Members Zac Johnson and Kameron Perez-Verdia.  AO 2026-10 updates Anchorage Municipal Code with new legal tools that will enable law enforcement to address certain behaviors that are unsafe or inappropriate in public areas, ...read more

ANCHORAGE, AK — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce a 5-Star Accreditation for its sound policies, effective procedures, and positive community impact. Of the 7,500 chambers in the United States, 187 of these are Accredited. These elite chambers represent the top 3% of all chambers in the United States. “Chambers of commerce nationwide play a vital role in ...read more