The property’s broker says she’s gotten inquiries from marijuana businesses, but a use restriction on the property would block such a use until 2025. The owner would have to begin leasing or buy the land then, too.
Business
Nearly 30 bidders want to buy at least a piece of Ravn Air, but next steps are murky
Ravn was Alaska’s largest rural airline, with 1,300 workers and some 70 planes before the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to shut down operations and file for bankruptcy.
The culture clash over requiring customers to wear masks
Alaska hasn’t mandated wearing face coverings in public, which means individual business owners have to decide whether or not to require masks in their buildings.
With in-person markets canceled, Celebration encourages virtual options to sell traditional crafts
While the city will miss out on bed and sales tax revenue this year with Celebration postponed, Native artists who come from all over to sell their traditional handicrafts will feel the financial hit even more.
Delta resumes seasonal flights to Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan
And, Alaska Airlines resumed its seasonal flights to Gustavus. That’s despite most services in nearby Glacier Bay National Park remaining closed.
Crowds turn out to protest outside Ketchikan shop that reportedly refused service for same-sex wedding
More than 100 people protested Friday outside a Ketchikan flower shop that reportedly refused to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding.
How can Alaskans go back to the office, and what’s lost if we don’t?
Offices and organizations across Alaska are considering how to re-open and allow their staff to return to their desks without unnecessary exposure to the coronavirus.
BP has a new online platform to track out-of-state workers’ health. And it wants to share it with other companies.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced companies to do business differently and, in some cases, monitor their employees’ health closer than ever.
Alaskans want to ride. But a pandemic bicycle boom is making supplies scarce.
As residents look for respite from stay-at-home orders and gym closures, Alaska bike shops are reporting a surge in demand.
Juneau Assembly poised to commit $1M to child care providers
The grant program would pay child care providers with CARES Act money through the end of the calendar year.