Most Alaskans live in a community where the companies’ Fred Meyer and Safeway or Carrs stores directly compete with each other.
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Alaska’s embattled economic development agency signs contracts with seven law firms
AIDEA has long used outside attorneys. What’s new is selecting firms in advance, which the agency’s leader says allows work to happen more quickly than going through the state’s procurement process each time an issue comes up.
Homer utility board approves buying energy from what will be Alaska’s largest solar farm
Renewable IPP has been working with HEA to build a solar farm on the Kenai Peninsula since 2021.
Costco says it’s going to start cracking down on membership sharing
The retail giant says shoppers will soon have to start scanning their membership cards at the entrances to Costco warehouses.
The parent companies of 2 of Alaska’s grocers want to merge. Here’s what we know.
The companies have made sweeping statements about the benefits of merging, but there isn’t anything in place to hold them to those promises.
All the news that’s fit to reprint: AI and plagiarism drive revamped Tundra Drums website
The motives for resurrecting a storied Bethel newspaper’s website to hoover up a wide range of Alaska content remain unclear.