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The BuyAlaska Holiday Gift Guide and other directories help shoppers find local merchants, recirculating cash within the state’s borders.

Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Small Business Development Center (Alaska SBDC) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) proudly reveal the distinguished awardees of the 2023 Technology Research and Development Center of Alaska (TREND) Phase 0 grants

Women have been making inroads in the traditionally male-dominated industry, with female leaders apparently concentrated in Alaska.

Pop-ups, trailers, carts and trucks serve rockfish tacos, halibut ceviche and more at affordable prices on a homegrown coastal culinary trail.

The Small Business Development Center is releasing $49 million to help participating lenders to make loans to Alaska-based businesses.

A legislative audit of the state’s $290 million program found that the distribution rate of the funds was slower than predicted and a random sampling of grants found that 39 percent had at least one error while 13 percent were unallowable.

Thousands of people move in and out of Alaska every year. But people who moved to Alaska in recent years are not staying as long as they used to.

A new partnership will highlight local businesses and artists for Alaskan ports of call, helping guests find authentic Alaskan souvenirs.

Onboard Media partnered with BuyAlaska to promote locally owned businesses in shopping materials on Carnival Cruise Line ships in Alaska

The first-at-sea initiative supports Alaska small businesses