Category: Business
Expensive rents hard on downtown businesses
By Leigh Armstrong High rent is pushing some businesses farther up Broadway Street or off the street entirely. Even though it’s prime real estate, the cost of having a business on Broadway is becoming prohibitive to small...
Alaska cities and boroughs learning to tax online sales
By Lilly Milman The Skagway Borough has received its first sales tax return from Amazon, which started collecting tax on many of its orders delivered into Alaska communities, including Skagway, on Jan. 1. The amount of tax...
Borough adds new SMART bus stop zone
By Lilly Milman The borough assembly on June 6 approved temporarily expanding one SMART bus...
Sponsors of LGBTQ pride event hope there will be more
Leigh Armstrong Entering any community can be difficult. Entering a small, tight-knit one can be...
White Pass take steps to protect against further rock slides onto railroad dock
By Leigh Armstrong The White Pass & Yukon Route has installed additional safety measures...
