Halloween is the second most popular holiday in the United States accounting for billions of dollars of sales in the candy, costume and decoration industries. In fact, the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that Americans will spend more than $7 billion this Halloween! Amidst all of the costumes and trick-or-treating, the Halloween Industry Association (HIA) […]
Candy — Kantiiq Kantiit neqnirtartut.—Candies are sweet. Candy is any food in which sugar, or a similar sweetener, is the main ingredient. The common Alutiiq word for candy—kantiiq comes directly from English. However, some Alutiiq speakers use the term neqnisqaq, which means something sweet, or kan’guitaq, an Alutiiq version of the Russian word for candy. […]
FAIRBANKS – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a husband and wife from Delta Junction with conspiracy and wire fraud for perpetrating a years’ long scheme that defrauded nearly two-dozen investors out of over $700,000 dollars. According to court documents, from 2017 until 2020, Brian Keith Corty, 52, and his wife […]
Ocean Beauty Seafoods’ Echo Falls brand has introduced three new smoked salmon treats, including Applewood Smoked Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon Candy, sustainable strips cut from whole fillets of Bristol Bay salmon. The strips are cured in brown sugar and salt, then slowly smoked in Applewood. Also new to Ocean Beauty’s portfolio of smoke products are […]