Wednesday marks the 52nd birthday of the introduction of ZIP codes in the US. Though the explosion of business mail is mostly responsible for the Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP), the idea started during ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Recently I wrote an article about why so many stores ask for your ZIP code at check-out. With your name and ZIP they can turn to outside data brokers to learn your address, phone number and email -- ...