Southeast Conference Executive Director Robert Venables says the idea is to create a co-op facility that would be shared by a number of mariculture firms.
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Skagway residents can start collecting additional unemployment benefits this month
The money for the program comes from a gift made last year by Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Alaska economists are pondering the state’s labor market churn
As job numbers have rebounded, more attention is being paid to “labor churn” — not just job openings, but also things like how many workers are in those jobs and how many are quitting or retiring.
Hundreds of Alaska Airlines flights in Seattle canceled, delayed by snow
So far, no flights to or from Juneau have been canceled.
Juneau restaurant hit by Bristol Bay king crab season closure, skyrocketing prices
“We’re double in our pricing, which is a shock to people who have been longtime customers, you know, but it is what it is. We’re all just trying to survive,” said Tracy LaBarge, owner of Tracy’s King Crab Shack.
Indigenous-led conservation and development effort gets $2M boost from foundations
A pair of million-dollar donations come from the Anchorage-based Rasmuson Foundation and Los Angeles-based Edgerton Foundation.