The City of Unalaska is preparing for major budget reductions. At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, City Manager Erin Reinders told council members that the recent red king crab closure, and major reductions in the snow crab fishery, will hit the city hard.
Unalaska’s mask mandate expired at noon on Wednesday, as local COVID-19 cases continue to decline.City council members voted unanimously at their Tuesday meeting to “encourage” face coverings, as opposed to requiring them. The city had enforced a mask requirement since Aug. 25, when the community experienced a surge of confirmed COVID-19 cases. At its peak, the city reported 30 cases of the virus.
The Unalaska City Council voted Tuesday to keep a community-wide mask mandate in place, as the state continues to lead the country in average new daily COVID-19 cases per capita.
Despite increased risk, Unalaska officials hold off on new mandates April 22nd 4:32 pm |
Hope McKenney, KUCB News
Coronavirus risk levels increased after fishermen breached isolation and visited bar
Unalaska s City Council voted at an April 13 meeting not to implement any new health restrictions, despite a recent incident of potential widespread COVID-19 exposure at a local bar.
On April 10, a group of Bering Sea fishermen, who had tested positive for the virus on board their boat, breached isolation and visited the Norwegian Rat Saloon around 11:40 p.m.
Anyone who was unvaccinated and at the bar at the same time was asked to quarantine and get tested.
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