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City council approves CARES Act funds for Unalaska businesses January 7th |
A number of Unalaska bars and restaurants are being granted $30,000 each in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funds. The City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 22 to provide the relief to help bars and restaurants that were forced to close to in-person services last month. Nine restaurants and bars were granted the emergency funds, for a total of $270,000. That leaves the city with about $255,000 left in coronavirus relief funds, according to interim Finance Director Jim Sharpe. The deadline to spend those funds has been extended to Dec. 31, 2021. ....
Bristol Bay sockeye a high point in state s volatile season December 31st, 2020 |
More than 58 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay this summer. It s another in a series of enormous runs to the fishery. The commercial harvest was just as impressive Bristol Bay s fleet hauled in 39.5 million fish, which is the fifth-largest harvest on record. But while the Bay s run exceeded 50 million fish for the sixth year in a row 46% above the 20-year average many other areas of the state were far below their forecast. When you take Bristol Bay out of the picture and look at sockeye harvests in Alaska, the non-Bristol Bay sockeye harvests this year were the lowest on record since 1976, said Dan Leash, an economist with the McDowell Group. ....