The Unalaska City Council is interviewing a candidate for city manager tonight; an international team of scientists is mapping out life in the deep ocean; and earlier this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its first-ever strategic plan for mariculture in the state of Alaska.
The City of Unalaska has a candidate for city manager, nearly three months after Erin Reinders’s contract expired. Stephen Jellie is meeting with city officials and the community this week, and the Unalaska City Council plans to interview him for the position Friday.
The Unalaska City Council approved a collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents many of the city’s workers on Thursday morning. Councilors were originally scheduled to vote at their regular meeting Tuesday night, but postponed making a decision after an executive session that lasted two hours.
Unalaska teachers will get an 8% bump in their salaries over the next three years; the Unalaska City Council approved a collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents many of the city’s workers on Thursday morning; and as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, health officials are encouraging Alaskans to renew their efforts to protect adults over 70.
Around 80 people showed up in front of City Hall Tuesday night, waiting to hear if the Unalaska City Council would approve new contracts for city workers; representatives from the Unalaska Native Fishermen’s Association are hoping to start a new fishery for smaller boats that they say would make it easier for more local boatowners to fish cod in the waters around the island; and a new whale identification program uses artificial intelligence to identify humpbacks by their flukes.