Historically, local jobs in the STEM field have not gone to St. Paul residents — a problem the project manager says the grant could help with.
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COVID-19 closes a third Aleutian plant, stranding Bering Sea fishermen at the dock
In the Aleutian port town of Unalaska, at least five local boats are stuck at the dock with nowhere to deliver their cod after the shutdown of the Alyeska Seafoods processing plant
‘Everybody’s worst nightmare’: Bering Sea fishermen on edge after COVID-19 closes second plant
Fishermen and industry leaders are anxious that they might not have places to offload their catch or that their plants might be the next to close down.
Worker evacuated from Akutan seafood processor after positive COVID-19 test
Two large seafood processing plants in the Aleutian Islands have been hit with COVID-19 infections as the busy winter pollock fishing season is set to kick off.
After New Year’s gathering, 4 Unalaska fish plant workers test positive for COVID-19
The UniSea fish plant in Unalaska is under partial lockdown and has shut down all non-essential work after four employees tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday.
Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker arrives in Unalaska, prepares to patrol Arctic waters
The nation’s sole heavy icebreaker arrived in the Aleutian Islands this week for the first time since 2013.
Yakutat To Unimak: Minnesota hiker recounts 2,500-mile Alaska traverse
From mid-June to mid-October, Dan Binde of Minnesota hiked from Yakutat, in the northern reaches of Alaska’s Inside Passage, across the Alaska Peninsula, to Unimak, the largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands.
Weather watchers wait to see if this week’s Bering Sea storm sets low pressure record
The collision of a warm, wet weather front with a mass of cold air from Siberia could set a new record: the lowest barometric pressure recorded in the North Pacific.
Native artist gathers social media followers to get baby formula to Russian Mission families in need
When artist and activist CeeJay Johnson learned moms in Russian Mission couldn’t get baby formula, she asked for help on Facebook and Reddit.
Adak under lockdown after finding first case of COVID-19
The westernmost community in the U.S. is under lockdown after an arriving visitor tested positive Saturday for the coronavirus.