Alaska’s top seafood trade groups say new tariffs could trigger retaliation from key export markets, pushing the struggling industry to the brink.
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Federal fisheries employees in Alaska have been reinstated, but most are not allowed to work
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of thousands of workers were unlawful.
Unalaska museum eyes possible drop in revenue as tourists bail amid tense foreign relations
The Museum of the Aleutians has already received cancellations from international visitors, months before the cruise season begins in May.
King Cove applauds Trump’s order to build Izembek road
The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.
Bering Sea snow crab season kicks off for first time in 3 years
Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again for the first time in nearly three years.
Unalaska jostled by magnitude 5.6 earthquake Sunday
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 58 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon. Many locals felt the event, including in Nikolski and Akutan.