Now, as business owners look to this season for some sort of normalcy and a chance to recoup financial losses, they’re facing a new challenge: a global pandemic.
1 Sections
Alaska Airlines will require masks for passengers and employees
Passengers will be required to wear masks while in the airport and on planes.
Bristol Bay leaders express concern over Alaska’s commercial fishing health mandate
Thousands of commercial fishery workers coming to Bristol Bay will be operating under a strict set of guidelines this season, laid out in the new mandate released last week by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. But some local leaders say it’s not enough.
Gardentalk – Weed seed eradication and greenhouse materials
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski answers more listener questions in this week’s edition of Gardentalk.
Juneau opens safer, more accessible campground for people without homes
Juneau’s new, 20-tent campground isn’t for recreation. It replaces a campground with a checkered history that’s been one piece of the city’s efforts to give shelter to people without homes.
Newscast — Thursday, April 30, 2020
In this newscast: The city’s new low income campground opened last week and features a number of improvements from the previous location and it’s too late for some local businesses as the state begins to reopen the economy.
State Division of Forestry makes an exception for Southeast Alaska, allowing permitted burns
An exception is being made for Southeast Alaska because of the area’s wet conditions and types of fuels that are present.
State of Alaska receives $3M worth of PPE from China
The shipment included 160,000 face shields, 1.2 million pairs of gloves, 31,000 protective Tyvek suits, 100,000 disposable gowns, and 20,000 shoe covers and head caps, state emergency officials said.
ConocoPhillips to cut Alaska oil production by 100,000 barrels per day
ConocoPhillips says it will cut oil production in Alaska by about 100,000 barrels per day for the month of June. That’s about half of Conoco’s daily production in the state, and roughly a fifth of the crude that typically flows down the trans-Alaska pipeline.
As Alaska starts to reopen, it’s already too little, too late for some small businesses
New research suggests that a lot of small businesses across the country are financially fragile. Three-quarters of them said they only had enough cash on hand to cover two months of expenses.