Tourism

Some Southeast communities lost as many as 4 in 5 hotel, tour and restaurant jobs.

Norwegian Cruise Line has several years of work to do before it can build what could be a fifth dock for big ships in downtown Juneau. City Manager Rorie Watt laid out which steps intersect with city government.

Juneau Voices is meant to tell rich stories about the diverse experiences of local people.

The state is offering up to $400,000 annually for marine engineers to inspect 30 to 40 ships. It’s a fraction of the $3.4 million Ocean Ranger program, which had marine engineers on more than half of all voyages by large cruise ships.

In Skagway, local officials used CARES Act funds to keep year-round residents from leaving in 2020. But that money has run out, leaving questions about how a town like Skagway another season without tourists.

Maija Katak Lukin is Inupiaq and grew up in Kotzebue and the Sisualik fish camp, where she’s spent her life subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering. She says her work balances the land stewardship of her ancestors with more modern federal protections.