Aging infrastructure and decades of wear at the company’s Akutan plant has prompted the seafood company to plan a new facility.
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Ship begins laying cable that will bring high-speed internet to the Aleutians
If all goes according to plan, Unalaska and Akutan will have high-speed internet by the end of this year.
Unangax̂ instructors use traditional methods to teach university language course
The course marks a big step toward Unangax̂ language revitalization.
Magnitude 6.8 quake near Nikolski was part of an ‘energetic’ seismic cluster
The Alaka Earthquake Center recorded about 20 other earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above in the same sequence by about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Indigenous metal band riffs on issues affecting Native people
The song titles grab your attention, but guitarist Jacob Tix̂lax̂ Stepetin says the point is to create an opportunity to talk about Indigenous issues.
GCI launches marine survey in hopes of bringing fiber service to the Aleutians
GCI is partnering with a Matanuska Valley surveying company to chart the subsea floor along an 860-mile route from Kodiak to the Aleutians.
Trident reopens Akutan processing plant after month-long COVID-19 closure
In the course of the outbreak, 45% of Trident’s 700-person workforce ultimately tested positive for the virus, company officials said Monday.
COVID-19 hits second Trident plant in Aleutians as original outbreak grows to 266 cases
COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation’s massive factory trawlers, the Island Enterprise.
COVID-19 outbreak at Aleutian processing plant grows to 135
A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants has infected nearly 20% of workers, with testing only partially finished, officials said Tuesday.
‘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.