Whistleblowers leaked documents to them showing that Department of Labor commissioner Tamika Ledbetter blocked about $450,000 in fines that her agency’s inspectors wanted to levy against Copper River Seafoods.
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Timeline: Looking back at six months of COVID-19 in Alaska
September 12 marks six months since Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Alaska’s first known case of COVID-19. We thought now was a good time to pause and take stock of where we are — and to look back on how we got here.
City responds to rising COVID-19 cases with new restrictions
Starting Friday at noon, bars and gyms will be limited to half capacity and indoor group gatherings must be kept to fewer than 50 people.
Another 21 employees at Juneau seafood processor test positive for COVID-19
A total of 61 people who work at the processing facility have tested positive since the outbreak was discovered.
They sanitized, screened, quarantined and they still got COVID-19
Juneau seafood processor says they didn’t count on community spread
Seafood companies kept COVID-19 from infecting Alaskans. Now they’re trying to keep the virus out of their plants.
With cases rising in Alaska, seafood companies must now work to keep residents from infecting seasonal workers.
Alaska fishing communities feared getting COVID-19 from industry. They haven’t.
In Bristol Bay, the seafood industry has succeeded in keeping its seasonal workers and fishermen from infecting Alaska residents.
For the second day in a row, Anchorage sees record high numbers of residents with COVID-19
State health officials are reporting they’ve identified 109 new cases statewide, including 92 residents and 17 non-residents. There were no new deaths.
Outbreak at Juneau seafood processor reflected in record high state COVID-19 case count
The outbreak at Alaska Glacier Seafoods and another on board a factory fishing vessel that docked in Unalaska are causing the number of COVID-19 cases in Alaska to soar.
The outbreak at a Juneau seafood processor has expanded as Alaska has another record-high COVID-19 count
Outbreak at Juneau seafood plant continues to grow with 26 new cases identified among employees.