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The city of King Cove is worried about the future after its seafood processor announced earlier this month that it will cease operations. The plant, formerly owned by Peter Pan Seafood Company, is the economic engine of the community on the Alaska Peninsula. A new owner will take over the processing plant, but it’s unclear when the facility will reopen. Kirsten Dobroth is the Alaska reporter for Undercurrent News, which is a commercial fishing and seafood industry trade magazine. She’s been reporting on what this means just ahead of salmon season.
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Unalaska was the closest it had ever been to achieving its decades-long goal of developing geothermal energy from Makushin Volcano just a few miles from town. But difficulties meeting investment deadlines have led to the end of the Makushin Geothermal Project.