A local state of emergency allowed the City of Unalaska to enact protective measures against COVID-19, but it will expire Dec. 31; Alaska’s U.S. Senators introduced legislation to form a panel to study Pacific salmon trends and provide a strategy to support salmon management; and the state-run ferry system rode out a turbulent year.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.