CITY COUNCIL

The City of Unalaska is preparing for major budget reductions. At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, City Manager Erin Reinders told council members that the recent red king crab closure, and major reductions in the snow crab fishery, will hit the city hard.

Unalaska’s mask mandate expired at noon on Wednesday, as local COVID-19 cases continue to decline.City council members voted unanimously at their Tuesday meeting to “encourage” face coverings, as opposed to requiring them. The city had enforced a mask requirement since Aug. 25, when the community experienced a surge of confirmed COVID-19 cases. At its peak, the city reported 30 cases of the virus.

All of Unalaska’s candidate races were decided in Tuesday’s Municipal Election.

KUCB held our annual City Council Candidates Forum on Friday, Oct. 1. Audio from the event is available here.

The Unalaska City Council voted Tuesday to keep a community-wide mask mandate in place, as the state continues to lead the country in average new daily COVID-19 cases per capita.

It’s election season in Unalaska. On Oct. 5, locals will be heading to the polls to vote on three ballot questions, as well as for officials on both the City Council and the school board.KUCB reporters Theo Greenly and Hope McKenney sit down to discuss the ballot questions.