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The U.S. seafood industry received a $300 million assist from the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress on March 27, and a wide coalition of industry stakeholders is hoping for more.

Setting: A cluster of five sod houses somewhere north of Shishmaref. It is wintertime 1918 or 1919. I have the names wrong but this story is true.

We understand what a challenging and unprecedented time this is for Alaskans. The COVID-19 virus has been an evolving pandemic, spreading worldwide and severely disrupting life across America and our state.

Meeting sparks outcry, authority cites coronavirus as reason to waive regulations

Mayor cites Alaska’s pandemic history behind effort to stop spread of COVID-19

So many Alaskans are in crisis this month. Villages closed to outside travel. Restaurants and “non-essential” business shut down. People who have lost their jobs, who can’t find work. The growing threat of the...

One year ago, in a world with the same mountains and valleys but feeling very different, we made a discovery.