Movers and Shakers for Dec. 27
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Alaska Industrial Hardware, a Bering Straits Native Corp. subsidiary, announced the hire of
Thuy Vo to the position of controller and the promotions of
Tim Larson and
Josh Sieler. Vo has more than 18 years of accounting experience with a boutique public accounting firm that specializes in Alaska Native village corporations, tribal councils and small businesses all over Alaska. A recipient of the University of Alaska Scholar’s award, Vo graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting. Larson has been promoted to director of Sales for the outside and inside sales operations of AIH and General Hardware Distributors. Larson has been with the company for nine years in outside sales focusing on key accounts and helping to grow new product lines. Prior to joining AIH, Larson worked in production at Anchorage Sand &Gravel. Larson graduated from UAA in 2001 with a bachelor
Liftoff on Dec. 15 in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Astra’s rocket reaches space after its Dec. 15 launch. (Photo/Courtesy/Astra)
An engineer works at The Launch Company’s shop. (Photo/Courtesy/The Launch Company)
The PSCA Launch Site in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Nighttime lights at the PSCA before the Dec. 15 launch attempt. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Forty miles from the City of Kodiak sits the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, only one of four places to launch a rocket into orbit from the United States, and where, just a week ago on Dec. 15, California-based Astra became the third private company in the country to send an orbital-class rocket into space.
The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed the Young Fishermenâs Development Act, which is dedicated to attracting new workers to the fishing industry in the face of declining participation along the nationâs coastal areas. Â
The act, which is on its way to being signed into law, is the first federal program dedicated to training future fishermen. Its aim is to incentivize new fishermen to join fleets across the U.S., which have been decreasing in size as longtime fishermen retire without enough young people to fill their places.Â
Modeled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, the act will direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make competitive matching grants to collaborative public or private entities, such as Alaska Sea Grant, and to Native tribes.Â
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Downtown Dillingham. Monday,Dec. 21, 2020
Credit Izzy Ross/KDLG
Bristol Bay is in for some stormy weather this week. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory on Monday for the wider region, including Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Pilot Point. That’s in effect until 6:00 p.m. Monday, and gusts are expected to reach up to 70 mph after midnight, with widespread rain and snow showers.
“Really quite a parade of storms here,” said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The warm, wet weather is a big change from earlier this month. Storm centers have moved further north in the Bering Sea, which is creating several low pressure systems.