SEWARD, Alaska — Alaska Vocational Technical Center received a $40,000 grant from the Marathon Petroleum Foundation to purchase an oil spill response module. The simulation will be incorporated at the Kongsberg Full Mission Bridge Simulator at AVTEC’s First Lake Campus. “We couldn’t be more excited about this new training opportunity for mariners across Alaska,” said […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — May’s job count was up 5.7 percent from May 2020, an increase of 16,500 but still 29,600 below May 2019 levels. Nearly all industries’ job counts were up over May 2020, with the industries hardest hit last year showing the largest gains. Leisure and hospitality was up 6,000 jobs, but still down […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — April’s job count was up 6.9 percent from April of 2020, an increase of 19,100 but still 25,200 below April 2019 levels. April’s numbers are significant because they mark the first time the year-ago comparisons are to a month that had COVID-related losses. In April, Alaska had recovered about 40 percent of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s March employment was down 6.9 percent from March 2020 — a loss of 21,900 jobs — as the pandemic continued to keep job counts well below year-ago levels. March data marks the last time we can compare a current month to a comparatively healthy pre-pandemic month. Massive job losses hit in […]