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Congratulations to Juneau Douglas High School senior Niko Tomaro who has been awarded this year's Northern Southeast Alaska Building Industry Association Scholarship! Niko will be attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the fall. The award was presented at the JDHS Senior Scholarship Award Night.

Retail Trade, Real Estate, Rental and Leasing, and Education Services are among the industries that were initially hit hard by the pandemic but started to recover by the end of 2020. Retail employment was down about 22% in Q2 and Q3 but cam back to only a 6% loss in Q4 compared to 2019. Wages were also down 8% and 18% in Q2 and Q3. The retail industry usually sees an increase of about 400 workers in the summer months. The multitude of relief programs such as the CBJ Emergency Loan program and the Paycheck Protection Program played a large part in keeping wages from diving even further through the end of the year. While Retail’s Q4 shows signs of decent recovery, the lack of a substantial cruise season will likely leave retail in a rather large deficit compared to 2019. The Educational Services industry had a similar year, seeing employment down 30% in Q2 and Q3 but recovering to only an 8% difference compared to 2019. Administrative and Waste Services is a broad category but holds the majority of the travel arrangement operations, as well as support services for offices. Again, true losses and impact were muffled by the quick response by federal, city, and eventually state governments. The expected return of both working in the office and independent travel showed up at the end of 2020, pushing wages up 5% in Q4 compared to 2019.