Auction to determine future of Adak plant

It’s been a rocky 12 years since Adak was incorporated as a city. The community has survived power crises, crushing debt, and twice, the closure of its biggest business — the fish processing plant. Click here to read the full story from KCUB > 

Now, Adak is facing a new setback. On Tuesday, the processing plant’s equipment will be auctioned off, and as KUCB’s Stephanie Joyce reports, if it leaves the island, Adak will be left without its economic engine.

It’s dark inside the plant, and our footfalls echo off the dormant processing lines as Richard Lewis, Icicle Seafoods’ last remaining employee in Adak, shows me around.

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