Klukwan shareholders get cash for COVID-19 vaccines

Klukwan, Inc. shareholders are eligible to receive $225 each for showing proof of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

Village corporation president Rosemarie Hotch said this week that the vaccine incentive money comes from a federal CARES Act grant of $100,000. The deadline to apply for the incentive money is Dec. 1 and grant funds must be distributed by Dec. 31.

Hotch said Alaska Native corporations were delayed from receiving relief funds for about 15 months due…