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Sarah Cook

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"just better management of our budgets and our expenses and watching things a little bit more closely. Also filling full-time positions. We normally run at 35 travelers and we've kept it under like 12."

“just better management of our budgets and our expenses and watching things a little bit more closely. Also filling full-time positions. We normally run at 35 travelers and we've kept it under like 12.”
Speaker
Sarah Cook
Community
Alaska News
Location
Ketchikan
Captured at
July 27, 2026

From the transcript

Um, the physical therapy, that's why we added an FTE to that. And then, um, just better management of our budgets and our expenses and watching things a little bit more closely. Also filling full-time positions. We normally run at 35 travelers and we've kept it under like 12. So, um, which has really helped.

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