Good to see a response. The economy here is pretty stable, lots of gov't influences, and oil. The biggest thing is the consolidation of operators. When I arrived in Kotzebue there was 14 different operators on the field, all but 3 were single ship bases, a C207 or PA-32. Now their are 2 and one mom and pop. I guess this crushed options for a new guy building time. The lowest time pilot were I work is 5000hr guy, other than acouple of co-pilots in the CASA or B1900.
www.beringair.inc is my employer. Pay is good for those of us left, @90k USD a year. Our rival not as good, but fair.
Work wise no off-airport any more. Village runs hauling Pax and cargo/mail. Some good pictures of Kotzebue city web site. I commute work 20 days then home for 10 days.
Seems like things are tight over your way, that is a bummer, at least these things run in cycles.
Good Luck