Unalaska, AK – The state's redistricting board has cut up Unalaska's House district 37 and divided up the Aleutians. The five-person board has been redrawing districts using 2010 U.S. Census data. Coastal Alaska to have lost population while there have been large gains in suburban areas around Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Mat-Su Valley, causing coastal areas to lose seats in the House to the rail belt's gain.

Unalaska, AK – Felony charges have been filed against the driver of the pickup truck that crashed last Tuesday into a shipping container near Dutch Harbor. Police have identified the driver as 28-year-old David L. Woolley of Kodiak. He had been the engineer aboard the Kodiak-based F/V Irene H, which had been longlining for halibut.

Unalaska Public Safety Sgt. Mike Holman says two counts of first degree assault have been filed as well as misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment.

Unalaska, AK – Two women reported being attacked by bald eagles Monday morning in separate attacks less than two hours apart. Both women were struck by eagles nesting near the Dutch Harbor post office. Bald eagles are nesting this time of year and very sensitive to humans. Wildlife

Trooper Sgt. Robin Morrisett says his office fielded calls following the incident.

"People need to be aware that this is the time that eagles do sit on nests," Morrisett said. "People just need to stay vigilant about their surroundings and the birds flying in the air."

Unalaska, AK – The new seafood processor occupying the former Harbor Crown plant says business has been healthy since it reopened the shuttered plant this year.

Bering Fisheries, a partnership between Copper River Seafoods and the Siu Alaska Corporation, announced the joint-venture last summer. Production started in January and since then general manager Rocky Caldero says the plant is carving a niche for itself by serving the small-vessel fleet.

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska High School Gym was filled to near capacity for the Ounalashka Corporation's annual banquet which followed the Native corporation's 38th annual shareholders Saturday meeting in the Grand Aleutian Hotel. During the meeting two long-time directors decided not to run for re-election. They were: Gert Svarny and Nena Mathe. Elected to replace them were Brenda Tellman and Sandra Moller who will begin serving three-year terms on the nine-person board.

Unalaska, AK – Commercial fishing remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the country. So safety experts are crying foul over the Obama administration's proposal to cancel a program run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that's working to reduce fisheries-related deaths and injuries.

This year $1.5 million went toward NIOSH's Alaska regional office that studies commercial fishing.

Unalaska, AK – The chairman of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has been reappointed to serve another three-year term. Eric Olson of Anchorage was reappointed as Alaska's designee to the council by the Secretary of Commerce. This will be his third term on the council and second term as chair.

Also announced yesterday was the reappointment of John Henderschedt of Seattle. Henderschedt is a designee from the state of Washington.

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska DMV office is altering its hours to accommodate expanding testing requirements for commercial drivers. That's because a new state requirement now requires a road test for existing commercial drivers.

"Locally, there used to be an exception to (commercial drivers license) laws that allowed commercial drivers to have what's called an off-system CDL," explained Jamie Sunderland, director of the Unalaska Department of Public Safety. "Those are all expiring at the end of September."

Unalaska, AK – The Museum of the Aleutians is opening a new exhibit this Friday. Entitled Difficult Journeys: Education in the Aleutian Islands, museum director Zoya Johnson says it will take a sweeping look at education from traditional Unangan ways up to the present day. One of the central features is a complete replica of a 1920s classroom built inside the museum.

"We thought it would be very interesting for people to come and see how did the classrooms look back then," she said.