Unalaska, AK – This week, Unalaska's Church of Latter Day Saints closed to missionaries. With their neckties ties and collared shirts in place of sweatshirts and XTRATUFs, the young men who come here on religious missions stand out in a town with plenty of men with more economic concerns.

The two missionaries who were based here left Monday - one for Fairbanks and the other for Eagle River. The Mormon missionaries are always found in pairs, and they were each here for a few months. They filled a brief gap of no missionaries after having some present for two years uninterrupted. Don Clark is the branch president and he says that happens occasionally. While Unalaska's Church Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has had missionaries coming here for over a decade, and they haven't always come consecutively.

Unalaska, AK – Today, Church Hole is open for fishing after three months of being closed. But in the past couple of weeks, there has been an up-tick in illegal fishing there. That's because there are now plenty of coho salmon going upstream, says Officer Michael Holman.

"About this time of year, every year, we have an increase in illegal fishing activity on the creek, targeting the silvers coming back," he says.

Unalaska, AK – Yesterday, the tug boats Gyrfalcon and James Dunlap responded to a distress call from the Shell Oil motor vessel Nanuq. Don't worry, though - it was just a drill. The City of Unalaska, the Coast Guard, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation teamed up to test out the emergency towing system. The point of the ETS drill is to make sure responders are prepared for any emergencies that happen on the water, given that vessels can often find themselves in risky conditions here. KUCB's Alexandra Gutierrez has more.

Unalaska, AK – Early Sunday morning, the fishing vessel Arctic Dawn caught fire while moored in Seattle. As of today, there are still no reports regarding the full extent of the damage.

The Arctic Dawn has fished crab out of Unalaska, and it was featured in early episodes of the Deadliest Catch. Ole Helgevold served as the vessel's captain.

The blaze took over 100 firefighters to put out, and reached three-alarm status. Though one person had been on the ship, no one was injured and while the fire spread some to the fishing vessel Kodiak, the fire caused no significant damage beyond the Arctic Dawn itself. The cause of the fire is still undetermined.

Unalaska, AK – Tonight, city council met to discuss utilities bills, construction projects, and taxes.

The meeting opened with a public hearing concerning the tax exemptions for out of town sales and the definition for resale and retail sales in Unalaska. The main resource the ordinance concerns is rock. The purpose of the ordinance is to make the tax code more consistent and potentially close existing loopholes. In previous sessions, questions and concerns about potential tax complications and double taxation were addressed and assuaged. The ordinance passed unanimously.

Unalaska, AK – This weekend, Mount Cleveland showed yet more signs of activity. The volcano, located in the central Aleutians, has been fairly active this summer and it released a seven-kilometer plume containing ash and steam on Sunday morning.

Steve McNutt is a research professor at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and a coordinating scientist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Here's what he can make out from the satellite imagery of the volcano.

Unalaska, AK – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released its assessment for Bristol Bay red king crab, and the report finds that the crab stock may be declining.

Over the past three years, recruitment rates have been "extremely low." Male crabs -- which are the only crabs that can be legally caught -- have become less abundant, and fewer young crabs are reaching maturity. Jie Zheng is a crab biometrician for ADFG, and he coauthored the report along with Shareef Siddeek. He says that the near future doesn't look great for red king crab.

Unalaska, AKT – This week, Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment team released two reports that study vessel traffic and potential oil spill scenarios in the region. The objective is to ultimately find ways to keep spills from happening in the Bering Sea, and the documents are used by the Coast Guard, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Unalaska, AK – Today, the state of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the federal government with the objective of overturning a moratorium on offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. State Attorney General Dan Sullivan is arguing that the federal government did not adequately discuss the moratorium with state officials and failed to consider its economic impact.

However, the Department of the Interior contends that there isn't actually a moratorium in place. This spring, Secretary Ken Salazar said that arctic drilling would be suspended until 2011. But in the past month, Michael Bromwich, who is the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, has said no moratorium exists and that his division is now focused on studying oil spill prevention measures.