Unalaska, AK – The Coast Guard is still investigating the cause of the fire that damaged the 286-foot C/P American Dynasty on Wednesday, March 10. It is unknown how or where the fire started but it did affect the engine room and other mechanical portions of the vessel.

Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosely said the ship's crew contacted the Coast Guard around 4 am on Wednesday.

Unalaska, AK – Speak Up, Unalaska! is KUCB's public affairs call-in show. This week, Dennis Robinson and Zac Schasteen discussed the council's decisions regarding the Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor and other topics with host KUCB's Anne Hillman.

Unalaska, AK – This edition of Speak Up, Unalaska! features a conversation about the new Carl E. Moses boat harbor and funding of capital projects. Hear what council members Zac Schasteen and Dennis Robinson told listeners during their conversation with KUCB's Anne Hillman.

Unalaska, AK – The state of Alaska is currently in violation of federal regulations regarding commercial drivers' licenses. In some small, off-the-road system communities, drivers can legally drive commercial vehicles with a special exemption license that does not require a skills test. Unalaska is not and never was one of those communities because our traffic volume is too high. However, the state has not enforced the federal laws and has allowed drivers in Unalaska and other towns, such as Nome, Bethel, and Dillingham, to drive without taking the required skills test. Now the state is developing a plan to make sure all communities are in compliance.

Unalaska, AK – The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember off of the Golden Alaska on Monday evening when they were 8 nautical miles west of St. George Island. The 60-year-old man was experiencing abdominal pain. The master of the vessel contacted the Coast Guard at 8:43 pm and the man was safely transported to St. George on a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that was forward deployed to St. Paul for the fishing season. He will be medevack'ed to Anchorage Tuesday.

Unalaska, AK – The American Seafoods Catcher Processor American Dynasty caught on fire Friday night when it was about 50 nautical miles northwest of Cold Bay. Specific details about the cause of the fire and where it started are not yet available, but crew members were able to extinguish it and no one was injured. The Coast Guard Cutter Munroe escorted the 272-foot vessel and its 120 workers back to Unalaska. The company and its insurers are still investigating the incident and the boat will be taken back to Seattle for repairs.

Unalaska, AK – The National Transportation and Safety Board recommends that the Federal Communications Commission require all commercial vessels to carry emergency position-indicating radio beacons that transmit vessel specific position data that can be read by all satellites. Though vessels are required to carry EPRIBs, the EPIRBs are not required to be equipped with GPS tracking equipment that tells all types of satellites exactly where the boat is located. An EPIRB only includes position data that can be read by low earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites, which travel from pole to pole at an altitude of 600 miles and will pass over a given location only every 50 to 75 minutes.

Unalaska, AK – Thursday the House of Representatives passed their budget without including funding for six Marine Advisory Program rural agents, including the one in Unalaska. The governor did not include the $614,000 in his original budget. Nome Democratic Representative Neal Foster tried to amend the budget to include the necessary $614,000 when it was still under review by the Finance Committee on Monday, but they voted against the amendment 7 to 3. The failed amendment does not put the entire program into jeopardy, however it does mean that the offices in Unalaska, Dillingham, Kodiak, Nome, Petersberg, and Cordova will have to continue seeking grants to fund their agents.

Unalaska, AK – In honor of International Women's Day, KUCB is working in conjunction with USAFV to interview women from around the world whose lives have brought them to Unalaska. Their stories vary and each brings to the community different lessons and experiences. In our third interview, Juliette Vries talks with KUCB's Anne Hillman about what is normal.