Unalaska, AK – n this week's edition of Speak Up, Unalaska! state representative Bryce Edgmon and Mayor Shirley Marquardt spoke about the proposed new energy policy for the state, oil & gas drilling and other issues. Here's part one, with host Anne Hillman.

Unalaska, AK – On this week's edition of Speak Up, Unalaska! state representative Bryce Edgmon and Mayor Shirley Marquardt spoke about the proposed new energy policy for the state, oil & gas drilling and other issues. Here's part one, with host Anne Hillman.

Unalaska, AK – Both the Raiders girls' and boys' basketball teams played in a tournament in Bethel over the weekend. Both teams lost all three of their games but not without showing their strengths and potential.

The first match-up took place on Thursday. Both teams played against Bethel. The boys lost 58 to 43 and the girls went down 64 to 22. But Unalaska was just warming up.

When the boys took on Nome on Friday afternoon, they faced a formidable challenge. "Nome Nanooks clearly in control of this whole game. They started off strong, Unalaska, but Nome was just a little too much with their offense," concluded the game announcer.

Unalaska, AK – The city is still pursuing the slow process of suing the federal government for PCB clean-up costs. Last year the city filed a civil suit against the military in an attempt to get $4 million dollars for cleaning up PCBs at the powerhouse site. The city argues that the PCB contamination was from electric transformers brought in by the military during World War II, and the federal government should pay the clean up costs. The military disagrees.

Unalaska, AK – Local taxi cab driver Sheila Taranto's chauffeurs license was revoked after she pled guilty to violating city and state laws. Her taxi company, Mr. Kab, will no longer be in business starting on Feb. 1. Taranto pled guilty to one count of theft in the second degree for over charging customers. Excess charges ranged from 60 cents to $144 and totaled $601.10.

Taranto said that she did not intentionally do anything wrong; they were simply book keeping errors made when managing more than 100 different accounts. She called the charges and the investigation "disgusting" and said she only pled guilty because she could not afford to continue fighting the case.

Unalaska, AK – The designers of the new small boat harbor are in the final stages of public comment collection and design. The designers and the construction team, PND engineers and Pacific Pile and Marine, presented the current design modifications to city council Tuesday evening. Pacific Pile & Marine's Jason Davis said they are only making minor changes.

"The project is still very similar to our original design. The fundamentals of the floats have stayed the same but where we have made some changes is in the finishes, where the community really interacts. We've found the need for more space in the office and some specific requirements of different vessels on the floats."

Unalaska, AK – The city council discussed a number of budget issues at Tuesday's meeting. The first involved the PCR community center expansion project. The expansion will cost the city about $1.7 million more than they originally anticipated, putting the total predicted cost at just under $4.1 million. Director of Public Works Nancy Peterson wanted the council to know about the increase before the project goes up for bid this week. Though the council did not make a binding decision, they showed support for the expansion even with its expanding budget.

Unalaska, AK – The Coast Guard search for a man-overboard south of Adak has been suspended. A crew member from Myanmar fell overboard from the 792-foot containership Cap Gilbert approximately 517 miles south of Adak Island on Tuesday around 8 pm. The 26-year old man was wearing street clothes, a jacket, and no survival gear when he went over. Other crew members report that he cannot swim. The Coast Guard responded to the incident with an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which departed Kodiak at 10:16 last night and arrived on scene around 1 am. A second crew arrived and searched the area Wednesday afternoon. Coast Guard Petty Officer Sara Francis said they could not send helicopters with hoisting capabilities because the ship was too far from shore.

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska Fire department reports that Friday evening's fire at the APL dock started when some minor hot work for the crane dismantling caught a small amount of foam insulation on fire. The fire spread rapidly along the highly flammable foam and created large amounts of smoke. However, it was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. The fire only damaged the crane, which was already being demolished.