Last night, Unalaska’s preservation commission took its first steps toward fixing up neglected historic sites.
The board nominated the Henry Swanson House and the Manson’s Saltery to be included in Unalaska’s capital spending plan. That could set the stage for renovations within the next five years.
While the final vote was unanimous, the discussion was long -- and sometimes tense. Some of the commissioners weren’t sure how to address the Manson’s Saltery.
The federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling is about to get a new leader.
Abigail Hopper has been named director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, according to a report from FuelFix.
Hopper has spent several years running the Maryland Energy Administration. She recently worked on a project to set up wind energy farms off Maryland’s shore -- leading to a federal lease sale in August.
Unalaska’s planning commission will meet tonight to discuss new tools for responding to public nuisances.
That’s what it’s called when a resident breaks local rules on land use, zoning, or property maintenance. The city has the authority to fine residents $300 for those offenses.
Although there's plenty of fish in the water, the Bering Sea's biggest fishery won't get too much bigger in 2015.
The federal board charged with setting catch limits agreed to put 3 percent more pollock -- or 1.31 million metric tons -- up for harvest next year.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council set the limit this weekend during a meeting in Anchorage. The industry stakeholders and regulators on the board were presented with new data, which shows a substantial increase in the biomass of pollock.
The Unalaska Raiders made a strong showing this weekend at two state championship tournaments in Anchorage.
The girls’ volleyball team overcame an early loss against Koliganek to shut out Hooper Bay. The Raiders notched another victory against Kenny Lake, finishing in fourth place overall.
Unalaska has been a strong performer in the 2A Borealis conference over the last few years. The Raiders took second place in 2013 after a hard-fought game against Su Valley. But Su Valley was absent from the state finals this weekend. The championship title went to Klawock.
A vacant lot in the Valley neighborhood. (Annie Ngo/KUCB)
City council got a list of choices for how to move forward addressing Unalaska’s housing shortage at their meeting Tuesday night. Their short answer: do it all.
Councilors asked city staff to get legal opinions on certain tax abatements. And they wanted information on the financial status of city utilities before looking at making new lines cheaper.
Nick Lekanoff, Sr. and his daughter return to Makushin in August 2009. (Courtesy: NPS)
Three traditional villages on the far side of Unalaska Island fell to ruin after their Unangan residents were relocated during World War II.
Now, a new book tells the stories of Kashega, Biorka and Makushin villages -- from settlement, to abandonment, to the return of the elders who grew up there.
KUCB’s Annie Ropeik sat down with authors Ray Hudson and Rachel Mason to talk more about Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians.
The Coast Guard cutters Munro and Alex Haley have been helping search for the missing crew of the sunk trawler Oryong 501 in the western Bering Sea. (Credit: Diana Honings/USCG)
The Coast Guard is preparing to pull back from a search effort in the Western Bering Sea, a week after a fishing vessel sank there with dozens of people on board.
Rescuers have found 27 deceased crew members from the South Korean pollock boat since last week. Twenty-six are still missing. Others were rescued just after the Oryong 501 was hit by a wave, flooded and sank.
