Unalaska, AK – A man fell overboard from the catcher-processor Rebecca Irene this weekend and the Coast Guard has called off the search. Thirty-eight year old Nhial Opiew was a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Kenya. The crew of the Rebecca Irene reported him missing to the Coast Guard around 8:30 am on Saturday after he didn't report for watch duty. No one witnessed him fall overboard. The boat was bottom trawling for Pacific Ocean Perch about 24 miles southeast of Umnak Island in the Aleutian chain. The Coast Guard then launched a C-130 aircraft from Air Station Kodiak and an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley.

Unalaska, AK – The Department of Public Safety has issued an official press release regarding last week's shootings. According to the release, when police spoke with 25-year-old Jason Tungul at the clinic at 5 am on July 1, he initially reported that he had been shot by an unknown person while working at the Crowley facility. Before being transported to Anchorage for treatment of extensive wounds, he changed his story. Police report that Tungul said that the shooting had taken place at 25-year-old Daniel Cortez's residence at about 1:30 that morning. "Tungul said he believed that Cortez might have shot him because he had refused to smoke 'oxy' with Cortez, and Cortez might have believed Tungul was a 'snitch'."

Unalaska, AK – According to a recent study commissioned by the state, Unalaska is the second most expensive place to live in Alaska, right behind Kotzebue. The study looked at geographic differentials and compared costs in different communities to costs in Anchorage. The McDowell group surveyed more than 2,500 households, including 51 in Unalaska, to find out the cost of housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, and other expenses. They found that Unalaska is 58 percent more expensive than Anchorage. The Aleutian Region as a whole is 50 percent higher. Kotzebue is 61 percent more expensive. Robert Pearson, with the state's Department of Administration in Juneau said that given margins of statistical error, it evens out to be about the same.

Unalaska, AK – Two early morning shooting incidents in Unalaska are currently under investigation. According to court documents, Jason Tungul was brought to the health clinic at about 5 am Wednesday. Clinic employee Natalie Miller contacted the police saying that Tungul had been shot. Police officers reported to the clinic and saw four gunshot wounds on Tungul's body, including on his abdomen, his shoulder, his back, and a grazing wound on his head. An x-ray showed a bullet lodged in his upper right torso.

Unalaska, AK – Mayor Shirley Marquardt narrowly averted losing $1,300 in cash this weekend. The Chesterton Tribune from northern Indiana reports that Marquardt and her family were on a train headed to Chicago when another passenger passed them on the way to the restroom twice. Marquardt was suspicious and looked into her purse, which she had put on the train floor. Both her and her son's wallets were missing with $1,300 in cash. Marquardt contacted the conductor and at the next station, police boarded the train. The police searched the other two passengers. One put $400 in cash in her hair weave. The rest of the money and Marquardt's wallet were stashed in an empty Doritos bag in the bathroom. Both other passengers were arrested. One also had a loaded handgun and ammunition in her pockets. Marquardt says that she only got $400 in cash back because the rest was lost. She and her family spent over 10 hours at the police station, from 6 pm until 4:30 am. The story made headline news in Indiana because the mayor has appeared on the "Deadliest Catch."

Unalaska, AK – This summer, students are taking a hands-on look at some of the things that make Unalaska unique. This time, they hoped their hands-on experience didn't get them pinched. KUCB's Anne Hillman joined them.

Unalaska, AK – Sockeye salmon escapement from Reese Bay into McCleese Lake is extraordinarily low this year and the area known as is Wislow is now closed to all subsistence fishing. So far only 512 fish have gone through the weir. Last year by this point, 2,782 fish had gone up. In 2003, over 61,000 reds had entered the lake. Alaska Department of Fish & Game Biologist Aaron Poetter said it's unclear why returns are so low, but the numbers could be linked to the very high escapements of 2002 and 2003. In each of those years, close to 100,000 thousand salmon passed through the weir.

Unalaska, AK – The abundance of the Pribiloff Island ecosystem is linked to a nearby but poorly understood canyon. A team of researchers is mapping the canyon and some of the surrounding ecosystems to understand what happens in the biologically diverse Bering Sea Islands. KUCB's Anne Hillman spoke with one of the scientists.

Unalaska, AK – In addition to approving the PSEA contract and voting down the port tariff increases on Tuesday, the city council voted to give all Title III employees a 3 percent cost of living wage increase. The Title III wage matrix has not been increased since 2001 while the cost of living has risen. The city manager, who will not get a raise from this ordinance, told the council that in order to keep the positions competitive, an increase is necessary. It will affect 23 employees and has already been budgeted for. The city also plans on doing a wage and compensation study later this fiscal year.