Unalaska, AK – The Crab Plan team is meeting in Seattle this week to discuss recommended over fishing levels, or OFLs, for crab stocks. The team decided not to recommend opening the St. Matthew's blue king crab fishery this year because the recommended OFL is less than the required TAC of 2.8 million pounds.

The recommended OFL for Bristol Bay red king crab, including the bycatch in the non-target fisheries, is 24.2 million pounds a similar number to last season.

Unalaska, AK – The power is back on in the city of Adak. The city council approved a new agreement with the Aleut Enterprise Corporation which says the Corporation will sell the city 5,000 more gallons of fuel on credit while helping them find low interest loans to buy more fuel for the future. The city plans on selling the utility to TDX Electric but will have to maintain it until December at the earliest. Janet McNall is one of the five council members who voted for the agreement.

Unalaska, AK – The fuel crisis in Adak continues. The city, which is debt for over $525,000 to the fuel supplier, Aleut Enterprises, has been rationing fuel for over a week and is down to the last few hundred gallons. City manager Steve Hines did not return any phone calls but a city council meeting has been planned for tomorrow.

The new power schedule, starting tomorrow, reduces power availability from 11 hours a day to seven.

Unalaska, AK – When the Native American pop rock band Medicine Dream played in Unalaska this weekend, they brought more than catchy tunes; they provided music therapy. KIAL's Anne Hillman listened in.

Unalaska, AK – The Native American pop-rock band Medicine Dream plays in Unalaska tonight. The music fuses native instruments and vocalizations with mainstream styles to create a blend of music the band hopes will infuse listeners with hope.

"Part of what the music provides is hope. That there are other answers out there," said percussionist Steven Alvarez. "There are other ways of dealing with your hurt, with your trouble, or with your struggle."

Unalaska, AK – Teachers, volunteers, and elders are preparing to teach Unangan culture classes to elementary school students in Unalaska. The after school program will be taught in four week blocks. Each grade, from first through fourth, will participate separately four times a week for the 35 minute long sessions. Thus far, class topics include traditional uses of plants and traditional Unangan design. Sharon Svarny-Livingston is one of the class leaders. She's encouraging elders and volunteers to help out with the program.

Unalaska, AK – Construction is underway on Atka's new runway. The runway is being lengthened by 13 hundred feet and widened by 14 feet to allow for larger aircraft to land. When the 17 million dollar, FAA-funded project is completed in August 2009, it will be able to accommodate the Metro 23 and the SAAB 340, commuter planes usually used by PenAir. It will also support partially loaded larger aircraft such as the DC-3 and DC-6, which are frequently used to transport fish.

Unalaska, AK – As the City considers energy relief measures, they are also keeping in mind long-term alternative energy options. Public Utilities Director Dan Winters recently flew over Makushin volcano to examine the terrain for a potential geothermal project. He said development of the area seems difficult.

"The terrain is pretty rugged through there. It's going to take a $20 million bridge just to come off of ST-1, which is one of the big producer wells," he said. "Then you have a canyon you have to go down and across the valley."

Unalaska, AK – As energy costs continually rise, the City of Unalaska is considering ways to help residents make it through. KIAL's Anne Hillman found out about the short- and long-term energy relief options before the council.

Unalaska's proposed energy relief options:

-$51 monthly rebates on all residential power bills for the next 14 months
-Adding $1 to COPA to reduce power bills in winter months and when fuel costs rise
-Suspending 3% sales tax on residential heating fuel
City funded rebates for purchasing energy star rated appliances
-City funded rebates for home weatherization
-Fully funding the waste heat units to increase powerhouse efficiency and saving $400,000 per year
-Fully funding powerhouse renovations, reducing all power bills by $0.01 per kwh