Raiders lose first round in Nome

Wednesday, January 24 2007

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska Raiders went winless in their games against Nome Tuesday.

The girls team lost 66-20 in the first game last night. The boys did slightly better but still fell behind, 69-52, in the evening's second game.

Unalaska and Nome will rematch tonight at 6:00 and 7:30. Tomorrow the Raiders continue on to the Husky Shootout in Kotzebue, where they'll play Kotzebue, Selawik and Point Hope.


Seattle couple plans 4,000-mile walk to Aleutians

Monday, January 22 2007

Unalaska, AK – A Seattle couple is planning to walk, raft and ski from the front door of their house to the Aleutian Islands. The 4,000-mile journey will begin in June, and take about nine months. KIAL's Charles Homans reports.


Stellar Sea may not be as badly damaged as feared

Friday, January 19 2007

Unalaska, AK – Inspections of the processing ship Stellar Sea upon its arrival in Dutch Harbor yesterday suggest that the vessel suffered less damage than was feared at first.

The vessel was towed into port by tugboat after it was disabled by an engine room fire in the middle of the Bering Sea Tuesday night. Mark Weed, the president of Seattle-based Stellar Seafoods, which owns the Stellar Sea, said he didn't want to comment extensively on the condition of the vessel, but he said that initial inspections suggested the electrical damage wasn't as bad as he had expected it to be.


EAD tanner closes in Unalaska Bay

Friday, January 19 2007

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska Bay tanner crab fishery closes at 5:59 p.m. today. The state Department of Fish & Game estimates that the fishery will near the 49,000 pound guideline harvest level by that time. The Akutan Bay fishery will remain open until further notice.


Stellar Sea arrives safely in Dutch Harbor

Thursday, January 18 2007

Unalaska, AK – The processing vessel Stellar Sea was towed into Dutch Harbor at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The ship's crew is safe and sound, but the damage to the vessel could cause a snag in this year's opilio crab season. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans reports.


Arctic Hunter waiting on inspection

Wednesday, January 17 2007

Unalaska, AK – A fishing boat that ran aground Tuesday morning on Hog Island is waiting on a marine assessor to determine whether the ship can be fully repaired in Dutch Harbor.

The 93-foot Arctic Hunter ran aground on the north end of Hog Island at 4:30 a.m. yesterday and was pulled loose four hours later by another fishing boat, then towed by the tugboat Saratoga to Magone Marine Service. According to the Coast Guard Dutch Harbor marine safety detachment, the vessel's hull was torn in several places and its engine room flooded.


Processor catches on fire north of Unalaska

Wednesday, January 17 2007

Unalaska, AK – A large fish processing vessel is being towed to Dutch Harbor by a Coast Guard cutter this evening following an engine room fire Tuesday night.

The 316-foot Stellar Sea was on its way from Seattle to St. Paul Island when the fire broke out at about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Coast Guard, the fire was extinguished within an hour and there weren't any injuries or fatalities, but the ship is currently without power, propulsion or steering. The vessel has 142 people on board.


Fishing boat grounds on Hog Island

Tuesday, January 16 2007

Unalaska, AK – Salvage crews are still working to stabilize a fishing vessel that ran aground on Hog Island early this morning.

The 93-foot-long Arctic Hunter ran aground at about 4:30 a.m. on the east side of the island. The ship hit starboard side first, but the wind spun it around and ran the port side up on the beach. The fishing vessel Vixen was able to pull the Arctic Hunter back out to sea at about 8:30, and the tugboat Saratoga towed it into Dutch Harbor to Magone Marine Service, where it is currently moored. The Arctic Hunter appeared to have sustained hull damage in the incident, and crews were busy dewatering the ship this afternoon.


Tsunami brings warning, but no damage

Monday, January 15 2007

Unalaska, AK – An 8.1-magnitude earthquake near Russia's Kuril Islands, west of the Aleutians, triggered a tsunami warning throughout coastal Alaska Friday evening. A wave was measured at about 27 inches on the western Aleutian island of Shemya, but Friday's tsunami was of negligible size by the time it reached the Eastern Aleutians.

Communities in coastal Alaska were on watch for about three hours starting at 7:33 p.m. The Unalaska Department of Public Safety called in all of its officers, as well as many volunteer firefighters and EMTs, who waited at the ready until the warning was called off at 10:30 p.m. The residents of Nikolski, a village located in a low-lying coastal area of nearby Umnak Island, evacuated to higher ground.



News Community About Site by Joseph Redmon