Unalaska, AK – A man lost his arm in an accident at Westward Seafoods' Unalaska processing plant Wednesday. The victim's last name is Sato, but his first name was unavailable as of Thursday evening.

Mr. Sato was repairing a conveyor belt that had not been properly shut down, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. His right arm got caught in the machine and was torn off.

Unalaska, AK – More than sixteen hundred dead seabirds washed up on the shore of Unalaska Island last night. Local scientists don't yet know the cause of the die-off, and the Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans has the story.

Unalaska, AK – An unusually large number of dead shearwaters washed up on Front Beach in Unalaska today. Local observers have found about 25 of the seabirds as of Wednesday afternoon, and expect to find more. Reid Brewer of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Marine Advisory Program was on the beach Wednesday afternoon, collecting data on the shearwaters' locations and physical characteristics in hopes of determining the cause of the die-off.

Unalaska, AK – A surge in criminal activity kept the Unalaska Department of Public Safety busy this past weekend. Officers made 11 arrests between Friday and Sunday nights, and at one point had nine of the 12 beds in the city jail full. Sgt. Matt Betzen said the activity was a considerable increase over an average weekend in Unalaska, when three to five arrests are made.

"It was a busy weekend--it kept the officers hopping," Betzen said.

Unalaska, AK – After nearly three weeks in Dutch Harbor, the Cougar Ace is finally leaving, sometime this week.

The Coast Guard has been monitoring the recovery effort since the car carrier was towed into Dutch Harbor on August 8. They're anticipating that the ship will leave on Wednesday; on-scene contractors working on the towing operation say that the Cougar Ace will leave whenever their final repair work is finished.

Unalaska, AK – The weekly fisheries roundup with city natural resource analyst Frank Kelty.

Unalaska, AK – A U.S. submarine that disappeared in the Aleutians during World War II apparently has been found off the shore of Kiska Island. A research expedition paid for by one of the commanding officer's sons spotted what they believe is the U.S.S. Grunion in the mile-deep waters near what was once a Japanese military base in the Aleutians. The team arrived in Dutch Harbor on Thursday, and KIAL's Charles Homans was there.

Unalaska, AK – Unalaska School District officials are awaiting the release of the state's official adequate yearly progress numbers for the 2005-2006 school year.

AYP, a component of the federal No Child Left Behind program, charts learning comprehension for students in 3rd through 10th grade. The statewide report will be released on Friday, but for now, preliminary numbers indicate that Unalaska did quite well. Eighty-nine percent of the district's students are proficient in reading, writing and language arts, up from 85 in '04-'05. Seventy-eight percent are proficient in math, down from 81 percent the previous year.

Unalaska, AK – A winner won't emerge anytime soon in the House District 37 Democratic primary race. Incumbent Carl Moses and challenger Bryce Edgmon are within one percentage point of each other, which means the race will almost certainly be too close to call before questioned ballots and absentee ballots are counted, a process that could take two weeks.

Although numbers for just 10 of 22 precincts are available from the state Division of Elections, a survey of polling places by radio stations KIAL and KDLG has Moses unofficially leading Edgmon 590-582 with 16 precincts reporting.