Unalaska, AK – Incumbent Carl Moses and challenger Bryce Edgmon are neck and neck in the Democratic primary for House District 37 as of noon Wednesday, with half the precincts in the district reporting. Moses enjoys a slight lead with 50.4 percent of the vote, or 496 ballots. Edgmon is trailing by just eight ballots with 488.
Eleven districts have reported so far and 11 remain, according to the state Division of Elections. Voting so far has been locally driven, with Bristol Bay voting for Edgmon, who lives in Dillingham, by a wide margin, and the Aleutian and the Pribilof Islands doing the same for Moses. This trend seems to favor Edgmon, because most of the unreported precincts are in his base of support.
Unalaska, AK – Turnout has been low in Unalaska today for House District 37's first competitive Democratic primary in years.
Incumbent Representative Carl Moses of Unalaska has his first Democratic primary competitor in six years in today's election. Moses is being challenged by his former staffer and Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation CEO Bryce Edgmon of Dillingham. While the race has sparked higher than usual voter turnout in Dillingham, turnout has been lackluster in Unalaska so far.
Unalaska, AK – A campaign text message sent out on behalf of Representative Carl Moses this morning wasn't permissible under state law.
A text message sent to Alaska Wireless Communication LLC cell phone users in Unalaska encouraged them to vote for Moses, the Democratic incumbent from Unalaska, in today's primary election. But the message didn't include any information on who paid for it -- something that's required by state campaign disclosure law.
Unalaska, AK – Incumbent Rep. Carl Moses of Unalaska swept polls in Unalaska in this year's Democratic primary, but lagged behind challenger Bryce Edgmon district-wide as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
With two districts reporting official numbers to the state Division of Elections for House District 37, Edgmon led Moses with 52.89 percent of the vote. The two largest precincts in the district, Dillingham and Unalaska, both overwhelmingly supported their local candidates in the Democratic primaries. Edgmon swept Dillingham with 273 votes to Moses's 56, and Moses won Unalaska 229-47.
Unalaska, AK – Unalaska City School District Superintendent Darrell Sanborn is Alaska's superintendent of the year for the 2006-2007 school year. A selection committee made up of six educational associations and the state Chamber of Commerce nominated Sanborn, who said he was humbled by the award.
Sanborn came to Unalaska in 2000 from Kotzebue, where he was assistant superintendent in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District. He's been with the Unalaska district longer than the three previous superintendents combined.
Unalaska, AK – The 2006 Aleutian golden king crab season opened at noon Tuesday. There are fewer boats participating than last year, and they won't be getting as much for their troubles: processors are paying a dollar less per pound than they did last year.
UniSea Inc., whose Dutch Harbor processing plant takes more Aleutian goldens than anyone else, has posted a price of $1.65 a pound. That's down from $2.69 last season, and it's barely half of what goldens went for five years ago.
Unalaska, AK – For the ninth consecutive year, Unangan elders, school teachers, marine biologists and others set up camp at Humpy Cove on Unalaska Island for six days, ending Saturday. The event is called Camp Qungaayux, and its purpose is to teach children of all ages from various communities in the Aleutians about the world they live in, drawing on both Western science and traditional Unangan knowledge. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans has the story.
