Carl and Laresa Moses at the Alaska House Finance Committee in 1998. /Courtesy: Bryce Edgmon

Flags flew at half-staff Friday as Alaska said goodbye to its longest-serving state representative.

Carl Moses died in Sand Point on Wednesday after a long illness. He was 84.

As KUCB’s Annie Ropeik reports, he leaves a legacy of service in Southwest Alaska and across the state.

Delta Western workers on strike in February. /Credit: Pipa Escalante

It’s official: Delta Western fuel supply workers are unionized in Unalaska.

The National Labor Relations Board certified the workers’ vote to join the Inlandboatmen’s Union last week, according to an IBU statement.

Eight of 15 workers voted 'yes' to joining the union in early April. An NLRB representative oversaw the election.

Former state representative Carl Moses died Wednesday, according to Unalaska city officials. He was 84.

Moses was the state's longest-serving member of the House. He represented the Aleutians region for a total of 11 terms -- first from 1965 to 1972 and then again from 1992 to 2007.

In that time, he was known as an advocate for fisheries and business in the Southwest. He lived for years in Unalaska and Sand Point. And he spearheaded the state's shared fishery resource landing tax, which brings millions of dollars into Aleutian communities and other coastal towns every year.

All charges have been dropped for one of two high school seniors arrested in a pair of marijuana busts earlier this month.

Unalaska police arrested 18-year-olds Johanna Pham and Shadrack Baird about two weeks ago, along with 30-year-old Jason Tungul. The arrests came after Baird allegedly sold marijuana to a confidential informant.

Steven Ugale beat his own world record in the toe kick. /Credit: Derick Magnusen

Unalaska’s Native Youth Olympics team took home gold medals, a new world record and a second-place finish at the state competition in Anchorage last week.

Steven Ugale topped his own world-record toe kick by three inches, earning gold for a 99-inch jump.

He also placed second in the one-foot high kick.

Getting sick in Unalaska can often mean flying out to see a doctor in Anchorage. It’s expensive and inconvenient -- and the Iliuliuk Family & Health Services clinic is working to spare residents the hassle.

They’ve introduced new technologies and programs to offer more care here at home.

Now, they’re being honored for those efforts with a pair of awards: one from the Alaska Primary Care Association for innovative programs, and one from the Alaska Rural Health Conference. The clinic received the conference's 2014 outstanding rural health program award in Anchorage last week.

It's not common practice to lock your car in Unalaska. But police say an alleged theft on Sunday is a reminder to residents to keep their property safe.

A UniSea truck was allegedly stolen from outside the airport Sunday and driven to the Russian Orthodox church. Police say 29-year-old Ishmael Guerrero left the truck outside, broke into the church and did damage to artifacts.

An interior door at the Russian Orthodox church that was allegedly broken during the incident. /Courtesy: Mike Holman, UDPS

A man is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing a truck and then breaking into Unalaska’s Russian Orthodox church on Sunday.

Ishmael Guerrero, 29, is accused of causing more than $2,000 in damage at the church, which is a national historic site. He was arraigned Monday in Unalaska District Court on three felony charges and five misdemeanors.

Police chief Jamie Sunderland says the situation began at the airport around noon on Sunday. A UniSea employee had left her company vehicle outside the building while she went inside for a few minutes. The keys were in the center console.

Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has finished investigating a Bering Sea rescue that left a 28-year-old crewman with fatal head injuries late last year.

According to a review board, faulty equipment and work practices developed by the crew of the cutter Waesche put Petty Officer Travis Obendorf in harm’s way.

Obendorf and the rest of the Waesche crew had been on patrol in the Bering Sea for three months when they were called to help the Alaska Mist. It was a large fishing vessel that lost propulsion and started drifting near Amak Island.