Shell's Kulluk drill rig. / KUCB

Shell Oil is still weighing its options for drilling in the Arctic next year. But any program would be scaled down compared to the company’s last trip north in 2012.

A doctor from the Alaska Psychiatric Institute is now offering free counseling to Unalaskans via video chat.  

Delta sent another jet to Cold Bay to retrieve passengers. / Courtesy of Dawn Lyons

A Delta flight traveling from Tokyo to San Francisco made an emergency stop in the remote community of Cold Bay on Wednesday.

Delta’s Boeing 767 jet experienced engine problems early in the morning. A Delta spokesman wouldn’t say exactly what went wrong, but a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman told KTUU that the pilots saw a warning on their electronic engine controls.

Cold Bay’s airport is a designated diversion spot for trans-Pacific flights, so the pilots decided to land there.

A Delta flight traveling from Tokyo to San Francisco made an emergency stop in the remote community of Cold Bay Wednesday morning.

The Boeing 767 jet started to experience engine problems this morning, according to Delta spokesman Michael Thomas. Pilots were able to safely land the plane at Cold Bay’s all-weather airport.

Catherine Bland works at the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Cold Bay. She says that she heard a loud jet engine around 6 a.m, followed by a flurry of activity on the runway.

Unalaska police have seized meth, heroin, and bath salts as evidence in the past month. / Courtesy UDPS

UPDATE: Unalaska police have arrested another person in connection with alleged drug sales, and levied more charges against suspects who are already in custody.

Tanya Kukahiko-Schaaf, 41, has been charged with a class C felony for allegedly letting her home or car be used to distribute a controlled substance. 

Police seized drugs, firearms, and cash as evidence. / Courtesy of UDPS

The nine men who were arrested this week in Unalaska and charged with felony drug offenses have made their first appearances in court.

On Friday afternoon, police led Lua Aiava, 28, Allan Bautista, 44, Neuthon Costantini, 28, Ioane Faasavalu, 25, Tofa Matautia, 28, Ernie Oxinio, 30, Brandon Rosa, 21, Tyson Rosa, 24, and Stephen A. Rosa, 49, into the Unalaska courthouse.

The court gallery was packed with more than 20 friends, family, and members of the public.

Police performed a two-day sweep in Unalaska this week as part of an ongoing investigation into meth and heroin sales.

Public safety director Jamie Sunderland says the operation follows from an undercover drug sting conducted over the past few months. Officers used information from those cases -- and, once again, from a confidential informant.

"That has led to the arrest of nine additional people," Sunderland says.

Nine people were arrested in Unalaska Wednesday during a day-long drug bust. 

Deputy Police Chief Michael Holman says the operation started around 12:45 p.m. and concluded around midnight. Officers executed ten search warrants, following up on new leads from an undercover investigation into drug sales over the last few months.

The Alaska Board of Fish voted to set up two new state-managed fisheries in the Aleutians at their meeting in Anchorage this week.

A Pacific cod fishery will open up in the Bering Sea north of Cape Sarichef each year starting a week after the federally managed parallel fishery, and stay open until the harvest is taken or August 28. The fishery will only be open to boats under 60 feet.