Pollock B season is winding down quickly, with just a handful of vessels still out fishing. Almost all of the quotas has been taken -- but so have more than 116,000 chum salmon, as bycatch. That’s almost seven times as much as last year.

Karl Haflinger is president of Sea State, the organization that analyzes bycatch data. He says a lot of the chum bycatch came early on, as the fishery got underway in June.

Katherine Labert is running a write-in campaign for city council seat C. She says incumbent Roger Rowland misses too many meetings -- and she's concerned that during the last few years, the council's agenda has gone stale.

Roger Rowland was appointed to fill a vacant seat on city council in 2007, and he's served ever since.

He says he’s grown more confident as time wears on -- and along with that, Rowland says he’s gotten more comfortable with dissension among the council.

A sample of the black tar heroin Unalaska police seized Tuesday. / Credit: Ben Matheson

Five people are facing felony drug charges after being arrested Tuesday.

Unalaska police say they’ve been conducting an undercover investigation for the past four months, which allegedly revealed sales of black tar heroin and crystal meth in town.

Beginning around noon Tuesday, police arrested Michael Hindman, 24, Jana Lekanoff, 25, Daylen Luff, 29, Eric Roach, 45, and Zane Zueger, 25. Roach was arrested for allegedly selling meth, and the others are accused of selling heroin, or possessing it with the intent to sell.

Alejandro "Bong" Tungul

This week, KUCB is profiling candidates running in the October 1st municipal election. Today, we hear from Alejandro “Bong” Tungul, who is running unopposed for his first full term in city council seat F.

Tungul had thought about putting his name in for city council for almost a decade.

City council has gotten a preview of what the Bobby Storrs small boat harbor might look like after an extensive renovation. 

The ports department hired PND Engineering to do scoping work on the renovation project in January. Last night, PND’s engineer, Dick Somerville, called in to present council with some options for overhauling the facility.

All five councilors present said they wanted to see the floats reconfigured, to maximize moorage space. (Councilor Zoya Johnson was excused from the meeting.)

Dave Gregory came to city council after 24 years of public service as Unalaska’s fire chief. When he was first elected to seat D in 2007, Gregory says he thought he was up to the challenge.

Passengers on the Kennicott ferry will spend the night in Unalaska. The vessel’s captain ordered a delay because of a storm expected later this evening. The National Weather Service is forecasting winds up to 65 knots with five-foot seas.

Captain John F. Falvey is the General Manager of the Alaska Marine Highway System. He says the last leg of the ferry’s trip into Unalaska was bad enough.

Denise Rankin

This week, KUCB is profiling candidates running in the October 1st municipal election. This profile focuses on Denise Rankin, who is running for seat E on the school board. Several of the candidates will appear live on KUCB and Channel 8 on Thursday at 7 pm to answer your questions.

Denise Rankin’s roots in Unalaska go deep.  She was born in Washington State and moved here in the first grade. Her grandfather, Walter, served on the school board for 25 years -- and that inspired her to do the same.