This week, KUCB is profiling candidates running in the October 1st municipal election. This profile focuses on Fernando Barrera, 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.
For Fernando Barrera, education has always been a family affair. Both of his parents were teachers, as are two of his three brothers.
Plans to upgrade Unalaska’s docks -- and even create new moorage -- will dominate tonight’s city council meeting.
Ports director Peggy McLaughlin will present a plan for renovating the Bobby Storrs small boat harbor. In a memo to council, McLaughlin writes, “This is more than a replacement project.”
That’s because the design by PND Engineering completely reconfigures the harbor. The A and B floats would be rearranged to make better use of the space in the water basin, McLaughlin writes. And all three concrete floats would be swapped out for steel, like at the Carl E. Moses small boat harbor.
The British woman attempting a solo crossing of the North Pacific arrived today in Adak. 28-year-old Sarah Outen left Japan this April in a one-person partially enclosed boat. This afternoon she was being towed by a small boat around the island, into Adak’s Harbor. She saw a person face to face today for the first time in 150 days.
After 3,700 miles and four months at sea, Outen is the first person to row solo from Japan to Alaska. She’s faced gale force winds along the way and a stressful final stretch into the Aleutians. She was almost hit by a cargo ship last week because her vessel tracking unit was not working. She’s also struggled with health issues. The journey has had its high points: she became engaged with her girlfriend over satellite phone.
Last weekend, a large wind storm drove the fishing vessel Chaos aground just outside Unalaska. Rough weather delayed a Coast Guard air rescue of the boat’s crew. As KUCB's Lauren Rosenthal reports, it might keep salvagers away, too.
Residents and businesses are cleaning up minor damage from Friday's windstorm.
The strongest gusts recorded in town were around 79 miles per hour. Public safety director Jamie Sunderland says that was enough to overturn and flood a skiff near the Bobby Storrs small boat harbor.
The winds also flipped several containers in the Horizon Lines yard, and blew away a few traffic signs. Sunderland says there were several reports of damaged roofing. The biggest loss was at Delta Western.
This week, KUCB is profiling candidates running in the October 1st municipal election. Today’s profile focuses on Abner Hoage, who is running for his first full term on the school board. Several candidates will appear live on KUCB and Channel 8 this Thursday at 7 p.m. to answer your questions.
In his 20 years in the military, Unalaska fire chief Abner Hoage hasn’t had many chances to immerse himself and his family in a community. Hoage joined the Air Force right out of high school and was sent all over the world -- to Germany, Honduras, and the Azores Islands off of Portugal.
High winds and rough seas drove the F/V Chaos onto the rocks outside Unalaska Friday night -- and delayed a Coast Guard air rescue of the ship's crew.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Sara Mooers says the Chaos' four crew members had to spend the night on the beach. They weren't airlifted to town until 9 a.m. on Saturday, after the winds died down.
The Homer-based, 54-foot longliner had pulled into Unalaska Bay to ride out the storm.
After a summer spent searching, Adak has found an operator for its fish processing plant. Adak Cod Cooperative will take over the facility this winter.
As KUCB's Lauren Rosenthal reports, they weren't the only ones interested in setting up shop in Adak.
Unalaska’s school board is pushing back against a proposed bill in the Alaska Legislature that would require them to give up their current health care plan and take part in a state-run plan.
Right now, Unalaska’s teachers are in a health insurance pool with city employees. In a presentation to the board, a representative for that current health insurance pool said a state-run plan for educators would likely cost the district more, and provide fewer benefits. The district would not have any control over the cost or design of health plans.
