Unalaska, AK – The Coast Guard search for a man-overboard south of Adak has been suspended. A crew member from Myanmar fell overboard from the 792-foot containership Cap Gilbert approximately 517 miles south of Adak Island on Tuesday around 8 pm. The 26-year old man was wearing street clothes, a jacket, and no survival gear when he went over. Other crew members report that he cannot swim. The Coast Guard responded to the incident with an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which departed Kodiak at 10:16 last night and arrived on scene around 1 am. A second crew arrived and searched the area Wednesday afternoon. Coast Guard Petty Officer Sara Francis said they could not send helicopters with hoisting capabilities because the ship was too far from shore.

Unalaska, AK – The Unalaska Fire department reports that Friday evening's fire at the APL dock started when some minor hot work for the crane dismantling caught a small amount of foam insulation on fire. The fire spread rapidly along the highly flammable foam and created large amounts of smoke. However, it was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. The fire only damaged the crane, which was already being demolished.

Unalaska, AK – City council will meet tonight for a brief meeting after an hour-and-a-half long presentation on the Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor. PND Engineers and Pacific Pile and Marine will talk about the inner harbor design and gather public input starting at 5:30 pm.

At the official meeting, the city council will hear a presentation from the city's attorney on the annual legal report before discussing their budget goals for FY11. According to the city manager, the city may have to pull up to $23 million dollars from the city's savings to fund projects for the upcoming fiscal year. Along with the budget, they will look at a necessary resolution allowing the city to bond for $5 million dollars to pay for part of the new small boat harbor. This is a new resolution to replace one passed in November. It allows the city to try for new, possibly better Build America bonds and to get better interest rates on older bonds. That could save the city between $10 and 12 thousand dollars. The $5 million dollar bond was originally approved by voters in 2005 and will be reimbursed by the state.

Unalaska, AK – Black, foul-smelling smoke billowed from the APL dock around 5 pm on Friday. Witnesses say the fire started when a crew from Magone Marine was working on dismantling the fallen crane. Foam caught on fire sending out lots of smoke but did not injure anyone. Fire fighters responded quickly to the scene and started immediately to extinguish the fire. KUCB will bring you more details when they become available.

Unalaska, AK – The results from last year's personal flotation device study are in. Researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health interviewed 400 fishermen who used four different gear types - trawls, crab pots, longlines and gillnets. Two hundred of them tested different types of PFDs for a month. Eight-nine percent of the participants responded to questionnaires about their experiences. Among all of the fishermen, the favorite was a Mustang inflatable work vest.

Unalaska, AK – KUCB's public affairs call-in show allows listeners to ask questions of their elected and city officials. This month's show featured City Manager Chris Hladick and Mayor Shirley Marquardt. Listeners submitted all of the questions during the show and ahead of time. Find out more about the city's financial future, energy issues and more.

This is part two of the broadcast, hosted by KUCB's Anne Hillman. It originally aired on January 20, 2010.

Unalaska, AK – KUCB's public affairs call-in show allows listeners to ask questions of their elected and city officials. This month's show featured City Manager Chris Hladick and Mayor Shirley Marquardt. Listeners submitted all of the questions during the show and ahead of time. Find out more about the city's financial future, energy issues and more.

This is part one of the broadcast, hosted by KUCB's Anne Hillman. It originally aired on January 20, 2010.

Unalaska, AK – Magone Marine used explosives to blow the upper legs off of the over-turned APL container crane Wednesday evening. Magone was contracted to remove the crane and clean up the yard. The 970-ton, 110-foot tall container crane blew over during a 125 mile per hour wind storm on December 4, 2009.

Dan Magone said that using explosives for removing such heavy pieces of steel from high in the air is much safer than using blow torches and cranes. "And then the other part of it is you'd have to park the cranes on the concrete apron at the APL dock, which won't handle that much concentrated weight any way. The concrete would break if you loaded the cranes up that heavy."

Unalaska, AK – Wednesday's fire at Peking Restaurant is still under investigation. The Fire Marshal flew in from Anchorage that afternoon and is inspecting the building to determine the cause of the fire and the cost and extent of the damage. When he is finished, the buildings tenants will be allowed back in to start clean up efforts.

The fire was reported to Public Safety at 4:35 am on Wednesday when a person called to say he saw flames coming from the restaurant. On-duty police officers reported to the scene, woke the four residents who live in the apartment above the restaurant, and safely evacuated them from the building. When fire fighters arrived on the scene a few minutes later they evaluated the situation and called for more help. Fire Chief Brian Long said fighting fires in a building like that is more difficult than in other places.