Jeep rolls into Unalaska Lake

Monday, February 12 2007

Unalaska, AK – A man driving a jeep on Broadway late this morning rolled his vehicle into Unalaska Lake.

The driver, Koy Okende, was taken to the Iliuliuk Health Clinic for treatment for hypothermia and minor cuts and bruises. His jeep was pulled out of the lake at about 11:15 a.m., but was badly damaged.

Witnesses told public safety officers that Okende was driving about 20 miles an hour when he lost control of his vehicle on the icy road, hit the curb and rolled into the lake. Bystanders helped Okende across the street to Eagle's View Elementary School, where he stayed warm until paramedics arrived.


No sign of missing man on second dive

Thursday, February 08 2007

Unalaska, AK – Another search for any sign of a man missing off the Northern Victor was unsuccessful.

Diver Jimmer McDonald of MAC Enterprises said today that two more days of diving in Beaver Inlet looking for Joseph Arop failed to turn up any trace of the 23-year-old seafood processor. Arop disappeared from the processing vessel Northern Victor a week ago. The ship is anchored in Udagak Bay with about 200 processors and crew onboard.


Stellar Sea heads back to St. Paul

Wednesday, February 07 2007

Unalaska, AK – The processing vessel Stellar Sea left Dutch Harbor today, three weeks after it caught on fire in the Bering Sea.

Inspectors signed off on the ship Monday after permanent and temporary repairs were made to its wiring and engine, according to Stellar Seafoods President Mark Weed. Now the ship is headed back to St. Paul Island with its crew and processors to work through the rest of the opilio crab harvest.


SBX radar reaches Aleutians

Wednesday, February 07 2007

Unalaska, AK – The Missile Defense Agency announced today that its Sea-based X-band Radar has reached the Aleutian Island chain. The radar, known as the SBX, left Pearl Harbor a month ago. It is the largest radar of its kind, standing 280 feet high, and is part of a $43 billion surveillance program overseen by Missile Defense.

The SBX is slated to be home-ported near Adak Island starting this summer, once its moorings are completed. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans reports.


Search continues for missing processor

Tuesday, February 06 2007

Unalaska, AK – The search for a man who disappeared from a seafood processing ship anchored near Unalaska Island late last week continued into its fifth day today. Divers returned to Udagak Bay this afternoon to resume the hunt for any sign of Joseph Arop, a 23-year-old seafood processor who was working aboard the Northern Victor when he disappeared Thursday. KIAL's Charles Homans reports from Unalaska.


Man missing off Icicle processing vessel

Monday, February 05 2007

Unalaska, AK – A man working on the processing vessel Northern Victor is missing and presumed overboard after disappearing from the ship Thursday morning.

A Coast Guard helicopter search for 23-year-old Joseph Arop was called off Thursday night. Arop failed to show up Thursday morning for drills on the Northern Victor, which is owned by Icicle Seafoods and anchored in Udagak Bay in Beaver Inlet, southeast of Unalaska.


Dutch Harbor tops seafood landings by volume for 17th year

Monday, February 05 2007

Unalaska, AK – Dutch Harbor remains the leading fishing port in the United States by volume for the 17th year in a row, according to landing figures from 2005 released by the Department of Commerce on Friday.

887.6 million pounds of seafood were brought in to Dutch Harbor in 2005, a slight increase over the previous year. That's nearly twice the volume of the next-largest port, in Intracoastal City, Louisiana.


NMFS study finds continued decline among Pribilofs' seals

Monday, February 05 2007

Unalaska, AK – The population of fur seals in the Pribilof Islands continues to decline. A new estimate by researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska Fisheries Science Center found that the number of seal pups born in the Pribilofs dropped by 9 percent between 2004 and 2006. KIAL's Charles Homans reports.


Scope for recycling project expected this month

Thursday, February 01 2007

Unalaska, AK – The city of Unalaska hopes to have a clearer picture of what it wants from a proposed recycling program by its second meeting this month.

In December, the council approved a $60,000 budget amendment that would fund the hiring of a recycling project coordinator under the direction of the Qawalangin Tribe. Over the course of its work session and second regular meeting last month, the council clarified that that money is far from a blank check for the tribe, and directed City Manager Chris Hladick to bring back a scope of work for the project that would hammer out what exactly the city expects for its money.



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