Unalaska, AK – The Western Conference regional basketball tournament kicked off in Hooper Bay this morning.

The Lady Raiders played in the first game, facing off against Kotzebue at 10am. Kotzebue Huskies came out ahead, winning the game 77-37. The girls team will play their next game tomorrow at 11:30am.

The boys played their first game this afternoon against Dillingham. In a hard fought match, Dillingham squeaked out a win against Unalaska, with the a score of 56-52. The last time the boys played Dillingham, they narrowly lost the game in triple overtime.

Unalaska, AK –
Joanne Lee pleaded guilty to charges stemming from drug bust that occurred last April.

The 60-year-old cab driver was arrested in April for selling cocaine and marijuana out of Diamond Taxi to an undercover police officer. She was charged with seven felony and two misdemeanor counts related to possession of a controlled substance and intent to distribute. Lee was one of over a dozen people arrested for connections to the drug trade last spring.

Unalaska, AK – The Aleut Corporation will be paying record-high dividends to shareholders this year, it has announced.

Shareholders are set to receive $21 per share, paid out in three installments over the course of the year. The first $7 installment will be paid in July, followed by payments in November and March. Aleut Corp will also be paying out an elders benefit of $1,000 to shareholders over the age of 60.

Unalaska, AK – Starting this week, Unalaska residents will be able to apply for a TWIC card just by going to the local library. TWIC stands for Transportation Worker Identification Credential, and it gives approved individuals access to high-security, federally regulated facilities and vessels.

A TWIC card is needed for employment at many industrial facilities in Unalaska, but for the past three years, the closest TWIC office has been located in Anchorage. Because the application process takes two trips, the cost of getting a card was huge, says Mayor Shirley Marquardt.

Unalaska, AK – On Saturday, about 75 people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new powerhouse. The generators at the new powerhouse have been online for a couple of months now, and the event gave city employees a chance to relax, eat cake, and mark the official end to a years-long project.

The project cost $53 million, which paid for the construction of a 16,000 square foot facility and new equipment, like two Wartsila engines capable of producing over 10 megawatts of energy. Public Utilities Director Dan Winters says that the new powerhouse is much more efficient than the World War II-era one next door.

Unalaska, AK – This weekend, a 45-year-old man was arrested after a very short and wet police chase.

UniSea security reported that Marcus Hamilton of Unalaska had been trespassing on company property. When police attempted to arrest him, Hamilton supplied a false name and jumped out a second-story window from the Harbor View Inn in an attempt to escape. Hamilton then allegedly ran from the police, cutting through Bering Fishery plant property and jumping into the Small Boat Harbor channel. Hamilton swam toward Airport Beach Road, but was unable to avoid the police on the other side.

Unalaska, AK – Dozens of Unalaska students presented in this year's science fair this Saturday.

Bethany Hladick and Bianca Barrera took the grand prize in the high school competition. Their project examined how effective different teeth-whitening kits are. Noah Betzen received first place for a project that looked at how acidity is counter-balanced in shellfish.

On the junior high level, Kanesha Price and Cheyenne Shaishnikoff took the grand prize with their project on water filtration. Christian Escalante and Sierra Moskios won first place with their project on wave energy.

Unalaska, AK – Depending on who's saying it, the term "V-Day" can refer to pretty different events. During World War II, V-Day meant "Victory Day," and to some lovebirds it serves as shorthand for Valentine's Day.

But the V-Day that people have been talking about here in Unalaska this past week doesn't have anything to do with either of these things. V-Day isn't just a single day - it's a worldwide movement meant to raise awareness of violence against women and girls, and to help stop it. KUCB's Alexandra Gutierrez has more.

Unalaska, AK – In response to the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, Gov. Sean Parnell called for energy development in Alaska while in Washington this week.

Parnell addressed to the National Press Club this morning, and he said that domestic oil production was both an economic issue and a matter of national security.

"Let's face it: We're dependent upon an open, free-flowing Suez Canal, a canal through an unstable region - the security of which has been purchased with our tax dollars for decades," said Parnell.