Unalaska will be without power for up to two hours early tomorrow morning during a planned island-wide outage.

The outage will start at 4 a.m. Wednesday and will last until around 6 a.m. Engineers will be installing control systems for the fourth engine at the powerhouse during that time.

(Courtesy: UCSD)

Unalaska’s school board has a new president, capping two years of major turnover.

The board voted Melanie Magnusen in as chair at an organizational meeting this week. She’s replacing Abner Hoage, who’s leaving Unalaska next month to become fire chief in Ketchikan.

Hoage took over from Tammy Pound, who served on school board for more than a decade. Now, Magnusen is the board's longest-serving member by a long shot, with seven years under her belt. 

Tuesday's meeting on the city's Ebola preparedness drew a standing room-only crowd to City Hall. (Annie Ropeik/KUCB)

Concerns about Ebola are running high in Unalaska, with residents seeking reassurance about how they'd be affected by an outbreak.

On Tuesday night, the city held a public meeting to make their emergency plans clear. 

It’s rare to see more than a handful of people turn out for a public meeting in Unalaska. But at the panel on Ebola preparedness, more than 75 people packed into City Hall. 

Public health agencies have been on alert since the first cases of the Ebola virus appeared in the United States this month.

In Unalaska, those concerns are amplified by the town’s unique geography and large, international workforce.

Ann Nora Ehret is the medical director for Iliuliuk Family & Health Services. She says they've fielded a lot of calls from worried residents, asking about their plans for preventing an outbreak.

Credit: Hockema & Whalen Associates

An Unalaska-based fishing vessel lost a crew member this week after a medical emergency on the water.

Jonathan Brown, 44, of Colorado, was working on the F/V Cynosure Wednesday morning when he started showing symptoms from an existing health condition.

The crew took Brown to Atka for treatment at the local clinic. Within a half hour of arriving, Brown had passed away.

The Alaska State Troopers have arranged for an autopsy. But as trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen wrote in an email Friday, they don't suspect foul play.

At a special meeting Tuesday, Unalaska’s school board approved a policy they hope they never have to use -- one that tells teachers what to do if a student becomes violent or out of control.

A state bill passed this year requires schools to train staff on using what’s known as “restraint and seclusion.” School boards have to put a policy in place by Oct. 14.

Unalaska City School District Superintendent John Conwell says he doesn't recall the issue "ever coming up" in his 18 years in Unalaska. 

With the first ebola case in the U.S. confirmed in Dallas, Texas last week, public health officials in Alaska are on alert.

But even in Unalaska, with its huge transient workforce from all around the world, they say chances of an outbreak are low.

That’s because the city’s seasonal workers typically don’t have strong ties to West Africa -- which is where ebola cases are centered right now.

The Ounalashka Corporation’s top executive will step down next summer.

Rick Miller told his board of directors that he won’t renew his contract when it ends in June 2015. 

City council will take another shot at approving new, revised rules for construction camps and subdivisions at their meeting tonight.

Council asked the planning department to overhaul the proposed zoning changes back in July. Now, they’ll consider them in three separate ordinances.

One covers the areas council hasn’t had major concerns about. It includes new guidelines for planned unit developments, building separations and application deadlines.