Unalaska, AK – For the past year, the city has been working to add a float at Illiuluk Creek, and now it's almost ready for use. The float should allow people to launch their boats directly instead of beaching them.
"It's not a permanent moorage spot by any means. It's just for assisting with loading and unloading," says City Engineer Tyler Zimmerman. "It's a place to dock your boat while you back your truck down the ramp and load and unload your boat."
Unalaska, AK – On Friday, the state of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service over predator control. The state hopes to secure a court order that would allow the Department of Fish and Game to hunt wolves that have been preying on Unimak Island's dwindling caribou population.
Over the past 8 years, the number of caribou on the federal refuge has dropped from 1260 to 300. Corey Rossi, director of the Department of Fish and Game, says that there's good reason to believe that Unimak's wolves are putting the caribou population in jeopardy.
Unalaska, AK – Legal action against all of the individuals arrested in April and May for drug related charges is still proceeding. Many of the cases were heard before a grand jury and though some of the charges changed slightly, none of the cases were dropped. Director of Public Safety Jamie Sunderland said that the evidence collected by the undercover officer is still valid in a court of law and all of the defendants are still being prosecuted for various charges, including selling drugs. He said an article in the Dutch Harbor Fishermen led some people to believe otherwise.
Unalaska, AK – Former Unalaska City Schools special education teacher Pamela Drawver was recently charged with falsifying her teaching certificate, a class C felony. According to court documents, a police investigation found that Drawver altered part of her application for a special education endorsement from the state of Alaska. Without that endorsement she cannot legally teach special education in the state.
KUCB News – Forty-three year old Pamela Drawver has been acquitted of all charges relating to furnishing alcohol to a minor. A class A misdemeanor charge was filed against Drawver last December. According to court records, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after a trial in Unalaska on May 20th.
Unalaska, AK – TeleAlaska is expanding their infrastructure in order to provide cell phone service. They've set up a tower on Haystack and plan on putting one on Ballyhoo and another in the Valley. Chief Operations Officer Dave Goggins said the new towers will help coverage gaps.
"We're looking at putting a repeater site out in the Valley just to get better coverage. It can be a little sketchy out there right now, so we know we need to put another site out there. We're working to secure some property with a couple of different landowners out there."
Unalaska, AK – Various agencies around the community are trying to develop an action plan to deal with local drug problems highlighted by the recent bust, especially the issues with the community's young people. The interagency cooperative, which includes representatives from all of the local non-profits, behavioral health agencies, schools, and others, began a discussion about different ways to approach the issue.
Unalaska, AK – This edition of Speak Up, Unalaska! focused on designs for the new small boat harbor and the upcoming PCR expansion project. Find out what council member Roger Rowland and Public Works Director Nancy Peterson had to say in their conversation with host Anne Hillman from KUCB.
