Theo Greenly, KUCB - Unalaska
Peter Pan Seafoods announces it will cease operations
The company has faced mounting troubles, including legal claims from fishermen seeking compensation for unpaid deliveries of seafood.
Shuttered Dillingham and Port Moller salmon facilities to reopen this season
Seattle-based Silver Bay Seafoods will operate the facilities closed by Peter Pan Seafoods. It is also buying Peter Pan's Valdez plant.
Unalaska to pursue geothermal energy project with new partners
For the city’s plan to work without Chena Power’s involvement, the Ounalashka Corp. would likely have to break ties with Chena.
Unalaska pulls plug on Makushin geothermal project
Unalaska City Council members had lost confidence that the project would be completed on a reasonable timeline.
Unalaska positions to walk away from geothermal agreement
A Friday memo from Unalaska's administration advises against renewing a power purchase agreement in the Makushin Volcano geothermal project.
Unalaska weighs energy options as geothermal project requests new terms
Unalaska is closer than ever to building a geothermal power plant on Makushin Volcano, but the project is facing investment challenges and the city is weighing its options.
Attu’s last survivor remembered for his leadership and forgiveness
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving resident of Attu taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, had empathy for his captors before his death last month.
Last Attuan captured by Japan in World War II dies at 84
Gregory Golodoff was a young child in 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Army landed in the Aleutians and took all 42 Attuans prisoner.
Military blows up large artillery shell found near Cold Bay
Explosives experts sent from Anchorage destroyed the massive munition, which was found last month by a hunter in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Conservation group blames Bering Sea trawlers for orca deaths, plans to sue feds
The Center for Biological Diversity says NOAA Fisheries must uphold its duty to protect the killer whales under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Unalaska hires new police chief, 10 months after former chief’s resignation
Kim Hankins moved to the Aleutians from Illinois, where he was recognized by state officials for his dedication to narcotics law enforcement.
Russian military conducts exercises in Bering Sea
A Coast Guard cutter is patrolling along the U.S./Russia Maritime Boundary Line as Russian vessels perform various tactical exercises.
Mount Shishaldin simmers down after explosive eruption
This was the stratovolcano’s latest eruption in a summer of increased activity.
King Cove celebrates new ambulance
King Cove's fire chief said the renovated ambulance holds greater significance in the remote community than it might someplace else.
After 200 years, a traditional Unangax̂ boat is making a comeback
The community built the b in the spring, but they’ve been waiting for the launch for much longer — it had been 200 years in the making.
Aleutians East Borough prepares for revenue loss as Trident builds new plant
The Trident Seafoods facility on Akutan is the largest fish processing plant in North America, but the company is building a new facility in Unalaska.
Alaska geologists dig into Bering Sea’s past storms to understand future ones
Extreme weather events like Typhoon Merbok are becoming more common, and many Alaska communities are wondering about the future.
Trident’s new processing plant in Unalaska will be the largest in North America
The plant will focus on automation, renewable energy and on 100% protein capture — being so efficient that not a scrap of fish is wasted.
King Cove pushes back against court’s decision that limits controversial road
Thursday's decision effectively lets the U.S. government withdraw from a land swap allowing construction of the controversial King Cove road.
Proposed Bering Sea marine sanctuary draws pushback from fishing industry
A proposed marine sanctuary in the Pribilof Islands has drawn major pushback from the commercial fishing industry.