Theo Greenly, KUCB - Unalaska

Theo Greenly, KUCB - Unalaska
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‘Enough is enough’: King Cove officials hail Biden Administration backing for Izembek road

While residents call the road a matter of life and death, environmental advocates say it could threaten vital wildlife habitat.
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Environmental group seeks limits on Alaska trawling

Oceana told the North Pacific Fishery Management Council that trawling threatens sensitive seafloor habitats.
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Judge approves former Peter Pan Seafoods co-owner’s bid for company assets

Thursday's $37.3 million sale to Rodger May includes former Peter Pan processing plants in Dillingham, King Cove and Port Moller.
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Coast Guard encounters Russian military ship near Atka

The Coast Guard said the cutter Alex Haley encountered the Russian naval vessel Aug. 5 in international waters off Atka Island.
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Ravn Alaska suspends service to the Aleutian Islands

The regional airline is suspending air service to Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Cold Bay and Sand Point in the Aleutians, effective Aug. 16.
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Ravn Alaska names new CEO, loses mileage-sharing agreement with Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines says it suspended the agreement over Ravn's recent “transition in leadership” to California businessman Tom Hsieh.
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Alaska Wildlife Troopers dedicate patrol vessel to former Unalaska trooper

The P/V Arduser is named after retired Trooper Alex Arduser, who died one year ago while on a hunting trip in Prince William Sound.
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PenAir founder and Grumman Goose pilot Orin Seybert dies at 87

The founder of Peninsula Airways, Seybert was known for recognizing amphibious planes' ability to operate without runways in the Aleutian Islands.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Unalaska pulls plug on Makushin geothermal project

Unalaska City Council members had lost confidence that the project would be completed on a reasonable timeline.
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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.
Gregory Golodoff

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.