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WEBAndy Lusk. , September 17, 2024. In this episode of “Island Interviews,” new High School Principal Carly Morris, sixth-grade teacher Kyle Chapman and Student Support Services Representative Heidi Lucking dig into expectations for the year ahead. Newly-minted Unalaskans Morris and Chapman detail what surprised them about the island, too.
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WEB5 days ago — 2024 Unalaska Municipal Election — Preliminary Results. KUCB News. , October 1, 2024. The polls are closed and the preliminary results for Unalaska’s 2024 Municipal Election are in. With 23 absentee and questioned ballots still uncounted, just one of Unalaska's races is too close to officially call. …
Dutch Harbor Remains Nation's Top Port In Terms Of Volume For …
WEBMay 26, 2021 — KUCB. Dutch Harbor has been named the nation's top fishing port in terms of volume of seafood landed for the 23rd consecutive year. And the Aleutians East Borough — which includes Akutan, False Pass, Sand Point and King Cove — rose from third to second place. That's according to an annual report from …
In Race For Unalaska's Mayor, Tutiakoff Defeats Robinson By 22 …
WEBOct 7, 2019 — Unalaska has elected a new mayor. Vince Tutiakoff Sr. won the office in last week's municipal election, defeating current Vice Mayor Dennis Robinson by 22 votes. "To the people who voted for me, I really appreciate their votes and confidence," said Tutiakoff. "And I'll do the best I can." Tutiakoff serves as board chairman for the Ounalashka ...
New Coast Guard Cutter Named For Heroic Sailor Buried In Unalaska
WEBFeb 4, 2021 — Moulthrope was buried in Unalaska in 1896, at the age of 23, after he died during service in nearby waters. But 125 years later, his name lives on, as a recently commissioned U.S. Coast Guard cutter now carries the name Charles Moulthrope. This will be the first modern Coast Guard cutter named for …
NTSB: The F/V Destination Sank After Accumulating Ice In Heavy
WEBJul 16, 2018 — A crab boat that sank in the Bering Sea last winter likely capsized after it became coated in hundreds of thousands of pounds of ice. That's the conclusion of a report released last week by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).. As KUCB's Laura Kraegel reports, the findings shed new light on the loss of the fishing vessel Destination and its six crew members.
The Case of The Vanishing Seals: An Alaskan Island Mystery
WEBFeb 29, 2016 — Chapter 1. An Amazing Disaster. From a viewing blind in the middle of a seal rookery on Alaska's remote Pribilof Islands, it can be hard to fathom this place once holding vastly more life than it does now. Untold thousands of chubby brown bodies drape over boulders and sprawl across the tundra into the distance: northern fur seals.
Bethel gets an interim city manager, but other city positions
WEBJun 23, 2023 — KYUK. Bethel City Hall. A temporary city manager will take the helm in Bethel in mid-July, but other leadership positions are now open. During the June 13 Bethel City Council meeting, it was revealed that Acting Finance Director Xavier Mason had submitted his resignation letter. “The finance director resigned effective the 23rd [of June ...
Trident Seafoods Agrees To Six Figure Settlement For Violations At ...
WEBPublished March 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM AKST. Zoë Sobel/KUCB. Trident Seafoods will pay $297,000 in a settlement with the federal government for Clean Water Act violations at plants in Sand Point and Wrangell. In both locations, the fines are the result of Trident discharging more fish waste than they were legally allowed to.
San Francisco's transit system is dispensing short stories to ... - KUCB
WEBJun 9, 2022 — In the San Francisco Bay Area, at least. "You enter the fare gates and you'll see a kiosk that is lit up and it tells you can get a one minute, a three minute, or a five minute story," says Alicia Trost, the chief communications officer for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit - known as BART. "You hover your hand over which length you want ...