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Unalaska dentist on electric toothbrushes, straws and birthday cake
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (131+ words) KUCB Unalaska dentist on electric toothbrushes, straws and birthday cake Unalaska doesn't have a dental care provider on the island year round, but the community does have two providers who visit a few times a year. One of them is…...
State voids Area M restrictions after Aleutians East argues ethics violation
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (373+ words) The Alaska Department of Law has voided regulations aimed at restricting the Area M commercial salmon fishery. The regulations were passed by the state Board of Fisheries in February, and quickly challenged in a lawsuit filed by the Aleutians East…...
Unalaska City Council seeks public participation in city manager search
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (362+ words) The Unalaska City Council will interview permanent city manager candidates next weekend. Three applicants have been selected to advance to the first round of interviews, according to a Tuesday press release from the city. Candidates include Rudy Bean of Kake,…...
An Alaska Peninsula volcano is showing signs of unrest; scientists are learning more about it for the first time
1+ week, 3+ day ago (433+ words) Earthquakes and elevated gas emissions are causing scientists to take a closer look at Kupreanof Volcano. It's a remote, heavily glaciated volcano about 50 miles northeast of Sand Point with very little known eruptive history. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the…...
Unalaska City Council approves three-year agreement with firefighters
1+ week, 3+ day ago (228+ words) The Unalaska City Council approved a new three-year contract with the city's career firefighters Tuesday night. Council members voted in favor of a collective bargaining agreement between the city and the local firefighter's union, which represents six fire and EMS…...
Federal agency reviews 90, 000 public comments on Alaska seabed mining proposal
1+ week, 5+ day ago (189+ words) The public had many opinions about mining minerals on the seabed off Alaska's coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management closed its public comment period on April 1, and now the agency is reviewing roughly 90, 000 submissions. It's a first-of-its-kind lease sale,…...
Unalaska student and teacher launch new chess club
1+ week, 6+ day ago (707+ words) Groups of Unalaska students gathered around desks in a math classroom after school on a Friday afternoon this winter. The room was fairly quiet except for some background noise from a basketball scrimmage in the gym and some light chatter…...
Do you ask AI health-related questions? Unalaska healthcare provider weighs in
2+ week, 2+ day ago (131+ words) KUCB Do you ask AI health-related questions? Unalaska healthcare provider weighs in AI is more a part of our daily lives than ever before, so it's no surprise people are turning to AI chatbots, like Chat GPT, for health-related questions....
'Lost Women of Alaska': Retired Unangax" detective on law enforcement's failures to protect Alaska Native women
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (49+ words) For this episode of Island Interviews, KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi spoke with Dr. Michael Livingston, one of the experts featured in \Lost Women of Alaska, \" about the series, the cases and what he thinks law enforcement needs to do differently to…...
Unalaskan's prepare to walk for missing Native women on MMIP Awareness Day
2+ week, 5+ day ago (466+ words) Inside the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska office, a few locals are sitting around a long table making posters for Walking With Our Sisters, Unalaska's annual event for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day. Ariel Gustafson is putting the finishing…...