Council members had lost confidence that the project would be completed on a reasonable timeline.
Aleutians
Unalaska woman breaks the internet with eagles TikTok video
Many viewers had no idea Unalaska existed until they saw Whittern’s post. One skeptic didn’t think the video was filmed in Alaska at all.
Ecosystem reports show continuing effects of warming in Alaska’s marine waters
Annual reports for the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska reveal mixed signs for fish stocks in changing conditions.
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.
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving person from Attu, has died
Golodoff was a young child in 1942 when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded his village in the western Aleutians.
Warming seas helped cause Alaska’s snow crab crash, scientists say
Alaska’s snow crab fishery has been closed since 2022 when regulators declared the population overfished.
Military responds after hunter finds large artillery shell in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
The shell was about 12 inches in diameter and four feet long.
Conservation group plans to sue federal government over deaths of orcas in trawl nets
This follows a NOAA report that said 10 orcas were hauled up in trawl nets over the last year, nine of which died.
Alaska pollock trawlers are feeling pressure over salmon bycatch. This reporter went to see for himself
Fisheries reporter Hal Bernton visited a Bering Sea factory trawler to see how its crew caught and processed pollock — and how the captain works to keep salmon bycatch low.
As the once-lucrative Bering Sea crab harvest resumes, Alaska’s fishers face challenges
The state decision to reopen harvests for prized Bristol Bay red king crab provides only a temporary reprieve from long-term environmental and economic difficulties.