Over the past three years, Unalaska’s team of volunteers has rescued or retrieved more than 50 eagles.
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‘We deserve to feel safe:’ Unangax̂ activists speak up about missing, murdered Indigenous people
Indigenous women in the United States are murdered 10 times more often than the national average, according to the Department of Justice.
‘It’s going to hurt’: Hopes of a lucrative summer tourism season in Unalaska are fading
This summer is shaping up to be another quiet tourism season in Unalaska.
Volcanic activity at Semisopochnoi prompts ashfall warning for fishing boats
The volcano is on an uninhabited island in the Rat Islands, about 600 miles southwest of Unalaska.
After 5-month wait forces fuel rationing, barge arrives in St. Paul
Fuel rationing in the Pribilof Island community of St. Paul ended last week after more than a month and a half of restrictions for residents and fishermen.
US Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska after COVID-positive crew caused widespread exposure at bar
Video footage indicates that as many as 60 people could have been exposed at the Norwegian Rat that night.
Bering Sea fishermen likely had COVID-19 but still went to Unalaska bar. Now, locals have to quarantine.
The city is considering what kind of action it could take against the crew members who knew they may have been COVID-positive and still breached quarantine to visit the saloon.
Key federal fisheries advisory panel loses Alaska Native voice
The blowback of Hayden’s ouster was immediate, especially among stakeholders advocating for Indigenous voices in fisheries management.
More than a year into the pandemic, St. Paul Island has its first case of COVID-19
St. Paul has implemented a two-week hunker-down order after officials confirmed the island’s first case of COVID-19 Wednesday.
With fishing slowed by pandemic, Bering Sea crabbers push for extended season
A group of Bering Sea crabbers say they want more time to catch their quota before the state shuts down their season next week.