St. Paul officials are scrambling to extend air service through the holidays. As of Thursday, the isolated island in the Bering Sea will continue to have flights to Anchorage through Sunday.
Zoë Sobel, Alaska's Energy Desk
St. Paul rat evades team of eradication experts
A rat is still on the loose on St. Paul Island, having evaded the community’s decades-old prevention program for more than seven weeks. A fish plant worker nearly caught it on Sunday, but it slipped out of his hands.
Wildlife officials race to trap rogue rat on St. Paul Island
For more than two decades, the Pribilof Islands have had a rat prevention program to keep the island rat-free. During that time, six rats have been killed near the docks, but now one is at large.
Arctic explorer harasses eagle during stop in Unalaska
Nico Edwards joked it would be good publicity if one of his crewmembers was attacked by an eagle in Unalaska. Then he posted an Instagram video or himself trying to touch a raptor perched on a dumpster. That type of interaction with an eagle is illegal.
Descendants, feds explore possibility of continuing trips to Attu Island
Descendants of the Native people of Attu want permanent access to their ancestral home that they’ve been separated from their homeland since World War II.
Hundreds of dying seabirds found across northern Alaska
This die-off is unusual because of the duration and large geographic area. Since the spring, seabird die-offs have also been recorded in the Pribilof Islands and the northern Gulf of Alaska.