Aleutians

The new ship is estimated to cost around $237 million. Transportation officials hope it gets 90 percent federal funding in 2019.

The 200-foot-long oil spill response barge Ibis, anchored in Iliuliuk Bay for the past several months, came off its mooring Saturday afternoon in rough seas and drifted onto Front Beach, requiring a coordinated response effort.

Tension is building along a major fault in the seabed off Alaska’s coast, research shows. Devastating tsunamis from sudden slips in certain sections could directly hit Hawaii and Central California.

William Wells lives and works at what may be the nation’s most remote weather station. It’s 300 miles off the west coast of Alaska (and 500 miles off the east coast of Siberia) in the Bering Sea.

Tugs broke from their moorings, roofs were torn off, and windows were broken in. Several air-cargo containers were also blown across town.

A driving force behind the school’s declining enrollment is something the school can’t do much about: people leaving the island in search of a healthier economy.