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Unalaska is still pursuing the Makushin Geothermal Project, even after a rocky four years to try to get the project off the ground. Today, the Ounalashka Corp. board of directors plans to meet to discuss ways to move forward, which could include dissolving its partnership with Chena Power, essentially buying them out.
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A years-long Alaska seafood battle over a complicated shipping exemption has been settled. Two Bering Sea seafood shipping companies, Alaska Reefer Management LLC and Kloosterboer International Forwarding LLC, settled a lawsuit in January challenging penalties that had been levied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Alaska Reefer Management is a subsidiary of American Seafoods, one of Alaska’s biggest fishing companies. Together, the companies will pay the federal government $9.5 million after violating federal shipping laws.
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A man in Kasigluk has died following a fire in the village’s jail on Tuesday, Jan. 23, according to Alaska State Troopers.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce is giving the Aleutian Islands community of King Cove $888,789 for a new boat hoist, an action it says will support the region's fishing industry.
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The Feast of Theophany is one of three major Orthodox Christian celebrations, along with Christmas and Easter. It is also known as Epiphany and celebrated annually on Jan. 19.
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Alaska pollock’s “A” season opened saturday. That’s when the pollock trawlers set out into the Bering Sea to scoop up the whitefish that keeps Unalaska’s lights on.
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The Bethel Lady Warriors were ahead of the Valdez Lady Buccaneers for the first three quarters. But the Lady Buccaneers caught up in the fourth quarter when they scored 20 points. Valdez’s Destiny Day made some last-second free throws. With 0.4 seconds left after a foul, that gave the Warriors a small window to try to pull off the upset.
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The Alaska Marine Highway System released its 2024 summer schedule, and the M/V Tustumena is scheduled to make one Aleutian chain run a month from May through September, totaling five port calls in Dutch Harbor.
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For three days, the boys and girls high school basketball teams from Unalakleet, Valdez, Homer, and Bethel competed in an intense environment.
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At a hearing on Jan. 16, Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters heard the facts of the case, including the autopsy report that noted Jane was severely malnourished and had 40 injuries on her body. The injuries ranged from fresh, to healing, to healed at the time of her death.
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Former Bethel judge Terrence Haas is now heading up the state’s Public Defender Agency. KYUK’s Francisco Martínezcuello sat down with Haas to talk about what he’s learned during his last 15 years in the community.
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According to court documents, Sharla Diane Parka was charged with first degree assault, a Class A felony, on Monday, Jan. 8.