KIAL FM / Channel 8 TV - Mon Nov 16
Makushin and Scan Bays will not open for Tanner crab fishing this year. The trawl survey showed that the abundance of legal male crabs in that area is the lowest it's been since 2000 and is below the required number for it to be opened.
Unalaska rejects emergency shelter siteJuneau Empire - Tue Nov 10
Plans to establish an emergency housing shelter in downtown Unalaska went down to defeat before the city's planning and zoning commission.
Plan to turn saloon into shelter gets NIMBY responseAnchorage Daily News - Mon Nov 09
Plans to establish an emergency housing shelter in downtown Unalaska went down to defeat before the city's planning and zoning commission.
Rural-urban gap widens in Alaska's cost of livingAnchorage Daily News - Fri Nov 06
A statewide survey has found the cost-of-living gap has widened between larger cities and remote small communities across rural Alaska.
AHFC awards nine grants for $9 millionJuneau Empire - Sat Oct 31
Nine rural communities have been selected to receive grant funds next year under Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's Teacher, Health Professional & Public Safety Professional housing program.
New ideas to rejuvenate the ports and other city council topicsKIAL FM / Channel 8 TV - Thu Oct 29
The Port of Dutch Harbor is looking for new ways to increase its revenues and attract new business.
Calm seas bring smooth start to crab season in Bering SeaHomer News - Wed Oct 28
Calm seas and unseasonably warm weather greeted Bering Sea crab fishermen as they embarked on the 2009-10 red king crab season in search of a harvest quota of 16.9 million pounds of king crab.
Study looks at how much pollution is entering Unalaska BayKIAL FM / Channel 8 TV - Tue Oct 27
A new study is looking at what quantity of hydrocarbon pollutants, like oil, is entering Unalaska Bay and from where.
'Lost Aleutian Villages' trip goes back in timeAnchorage Daily News - Fri Oct 23
'Lost Aleutian Villages' trip goes back in time Published: October 23rd, 2009 01:45 PM Last Modified: October 23rd, 2009 02:24 PM Link: Dutch Harbor Fisherman Elderly former residents of the abandoned Aleutian villages of Makushin and Kashega and descendants of villagers were recently guests of the National Park Service in a return boat trip to the ...
Calm seas bring smooth start to Bering Sea crab seasonAlaska Journal of Commerce - Fri Oct 23
Calm seas and unseasonably warm weather greeted Bering Sea crab fishermen as they embarked on the 2009-10 red king crab season in search of a harvest quota of 16.9 million pounds of king crab.
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