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Theo Greenly/KUCBThe small Aleutian village of Akutan is now connected to GCI’s high-speed fiber internet.Akutan residents now have access to 2.5 gig internet speeds, according to a Tuesday press release from GCI. That’s the fastest internet the Alaska-based telecommunications company currently offers. The company is working to bump that cap up to 10 gigs in the next few years through its Fiber+ network, which is an initiative to continue to provide competitive internet speeds across Alaska. -
Courtesy of Alaska Wildlife TroopersIt was wet and windy in Cordova on Saturday. Still though, around 50 people showed up at the dock for the dedication of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers’ newest boat, the P/V Arduser, named after retired Trooper Alex Arduser, who died one year ago while on a hunting trip in Prince William Sound.
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Akutan is set to be the next Aleutian community to get hooked up to fiber-optic broadband internet. The Alaska-based telecommunications company GCI said in a Wednesday statement they expect to finish laying cable around the island community by the end of the month. -
KUCB’s Theo Greenly sat down with U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Tyler Justus to talk about the current situation. -
2023 was a year of major news and community happenings in Unalaska. KUCB's Mary Heimes and Theo Greenly rang in the new year with a recap of local coverage. -
There is no immediate risk of fire aboard the Genius Star XI, according to a statement from the Coast Guard released Sunday evening. -
The fire aboard the Genius Star XI seems to have subsided, and the vessel is anchored in Broad Bay as of Saturday evening. -
A cargo ship carrying burning lithium-ion batteries remained anchored off the coast of Unalaska Saturday, as marine firefighting experts continued responding to the situation. -
The claims to extended continental shelf territory, to be asserted by the U.S. State Department, include an area within the Arctic Ocean that is bigger than California. -
Gregory Golodoff was sitting in a sod house when the soldiers arrived. “We had heard machine gunfire from this side, this side, you know. I forgot who it was told us they’re coming from this side, they’re coming from that,” Golodoff said in a 2018 interview — 75 years after the Battle of Attu. The Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Unangax̂ village in 1942, where the three-year-old Golodoff lived with his family. -
Unalaska has about 4,000 residents and a salty reputation. But some residents are working to show that there's more to the town than its status as a legendary fishing port. -
The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the tribal government on St. Paul, hopes the project will open new revenue streams and lower prices in the island’s community store.
