In this episode of “Island Interviews,” KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Jackie Adams, the City of Unalaska's grants coordinator, Dr. Shanoy Anderson, the environmental director with the Qawalangin Tribe, and Donna Van Flein, corporate affairs and grants coordinator for the Ounalashka Corporation.

Alaska officials say the changes could make fishing less safe and undermine science critical to managing fisheries.

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is deeply embedded in the ecosystem.

The company’s technology hurls payloads into orbit without relying on fuel-powered rockets.

It was a windy winter day on Amaknak Island for the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 15. Megan Dean, local birder and store manager for the Museum of the Aleutians, led a group of Unalaskans along Iliuliuk Harbor in front of the museum.

Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring a series of earthquakes near Adak Island in the western Aleutians, with at least eight quakes exceeding magnitude 5 since March 20.

The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory detected an explosion at Korovin Volcano at 7:26 p.m. Thursday, and moved the Aviation Color Code and Alert Level to “watch”. Officials later reduced the threat level to advisory status.

The Ounalashka Corporation, Unalaska's for-profit Native corporation, warns residents to stay alert on trails and in town.

A cluster of earthquakes struck about 110 miles southeast of Unalaska throughout the day Tuesday. Scientists say the earthquakes are normal for the region, and no one has reported feeling them in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Felt Report database.