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Unalaska’s annual Ballyhoo Mountain Run challenges participants with a steep climb up the hillside of one of the island’s most well-known landmarks. The race is tough, but the records are even tougher to beat.
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Earlier this month, Unalaska City Manager Bil Homka presented the island’s ports director with a notice of termination, which was the topic of a special City Council meeting Friday afternoon.
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Residents say the island’s only store is now stocked with milk, eggs and bread.
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No major waves were reported in any community.
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The Unalaska Department of Public Safety has lifted a tsunami warning for Unalaska. The island is no longer at risk of a tsunami, and residents can return to lower ground.
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Meanwhile, Fish and Game is putting more restrictions on the fishery.
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The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted unanimously to rename Alaska’s Nazi Creek to “Kaxchim Chiĝanaa.” In English, the name can be translated to “creek or river belonging to Kangchix̂ or gizzard island” or “gizzard creek,” and reflects the Unangax̂ name for the island of Little Kiska, which sits about 240 miles east of Attu, in the Western Aleutians.
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J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, visited Unalaska on Wednesday. Her superyacht was anchored in Iliuliuk Bay for most of the day.
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It was on July 9, 1927, almost a hundred years ago, that Benny Benson ran the very first Alaska flag up a flagpole. He was the 14-year-old Alaska Native student, who won a statewide contest for the flag’s iconic design –- eight stars of gold on a field of blue.
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The Bering Sea community has been without staples like milk and eggs for more than a month.