KUCB Newscast
By KUCB Newsroom
KUCB NewscastJan 24, 2023
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
An Alaska historian is proposing Nazi Creek on Little Kiska Island be renamed; the Alaska Legislature is working to provide support for children from birth to adulthood; and if you have an email account with Alaska telecom firm GCI, the company says you can keep it – if you’re willing to pay a fee.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
The captain of an Alaska Wildlife Trooper patrol vessel made his last departure from Dutch Harbor this weekend before retirement; Alaska has submitted to the federal government a first-of-its-kind plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming: and the Alaska Senate passed a fast-tracked bill Tuesday that aims to boost internet speeds at rural schools.
Monday, March 25, 2024
The City of Unalaska plans to keep pursuing geothermal power without its main partner; and the Coast Guard is slated to receive a new icebreaker.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
A brief recap of Unalaska City officials’ lobby trip to Juneau; and an Unalaska education official weighs in on Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of SB 140.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
A special interview with the author of Death in Dutch Harbor, a new whodunnit mystery set right here in Unalaska.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
A major dredging project in Iliuliuk Bay is expected to kick off this summer; and Silver Bay Seafoods is acquiring Trident’s Ketchikan processing plant
Monday, March 18, 2024
A creek on Little Kiska Island may be getting a new name; Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan bill last week that would have significantly boosted state funding for public schools; and Friday was the final day of the Arctic Winter Games, which were held across a wide swath of Southcentral Alaska.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The Unalaska City Council approved last night to update certain city wages; The nation’s first Arctic ambassador was nominated by President Biden a year ago but the nominee still remains unconfirmed; and the Unalaska Raider boys basketball team will play their first game in the state tournament Thursday.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Trident Seafoods, one of the largest seafood processing companies in the country, will finalize sales for three of the four plants it listed for sale late last year; meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nearly $150 million in contracts to purchase Alaska salmon and pollock products from a handful of major seafood processors; and Unalaska author Randy Batten discusses his new book “Knight on Time.”
Monday, March 11, 2024
A case involving a fatal car crash in Unalaska is set to go to trial this summer; and with the arrival of spring break, what can vacationers do to avoid measles?
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska found what the U.S. Department of Defense is calling a “large balloon with payload.” A fishing vessel delivered the balloon to the U.S. Coast Guard in Dutch Harbor; leading Alaska legislators said on Tuesday that there’s little appetite for spending from savings to pay a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend this year, likely killing a proposal from Gov. Mike Dunleavy; and while the frontrunning sled dog teams in this year’s Iditarod raced ahead yesterday, a contingent of mushers brought up the rear.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Two Alaska seafood shipping companies will pay the U.S. government nearly $10 million for federal violations; Alaska Republicans chose Donald Trump over Nikki Haley by a huge margin in Tuesday’s party-run election; and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is threatening to veto an education bill that would boost state education funding.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
The Unalaska school district will put the fifth grade class in the elementary building next school year; Alaska Republicans can vote today for a presidential nominee in the party-run poll; and the U.S Department of Energy announced over $100 million dollars to be distributed to five rural Alaska energy projects, largest chunk is headed to the Northwest Arctic.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Unalaska’s main health clinic, Iliuliuk [ill-OO-luck] Family and Health Services requested just over a million dollars from the city to supplement emergency care expenses; Gov. Mike Dunleavy is demanding additional concessions from lawmakers before he’ll sign a bipartisan education bill; and Unalaska school officials are hopeful that this education bill sticks.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
A discussion about the end of the Makushin Geothermal Project; and fiber optic internet cables are expected to be laid this summer in the Y-K Delta.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The Unalaska City Council pulled the plug on the Makushin Geothermal Project last night; and Muslims new to Unalaska have a place to pray and reflect.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The Great Sitkin volcano, located near Adak in the Aleutian Islands, has been erupting for almost three years, and scientists have now discovered why; Alaska's seafood industry faces historically poor conditions; and a new study is using kelp to understand what oceans could look like far into the future.
Monday, February 26, 2024
King Cove is the newest Aleutian community to be hooked up to GCI’s fiber-optic internet; the Alaska House passed a wide-ranging, bipartisan education bill late Thursday; and in the midst of marine heat waves, surveys of pollock abundance in the Gulf of Alaska made wildly different estimates.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Unalaska schools superintendent Kim Hanisch discusses a pending state education bill; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is interested in buying millions of pounds of Alaska seafood.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The company behind the Makushin geothermal project is facing investment challenges that put the entire endeavor in jeopardy and an update on Unalaska’s basketball teams’ seasons before their next trip out to the regional tournament.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Rep. Bryce Edgmon talks education, Trident and a new slate of executive orders from Gov. Mike Dunleavy; and have you ever wondered what old fishing line could be used for? One Alaska company has an answer.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
The Bristol Bay red king crab savings area will not be closed to commercial fishermen; and a bill that would allow electronic monitoring in Alaska fisheries has proven unpopular in the state legislature.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
The Unalaska Public Library hosted its first-ever Filipino Story Time last week; members of the state House and Senate are working out the details of a wide-ranging education bill; Members of the state House and Senate are working out the details of a wide-ranging education bill.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The cargo ship Genius Star XI has left Dutch Harbor; and a lawsuit is in the works to block a fishing experiment in the northern Bering Sea.
Monday, February 12, 2024
There’s still no trial date for a criminal case involving a fatal 2019 car crash in Unalaska; two longtime King Cove residents died from injuries sustained in a suspicious fire in Anchorage at the start of the month. The fire is being investigated as arson and the deaths are being investigated as homicides; and a Kenai Peninsula man who was immunocompromised died late last month from the Alaskapox virus.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Last summer’s commercial salmon fishery along the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands was slightly below average compared to recent years; the North American Aerospace Defense Command reportedly detected four Russian aircraft Tuesday that were flying in international airspace near Alaska; and a viral TikTok video recently brought Unalaska eagles to screens across the world.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
A fire broke out at Sand Point’s Peter Pan Seafood facility this morning; and a former St. Paul police chief was sentenced last week for sexual abuse of a minor.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Unalaska’s Head Start opened its second class for three-to-five-year-old kids last month; Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a pair of bills last month that would allow electronic monitoring aboard commercial fishing vessels in state fisheries; and more women in Alaska are now eligible for Medicaid coverage during pregnancy and after giving birth, and those eligible mothers will be covered for much longer after childbirth as well.
Monday, February 5, 2024
The Unalaska City School District will have two new principals going into the new school year; and Unalaska leaders are pushing back against a proposed petition to eliminate Chinook bycatch in the Bering Sea Alaska pollock fishery.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Proposed legislation could bring gambling aboard state-run ferries, including those making stops in Unalaska; and the Alaska Senate passed a bill this week to create a new pension plan for state and local government employees.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The M/V Genius Star XI moves to port in Dutch Harbor; officials in Nome are wondering how they can diversify the community's economy; and Governor Mike Dunleavy delivered the annual “State of the State” last night to the Alaska Legislature.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
It’s been about a month since a cargo ship carrying lithium ion batteries caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and rerouted to Unalaska. The M/V Genius Star XI has been moored outside of Broad Bay since about Christmas Day. Since then, the fire has been put out, and the situation is stable. Now, the ship is being moved to Unalaska’s City Dock.
Monday, January 29, 2024
The trial of a 54-year-old St. Paul Island man, accused of strangling his wife, is over; construction on high speed internet infrastructure is expected to begin in the Kodiak Island communities of Larsen Bay and Port Lions this year; and tiny organisms are making big moves in Alaska’s boreal and Arctic ecosystems, encouraged by climate change.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Alaska’s largest state managed Pacific cod fishery opens next week; the Aleutian Region School District selected two new school board members; and there's a new Alutiiq language textbook to help revitalize the Alaska Native language.
Wednesday, Janurary 24, 2024
King Cove has been awarded almost $900,000 for harbor improvements; an education bill quickly advanced through the Alaska House of Representatives last week; and the Feast of Theophany was held at a Russian Orthodox Church in Bethel.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
An organization in Anchorage is training people in the beauty industry to recognize signs of domestic abuse and offer support; one Unalaska entrepreneur is fusing plants, traditional medicine and chocolate into their small business; and the Southeast section of Kodiak’s Tanner crab fishery closed yesterday evening.
Monday, January 22, 2024
The Tustumena will make one Aleutian chain run a month, May through September, with five port calls total in Dutch Harbor; Alaska pollock’s “A” season opened this weekend; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will overhaul its disaster assistance program in response to an uptick in extreme weather events brought on by a changing climate and feedback from disaster survivors.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
An Unalaska local was in Israel during the historic Oct. 7 attack by Hamas; and the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that objects to federal requirements that fishermen pay to have observers aboard their vessels.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
At a special meeting last Thursday, the Aleutian Region School District made the decision to reopen Nikolski's school for the upcoming school year; debates over education funding dominated as lawmakers gathered in Juneau Tuesday for the start of this year’s legislative session; and for the first time in Alaska Board of Fisheries history, a portion of the finfish meeting in Kodiak last week was dedicated to traditional knowledge.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
The trial for a criminal case involving a fatal 2019 vehicle crash in Unalaska has been pushed back again; on Thursday, seafood processor Peter Pan announced that it will not operate its King Cove facility through the spring, bypassing the 2024 A fishing season; and Unalaskans can stay up to date with the latest books, magazines — and now, movies and TV shows — all for free with a library card.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Akutan is set to be the next Aleutian community to get hooked up to fiber-optic broadband internet; the community of Nikolski is looking to reopen its school doors, after being closed for more than a decade; and recently introduced legislation and growing efforts among fishers and fishing organizations are seeking to improve access to mental health training for fleets, so that crews can be better prepared for mental health emergencies.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The trial for a St. Paul man accused of strangling his wife began yesterday in Anchorage; congregants gathered Sunday night at Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension to celebrate Russian Orthodox Christmas; and state legislators will soon have to decide when and where to use education funding.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Unalaska’s former Police Chief Jay King has come under fire at his new job in Prosser, Washington; the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley started the year by towing a fishing vessel in distress to Adak last week; and high levels of the toxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning showed up in samples last year from the Aleutian Islands.
Monday, January 8, 2024
Sunday was Russian Orthodox Christmas, also known as slavii. The day marks the beginning of three days of religious starring celebrations.
To commemorate the holiday, we’re taking a look back at archival audio of past starrings from across the Aleutian region.
Thursday, January 4, 2024
This is a special news update from reporter Theo Greenly on the status of the M/V Genius Star XI, a cargo ship carrying lithium-ion batteries that caught fire near Unalaska last week.
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
One charter company plans to make Attu Island a part of their excursions; and 2024 may see an uptick in job growth across Alaska.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
A cargo ship that caught fire remains anchored in Broad Bay while crews respond; and the tribe of the village of Holy Cross has won funds to organize a multi-tribe ancestral homelands conservation district.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
A group of trawlers in the Bering Sea is suing the National Marine Fishery Service over measures implemented to reduce halibut bycatch; the waters off the Aleutian Islands registered the warmest winter temperatures in over a century, according to a report issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Alaska Marine Highway officials plan to ask shipyards in the coming weeks to submit proposals to build a replacement for the ferry Tustumena.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Reactions are rolling in to Trident’s plan to sell off a third of their processing plants in Alaska; and plans to strategically manage cruise ship visits next year may not satisfy Sitkans looking for a legislative solution.
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The results of Unalaska’s Christmas bird count are in; and Russia will no longer be able to sell seafood to U.S. markets after processing products through other countries.