Orca depredation isn’t just a costly headache for fishermen — it can be dangerous for orcas, too.
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Coast Guard crews spot 4 Chinese warships near Aleutian Islands
Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Kimball and a search plane saw the warships in international waters of the Bering Sea on July 6 and 7.
Possible rat sighting on remote St. Paul Island raises alarm
It’s one of the few places that has successfully protected its rich natural habitat and wildlife from invasive rodents.
Peter Pan Seafoods announces it will cease operations
The company has faced mounting troubles, including legal claims from fishermen of back-owed payments for unpaid seafood deliveries.
Biologists describe freeing Unalaska whale from ‘life-threatening entanglement’
The whale cooperated during the rescue and even seemed curious at times.
A humpback whale is free after days-long entanglement in Unalaska’s Iliuliuk Bay
The whale swam out of the bay and into the Bering Sea after it was freed Friday morning.
Feds investigate ‘large balloon’ found by fishermen near Alaska’s Aleutian chain
Officials haven’t confirmed when the balloon was found but reporters with KUCB saw a bundle of parachute-like material being loaded onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane on Saturday.
Unalaska pulls plug on Makushin geothermal project
Council members had lost confidence that the project would be completed on a reasonable timeline.
Unalaska woman breaks the internet with eagles TikTok video
Many viewers had no idea Unalaska existed until they saw Whittern’s post. One skeptic didn’t think the video was filmed in Alaska at all.
Attu’s last survivor remembered for his leadership and forgiveness
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving resident of Attu taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, had empathy for his captors before his death last month.