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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three hunters near Sand Point on Wednesday after the group's boat sank on the southern end of Popof Island.
About Town
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Courtesy of UCSD/ContributorWhile they came close to qualifying, the Unalaska girls volleyball team won’t be heading to the state tournament this year. They finished up their season at Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage last weekend, after coming in third place against five other teams at regionals. -
Hope McKenney/KUCBKUCB's Vic Fisher sat down with Dr. Murray Buttner from the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic to discuss rural Alaska health care and what an extreme outlier Unalaska is.
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KUCB will hold a sweatshirt pickup event this Saturday, Nov. 20, from noon until 4 p.m. at the Burma Road Chapel.
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Hope McKenney/KUCBStories of friendship, first loves, identity and family conflict filled the Burma Road Chapel last Tuesday evening, as Unalaska High School’s freshman class shared a collection of original short stories for the island’s first “Stories and Sweets” event.The teens each wrote a creative piece for their English class and presented their work at the fundraising event, which gathered around 50 Unalaskans. Parents, staff, friends and family showed up to support the young writers and purchase home-baked goods to help fund school events for the Class of 2025.
National News
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Although there were other professional African American golfers who came before him, Elder made history in 1975, breaking the sport's race barriers when he competed at Augusta National Golf Club.
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The Biden administration is moving to quell concern over the new omicron variant. NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about what we know now.
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Scientists are collecting more information about the new variant of concern, omicron, and investigating whether existing COVID-19 vaccines offer adequate protection.
