Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska using better marine data, technology and gear.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has named Unalaska’s Alyssa McDonald as interim director of the Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. McDonald took over on Jan. 11 and will serve until a permanent director is found.

Unalaska’s cell and internet service has been fully restored, after GCI’s fiber cable was damaged during a late December storm.

Some of Alaska's largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration policies.

Crews have started repairs on GCI’s subsea fiber cable in Unalaska. Megan Webb, director of corporate communications for the internet and cell phone provider, said in an email Wednesday morning that crews had retrieved both ends of the cable from the seafloor and are prepping them for splicing.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued nine people from a fishing vessel that ran aground Monday morning near St. George Island in the Bering Sea, the agency said in a press release. The release said that no one was injured.

In December, nine Great Egrets turned up in Adak, five in Nikolski, and, for the first time documented, three in Unalaska, according to Unalaska naturalist Suzi Golodoff.

From citizen science and culture camps to federal funding cuts and regional transportation challenges, KUCB followed the stories of the Aleutian and Pribilof regions.

The Unalaska Fire Department responded to a reported fire near the island’s S-Curves late Wednesday night.

The storm displaced lighting systems and caused erosion, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.