Theo Greenly
Senior ReporterTheo Greenly is a reporter and Report for America corps member. He got his start in public radio at KCRW in Santa Monica, California. Since then, he's produced radio stories around the country, worked on podcasts at NPR, and contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Science Friday and NPR's Invisibilia. When not reporting, he’s probably looking for someone to go hiking with. Wanna go for a hike?
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Seybert was perhaps best known in Unalaska for recognizing the amphibious Grumman Goose’s potential for operating along the steep coastlines of the Aleutian Islands, where coastal communities built below mountainous terrain pose particular difficulties for constructing runways.
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The pollock fishery currently has a cap on Chinook bycatch, but those asking for stricter limits say the restrictions don’t go far enough.
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Peter Pan Seafood Co., the state-backed processing company that has faced dire financial troubles recently, announced Friday it was ceasing operations.
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Fishery council seeks more information before deciding on chum bycatch in Bering Sea pollock fisheryThe North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages federal fisheries in Alaska, will continue to explore options for how to manage chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. The council, facing rising pressure from western Alaska communities who depend on chum as a cornerstone of subsistence, released a statement Wednesday summarizing their decision from their April meeting.
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The move is part of a larger restructuring for Silver Bay to take over Peter Pan’s processing and support facilities later this year, which could include the Peter Pan plant in King Cove.
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D. MacNeill Parker has spent over three decades in Alaska’s fishing towns. First, fishing commercially out of Kodiak, later as a state fisheries specialist and as a trade journalist. Parker recently retired to dry land, but she’s not hanging up her XTRATUF boots just yet. Her newest endeavor is a mystery novel, set against the backdrop of Alaska’s fishing industry. Parker sat down with KUCB to talk about her debut novel, “Death in Dutch Harbor,” and why former Unalaska Mayor Frank Kelty might not want to get too close to any crab pots.
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Unalaska is still pursuing the Makushin Geothermal Project, even after a rocky four years to try to get the project off the ground. Today, the Ounalashka Corp. board of directors plans to meet to discuss ways to move forward, which could include dissolving its partnership with Chena Power, essentially buying them out.
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Unalaska was the closest it had ever been to achieving its decades-long goal of developing geothermal energy from Makushin Volcano just a few miles from town. But difficulties meeting investment deadlines have led to the end of the Makushin Geothermal Project.
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The City of Unalaska is pulling out of the Makushin Geothermal Project, after the city council on Tuesday rejected the new terms requested by the company building the project.
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The City of Unalaska’s administration is advising city council not to renew the Makushin Geothermal Project power purchase agreement, according to a memo released Friday, which would effectively end the city’s four-year participation with the project.