Theo Greenly
Contributing ReporterTheo Greenly covers the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands as a contributing reporter from partner stations KUCB in Unalaska, KSDP in Sand Point, and KUHB in Saint Paul. He has reported from the region since 2021, chasing stories by boat, by helicopter, and once by Jet Ski.
Theo began his public radio career at KCRW in Santa Monica. His work has aired on radio stations around the country, and he has contributed reporting to the Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, Science Friday, and NPR.
He studied journalism at Santa Monica College and is a graduate of the Transom Storytelling Workshop.
When not reporting, he’s probably looking for someone to go hiking with. Wanna go for a hike?
Email Theo at theo@kucb.org. You can call or text him at 907-359-6033 or on Signal at Theo.907.
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Unalaska City Council members approved several major spending items at their Tuesday meeting, but warned that the city is facing long-term budget challenges. The City Council unanimously approved school funding, community support grants and a capital plan with more than $20 million worth of projects. -
The federal government is looking for an airline to serve the small Eastern Aleutian community of King Cove through its Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes airfare in mainly rural communities around the country where it would otherwise be unviable for airlines to provide service. -
Aleutian Airways flew its first scheduled Saab 2000 flight to St. Paul on Monday, restoring regularly scheduled passenger service to Anchorage nearly nine months after Ravn Alaska ended its route to the Bering Sea community. Since then, residents have relied on expensive charter flights. Now, after months of delays and uncertainty, residents can finally book a regular commercial flight again. -
The Coast Guard says it seized more than $65,000 worth of pollock roe from an American Seafoods vessel near Dutch Harbor. The company says it was a paperwork dispute, not hidden catch. -
The Aleutians East Borough is asking the state to investigate whether a member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries acted ethically during a vote on restrictions to the Area M salmon fishery. Borough Mayor Alvin Osterback and representatives from several tribes in the region say they filed a complaint with the Alaska Department of Law on Feb. 23. They say a member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries had a conflict of interest when he cast a tie-breaking vote last month in favor of restricting the Area M fishery. -
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted 4-3 this week to cut June fishing time in the Area M salmon fishery by roughly a third — a move supporters say will help struggling Western Alaska salmon runs, but critics argue could harm coastal communities without meaningfully conserving chum. -
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is expected to vote Wednesday on a slew of measures that locals fear could effectively shut down Sand Point’s fishing industry. -
The MV Tustumena is scheduled to make five chain runs between June and September, roughly the same schedule since the start/onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when sailings were cut in half. -
Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery. -
The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried.
