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Officials with the Department of Energy came to Unalaska in late September to discuss infrastructure grant opportunities and ways to diversify local energy sources.

In this episode, we set the stage with descriptions of 1970s Unalaska, and talk about how residents found news and information before the arrival of TV, Radio, and internet.

The MV Tustumena turned 60 years old this year. She’s the oldest ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System and she just completed her final Aleutian Chain run of the year. In August, Unalaskans met her at the port to celebrate the "Trusty Tusty’s" birthday. KUCB’s Theo Greenly was there — he rode the ferry down the chain to Homer, and he sends this audio postcard from the trip.

If you were in Unalaska this weekend, there’s a chance you felt an earthquake. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 63 miles southwest of the island on Oct. 5 at 4:50 a.m., followed by many aftershocks. It created a seismic sequence where 10 of the aftershocks measured greater than magnitude 4.

Nikolski on Umnak Island, located in the middle of the Aleutian chain, recently hosted its annual salmon derby, a competition held since the 1980s. Locals gather on the beach every September to try to catch the heaviest fish. And this year, kids were included in the derby for the first time in many years.

The U.S. Coast Guard spotted four foreign military vessels in the Bering Sea Saturday. Coast Guard officials say the joint patrol between Russian and Chinese ships shows their “increased interest in the Arctic.”

Bishop Nestor of Alaska and the Aleutians commissioned the two-story Victorian home in 1882. On an ill-fated Alaska voyage, however, before he was ever able to sleep in the house, Nestor fell overboard and drowned. No bishop has ever stayed in the house...until now.

A big portion – $106.4 million – will go towards replacing the 60-year-old Tustumena, seen here in Sand Point in June 2024, that serves the Aleutian Islands. The price tag for the project, called TRV for Tustumena Replacement Vessel, is over $315 million. The rest of the cost will come from federal money the state has already received. The ferry build is scheduled to be completed in 2027-28.

On Sept. 6, Edgmon attended a community forum in Unalaska and fielded questions from locals about the Alaska Marine Highway System, renewable energy, state pension plans and more.