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Ash clouds from two volcanoes have disrupted air travel in the Aleutians, including Unalaska, preventing some patients from reaching medical care in Anchorage.

The U.S. government is sending $72 million to Alaska communities for maritime infrastructure projects — and more than half of that money is going to Cold Bay in the Eastern Aleutians.

The Center for Biological Diversity said in a Monday statement that NOAA Fisheries needs to uphold its duty to protect the killer whales, which are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

In this episode of "Island Interviews," author Ray Hudson joins the show. Hudson lived in Unalaska from 1964 to 1991. He taught at Unalaska City School and has written many books about Unalaska and the Aleutians, and is perhaps best known for the 1998 Unalaska classic, “Moments Rightly Placed: An Aleutian Memoir.”

Aleutian Pet Care will be back on island in April. In the meantime, the veterinary clinic's Lisa Hoxworth provides tips for pet care during the winter.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is a major public health concern in the United States. In Alaska, state and tribal organizations report that suicide rates are increasing.

It’s been about 200 years since Russian colonizers demolished the last remaining examples of large Unangax̂ boats called niĝilax̂. The wooden framed boats were used in the Aleutian Islands to transport goods and people. Now, a group of boat builders have resurrected the niĝilax̂ and returned the practice of making them to the Unangax̂ people.

The state ferry Tustumena, which shuttles passengers between communities like Homer, the Eastern Aleutians and Unalaska, is laid up in a shipyard in Seward for repairs.

The City of Unalaska swore in a new police chief Tuesday evening, about 10 months after the previous chief resigned.