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The fifth annual Aleutian Electrocution music and arts festival brought thrilling performances and summer celebration to Unalaskans in late July. The festival's founder is still deciding whether or not the tradition will continue into 2024.

Several U.S. Navy warships were dispatched to the Aleutian Islands last week, after 11 Chinese and Russian military vessels were found operating in the region. The exact location of the foreign ships was not disclosed.

Coastal Alaska is on the front lines of climate change. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and many communities along Alaska’s shores wonder if the future will bring more of the same. A group of researchers tries to answer what storms might look like in the future by turning toward the past.

Privacy can be challenging in Unalaska, which has 4,254 residents. But when it comes to substance misuse treatment, local behavioral health providers are working to make sure privacy isn’t a barrier.

KUCB's Hope McKenney sits down for a discussion with the Qawalangin Tribe’s new resilience project manager.

Julia O’Malley has been writing about the state’s climate, food, politics and culture for more than two decades. She recently visited St. Paul to better understand how the island community is dealing with the snow crab crash, and to learn what’s at stake.

The telecommunications company said in a statement that Sand Point, King Cove and Akutan are hooked up to their fiber optic cable, hailing it a “major milestone” in closing the digital divide between urban and rural communities.

Trident has begun building the first bunkhouses at its to-be processing plant in Unalaska’s Captains Bay, progressing on a timeline the company says would make it operational by 2027.

In July, KUCB partnered with Report for America — a nonprofit that helps send journalists to newsrooms around the country — to bring Andy Lusk to Unalaska to help cover news in the Eastern Aleutians area as well as contribute to local daily news production.

The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association will open its new Head Start facility in Unalaska this September, replacing the island's existing Head Start building. The federally-funded program is for low-income families with young children promoting education readiness and it’ll be housed in a much larger building dedicated to the late Maria Turnpaugh.