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It took Alaska a year or so longer to get back to full employment levels than it did for the nation as a whole.

The Aleutian village of Nikolski will celebrate the opening of its new community center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Aug. 22.

It started with the goal of teaching kids traditions their elders feared would disappear. Today, some of those kids are becoming instructors.

A tsunami advisory was lifted for the Aleutians and the Pribilof Islands Wednesday morning, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.

Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs were under a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time. But it was lifted around 10:25 a.m. Wednesday.

A group of scientists wrapped up a deep-sea expedition in the western Aleutians this summer. They explored parts of the ocean floor no human has ever been before, and they found huge populations of healthy coral and sponges.

An Unangax̂ Elder is bringing the history of her home island to light through a new online zine that highlights the forced evacuation of her community during World War II.

The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday.

The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted unanimously to rename Alaska’s Nazi Creek to “Kaxchim Chiĝanaa.” In English, the name can be translated to “creek or river belonging to Kangchix̂ or gizzard island” or “gizzard creek,” and reflects the Unangax̂ name for the island of Little Kiska, which sits about 240 miles east of Attu, in the Western Aleutians.

In this episode of “Island Interviews,” KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi talks with McGlashan-Price about the workshop and the importance of video storytelling in preserving cultural traditions.