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U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s efforts to strengthen Alaska’s military system and reopen the naval base on a remote Aleutian Island are gaining traction at the federal level. Sullivan joined President Donald Trump in the White House on May 20 when the administration announced its Golden Dome missile defense system, which is aimed at protecting Americans from intensifying Chinese and Russian threats and growing arsenals.

The Aleutians East Borough school celebrated

No airlines have applied to serve the isolated Pribilof community, who will lose its only commercial air service to Anchorage in the fall.

KUCB’s Andy Lusk sat down with Syverson to hear more about her plans for the job, the future of the corporation, as well as local land plans and renewable energy options.

"Walking With Our Sisters" marchers carried homemade signs that read “No more stolen sisters,” “Justice for the Missing and Murdered” and “We won’t be quiet” as they walked along Airport Beach Road to City Hall.

Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree on his late grandfather’s behalf. It had been almost a century since Benson’s unlikely win in a flag design contest for Alaska schoolchildren.

Laresa Syverson, who served as the Ounalashka Corporation’s technical lands manager for the last five years, took the leadership reins from Denise Rankin on May 2.

The plant was a major economic driver for the community until it closed last year.

Locals in Unalaska are partnering with a regional Native organization to preserve Unangam Tunuu for future generations.

At least 36 servicemen were buried at the Fort Randall Post Cemetery on the Alaska Peninsula.