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October marks a historic shift for KUCB — for the first time in station history, we’re operating without funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which made up half our budget. Our fall fundraiser is now underway, and your support is critical. Donate now and you’ll be entered to win a round-trip plane ticket combo generously donated by Alaska Airlines and Aleutian Airways. Donations of $150 or more receive a new KUCB shirt designed by Lydia Dirks.

Lydia Dirks is a 21-year-old Unangax̂ artist who takes her inspiration from her family, Unangax̂ heritage, and other Indigenous artists, and hopes to use her work to inspire others to find healing through art.

GCI crews began construction in Unalaska Tuesday in preparation to bring fiber optic broadband to the island.

The Unalaska City Council voted Tuesday to keep a community-wide mask mandate in place, as the state continues to lead the country in average new daily COVID-19 cases per capita.

Fur seals are an essential subsistence food for the Unangax̂ communities in the Bering Sea’s Pribilof Islands. But for years, scientists have been unable to explain why the seals’ populations have been falling. Now, a new peer-reviewed study points its finger at an industry that’s long been suspected, but never definitively linked with the population declines: Alaska’s huge commercial pollock fishery, which harvests the same species that nursing female seals rely on to feed their pups.

Our investigation revealed that Alaska has a growing share of the country’s deadly crashes from small commercial flights. Here’s what experts say could be done to improve aviation safety in the state.