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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.

The Knik Tribe in South Central Alaska has been running a Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning monitoring program for nearly two decades to prevent deadly tragedies. However, the project was placed on “pause” in April as the federal government investigates its “legitimacy” in order to continue funding.

Eighth-grader Natnicha “Michelle” Lord and sophomore Crina Bivol each created websites that earned first place in their age groups at the state contest, where judges selected 20 projects out of 60 to advance to nationals.

Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with grasses, plants and bushes, not a 10-foot tree in sight. But that changed in Unalaska during the 1800s when Russian colonizers planted many Sitka spruce trees on Amaknak Island, becoming North America’s first afforestation project.

Unalaska city officials headed to the nation’s capital in late March as part of their annual Washington, D.C. lobbying trip. They advocated for the community, addressing Alaska’s congressional representatives, federal agencies, military leaders and more.

In the sixth episode of “Amplifying the Aleutians,” we talk to early radio volunteers and learn about the station’s first local music shows.