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Unalaska’s Museum of the Aleutians lost a major funding source last week due to budget cuts at the national level. Museum staff learned via a letter from the National Endowment for the Humanities that around $348,000 in grant money had been cancelled. They’ve already spent some of those funds and aren't sure if the money will be reimbursed.

The Unalaska Fire Department extinguished a fire in an Ounalashka Corp. warehouse Monday night, with no injuries to anyone involved. The warehouse on Biorka Drive serves as a storage space for the regional Alaska Native corporation and is also home to Marty’s Sari-Sari Store, a popular Filipino-owned convenience shop.

This episode discusses heart health, general self-care, and behavioral health challenges that might prevent men from seeking care that could save their lives.

It was a windy winter day on Amaknak Island for the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 15. Megan Dean, local birder and store manager for the Museum of the Aleutians, led a group of Unalaskans along Iliuliuk Harbor in front of the museum.

Emergency officials in Unalaska are closely watching an active volcano near Anchorage. Scientists said Mount Spurr is likely to erupt within weeks or months.

Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring a series of earthquakes near Adak Island in the western Aleutians, with at least eight quakes exceeding magnitude 5 since March 20.

This year, 21 athletes participated in Unalaska’s annual Polar Bear Run. The 5K race down Summer Bay Road, which took place March 15, has long been hosted by the city’s Department of Parks, Culture and Recreation.

Chignik Bay, a fishing community on the Alaska Peninsula, now has access to high-speed internet through a fiber optic project stretching across the Aleutian Chain.

Some international visitors are halting their summer travel to the United States, including Unalaska, as political tensions between countries rise. The Museum of the Aleutians has already received cancellations from international tourists, ahead of the summer cruise season, which begins in May.

For decades, the Bering Sea herring fishery has provided bait fish for crabbers.