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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management closed its public comment period on April 1. It’s a first-of-its-kind lease sale, covering more than 113 million acres of federal offshore waters.

The federal government is looking for an airline to serve the small Eastern Aleutian community of King Cove through its Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes airfare in mainly rural communities around the country where it would otherwise be unviable for airlines to provide service.

The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska started their recycling program in 2024, collecting glass, No. 1 plastic, aluminum and cardboard.

Aleutian Airways flew its first scheduled Saab 2000 flight to St. Paul on Monday, restoring regularly scheduled passenger service to Anchorage nearly nine months after Ravn Alaska ended its route to the Bering Sea community. Since then, residents have relied on expensive charter flights. Now, after months of delays and uncertainty, residents can finally book a regular commercial flight again.

The Aleutians East Borough, the Native Village of Unga and two Aleutian fishing groups are asking a state court to void fishing regulations adopted at a February state Board of Fisheries meeting.

The Native Village of Atka, which is the tribal government for Atka, will receive $4.9 million under Alaska’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, known as BEAD.

This year’s festival brought three packed days of performances and events to the Bethel Regional High School gymnasium. Once again, it showed that the beating of traditional frame drums resonates with Elders and young alike.

Friday was the Spring Equinox, but the start of the season was nowhere in sight in Unalaska.

The deal between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Alaska Fairbanks took effect on March 1.

A volcano on Atka Island in the Aleutians has been showing increasing signs of unrest over the past two weeks, and scientists say the uptick in activity is significant enough to warrant a closer watch.