NOAA has denied an emergency request to close the red king crab savings areas; local experts in Wales are beginning to investigate a recent deadly Polar Bear attack; and fighter jets are getting an upgrade at Eielson Air Force Base.

The company aiming to bring geothermal energy to Unalaska plans to pay more than $90 million to an engineering and construction firm to design the volcano-powered project, under a contract announced Wednesday; Kodiak’s Tanner crab fleet is continuing to stand down, saying they still haven’t come to an agreement with local processors on price; and following a chaotic start to the session, the Alaska House elected Wasilla Representative Cathy Tilton to the role of House Speaker Wednesday.

GCI is still activating its high-speed internet service in Unalaska; Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski says she’s working on legislation to streamline the process for fishery disaster payments; and Alaska schools are preparing to meet the new state educational requirements of the READS Act next fall.

The City of St. Paul is at risk of losing its emergency medical services; Kodiak’s Tanner crab fishery opened Sunday, but the fleet is continuing to stand down; and seven days of singing, feasting and services culminated last weekend for members of the Russian Orthodox Church.

An Unalaska teen who went missing early Thursday morning was found in stable condition; the upcoming legislative session will be the third legislative cycle where House members begin without a concrete idea of who is in the majority; and the Alaska Marine Highway System is getting some new leadership.

Atka, just east of Adak in the Aleutians, is in danger of losing electrical power because of problems with its hydro plant and backup generators; a collection of 50-year-old audio recordings from the Aleutians have been digitized and are now available online; and Alaska Army suicides decreased last year, reaching their lowest point since 2018.

Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, the island’s primary health service provider, extended its weekday hours until 9 p.m.; along with the entire United States House of Representatives, Mary Peltola took the oath of office early Saturday morning; and the federal government wants to hear from Alaskans about climate change.

Bering sea cod fishermen delay the start of the season in hopes of getting higher prices for fish; takeaways from the 2023 Unalaska Christmas bird count; and an outbreak of the avian flu in Washington state has drastically slowed egg shipments to Alaska.

Climate change and a warming Bering Sea a likely culprit for snow crab collapse; the Alaska Marine Highway System nears a draft schedule for Summer 2023; and three Unalaska 8th graders dive into the effects of a certain stereotype.

Unalaska City Councilmember Shari Coleman sits down to talk about Unalaska representatives' recent lobbying trip to Washington, D.C.; funding to buy a privately-owned icebreaker was removed from the spending bill signed by President Biden in December, delaying plans to dock an icebreaker in Alaska; and Unalaska has rescheduled the New Years Eve fireworks show for Saturday, Jan. 7, coinciding with Russian Christmas.