Nearly a decade of work will culminate in a commemoration to honor an Unangax̂ soldier killed in World War II; health officials continue to add to the tally of deaths from Alaska’s worst surge of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing its work on Unalaska’s Formerly Used Defense Sites.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.