Unalaska may be one step closer to cleaning up some of the contaminated military sites left over from World War II; new COVID-19 cases have dropped by more than a third in the last couple of weeks, but Alaskans are still getting infected and dying at rates that lead the nation; and a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher has been internationally recognized for his work on sea ice and climate modelling.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.