Unalaska’s Dr. Murray Buttner has been nationally recognized for his work bringing emergency training to rural Alaska communities; a new report from the Interior Department says the U.S. taxpayer isn’t getting enough benefit from oil and gas leasing on federal lands; and a group from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study changes in the Arctic.
Theo Greenly covers the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands from partner stations KUCB in Unalaska, KSDP in Sand Point and KUHB in Saint Paul.