Unalaska’s long-awaited library renovation and expansion is moving forward, and plans are confirmed to close the library’s current location in mid-March and move to the Burma Road Chapel; the Coast Guard medevaced an injured crew member Monday from a fishing boat near St. Paul; and last month, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared disasters for over a dozen fisheries in Alaska — more than the feds usually approve at once.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.