The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fish processing boat about 90 miles northwest of Unalaska Thursday; a federal appeals court will grant a land exchange needed to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; and the Alaska Board of Fisheries voted down a red king crab proposal last week that was supported by both the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and fishermen.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.