The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board is working on a five-year plan and a longer-term vision, while Aleutian residents wait for the M/V Tustumena's replacement; one year ago, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a declaration to remove a slur against Indigenous women from place names on federal lands, but three elementary students in Dillingham had been pushing for change long before the federal government started its process; and both the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Board of Fisheries and the the International Pacific Halibut Commission begin meetings this week.
Theo Greenly reports from the Aleutians as a Report for America corps member. He got his start in public radio at KCRW in Santa Monica, California, and has produced radio stories and podcasts for stations around the country.