Unalaska City Councilmember Shari Coleman sits down to talk about Unalaska representatives' recent lobbying trip to Washington, D.C.; funding to buy a privately-owned icebreaker was removed from the spending bill signed by President Biden in December, delaying plans to dock an icebreaker in Alaska; and Unalaska has rescheduled the New Years Eve fireworks show for Saturday, Jan. 7, coinciding with Russian Christmas.
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.