PRIBILOFS

An unknown amount of fuel has spilled from a fishing vessel that ran aground near St. George Island earlier this month, according to a situation report released by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on Tuesday.

For this episode of Island Interviews, KUCB's Kanesia McGlashin-Price spoke with Unalaska naturalist and birder Suzi Golodoff, who spotted the three visiting birds. Golodoff explains why this is such a rare event and how a powerful typhoon may have swept these Asian birds across the Pacific.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued nine people from a fishing vessel that ran aground Monday morning near St. George Island in the Bering Sea, the agency said in a press release. The release said that no one was injured.

Some communities are turning to gardens and greenhouses to protect against shortages.

Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs were under a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time. But it was lifted around 10:25 a.m. Wednesday.

Ravn Alaska says they will stop serving the Pribilof community at the end of July.

Residents say the island’s only store is now stocked with milk, eggs and bread.

St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea, is home to vast marine ecosystems that have supported the Unangax̂ community for generations. But the island’s most iconic species — the northern fur seal — has been in steep decline for decades. Last fall, the tribe began holding listening events to hear from residents about how to protect the island’s ecosystems from threats such as climate change and overfishing. The eventual goal behind that work is designating the waters around St. Paul Island as an Indigenous marine stewardship area.

The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the tribal government on St. Paul, hopes the project will open new revenue streams and lower prices in the island’s community store.

St. Paul city officials reported the island’s first resident cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.The city said in a statement that two community members tested positive. One was traveling, and the other is a member of their household.