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Residents reported changing where they pick berries and plants, and where they hunt birds and fish. Some have stopped harvesting salmon and marine invertebrates entirely.

For this episode of “Island Interviews,” KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Faith Green, project manager on the FUDS research project, to discuss what the team has learned so far and why this research is important for everyone who calls Unalaska home.

The Unalaska Learning Center is hosting a grand opening for its new building this weekend. Part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Bristol Bay campus, the center was previously located next to the high school’s woodshop. Now, it’s in the former alternative education building. "We have this large open space — much more welcoming," said Jill Spetz, instructional services manager for the center.

Unalaska has set a new record for the warmest Christmas in Alaska.Temperatures in the island community soared to 56 degrees on Saturday. That broke the prior Christmas Day record of 55 degrees set in the Southeast Alaska community of Metlakatla in 2009, according to climatologist Rick Thoman, who works for the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Last week, the UAF Bristol Bay Campus held its first in-person course in Unalaska since last September. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, local courses have been completely virtual over the past year.

While much of Alaska has been bitterly cold this month, the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula have been extraordinarily mild. It's part of the recent…

In a new study, scientists say a group of volcanic Aleutian islands could be part of a massive, single, undiscovered volcano.While scientists have been…

Sea urchins are devouring the massive limestone reefs surrounding the central and western Aleutian Islands — a process exacerbated by climate-driven…

A storm early Sunday morning in Unalaska recorded high gusts of 120 mph.The strong winds toppled boats, threw shipping containers into the bay, and even…

''[An] old scuba diver enjoying watching from Pittsburgh, PA,'' ''Hi from Summerville Oregon,'' ''Enjoying this from Wisconsin,'' read a few of the…