unalaska city council

181 Unalaskans cast their ballots on Tuesday, and there are 17 absentee and 3 questioned ballots that still need to be counted.

Unalaska’s City Council is asking the state to look into running a ferry between Cold Bay and Unalaska during the start of pollock A season in January, one of the busiest travel periods of the year on the Aleutian island.

Unalaska’s municipal election is Tuesday, Oct. 6. Unalaskans will vote for two City Council seats and two School Board seats.

On Tuesday, the Unalaska City Council voted unanimously to appoint Bart Hinkle to be the city's new manager.

The Unalaska City Council is again searching for a permanent city manager after candidate Abner Hoage turned down an offer for the position earlier this month.

The Unalaska City Council will interview permanent city manager candidates next weekend. Three applicants have been selected to advance to the first round of interviews, according to a Tuesday press release from the city.

Unalaska City Council members approved several major spending items at their Tuesday meeting, but warned that the city is facing long-term budget challenges. The City Council unanimously approved school funding, community support grants and a capital plan with more than $20 million worth of projects.

Come next school year, Unalaska elementary students will likely be swinging from shiny new monkey bars.

Unalaska city officials will travel to the nation’s capital next month to speak with legislators about the island’s top priorities, and this year, they’ve named a years-long paving project as the city’s primary concern.

The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried.