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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.

Unalaska’s Department of Motor Vehicles office has been closed for more than two months, with no reopening date in sight.

On Tuesday night, the Unalaska City Council voted unanimously to appoint former Unalaska Fire Chief Abner Hoage as the new interim city manager.

After more than a years-long discussion and an organized petition, the City of Unalaska recently updated the local pet control ordinance. The Unalaska Department of Public Safety implemented a zone where dogs are required to be leashed, covering most of the residential and commercial areas within city limits. But some organizers of the petition now say their efforts to change city code and harshen leash laws may have backfired.

One school board seat is headed to a runoff after candidates tied with 114 votes each in Tuesday's election.

With 51 absentee and questioned ballots still uncounted, just one of Unalaska's municipal election races is too close to officially call.

KUCB hosted its annual City Council Candidates Forum Thursday evening. Incumbents Mayor Vince Tutiakoff Sr. and City Council Member Daneen Looby took the stage first. Tutiakoff is running for reelection for Seat A and Looby is running for reelection for her seat, Seat D.

The ballot has been set for Unalaska’s 2025 municipal election.

The City of Unalaska has filled two department head vacancies, and will postpone considering adding more staff to the city’s payroll.