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On Tuesday, Unalaska declared October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The national campaign was founded in the 1980s as a way to connect people working to end domestic violence and to spread awareness on the subject."[I] urge all citizens to work toward the elimination of domestic violence and all violence within families and within dating relationships of all kinds,” said Mayor Vince Tutiakoff Sr. at a City Council meeting last week.

At a special meeting this week, the City of Unalaska granted more than $1.34 millionto nine local organizations through its community support program for…

Unalaskans Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence is in the midst of hosting its annual Soup-Off event. Most local events have been reformatted over…

The coronavirus pandemic brought waves of global unemployment and food insecurity. And even now, with hope on the horizon as vaccines are beginning to…

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. And over the past few weeks in Unalaska, organizations like the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association…

More than six million Americans enrolled in food stamps in the first three months of the coronavirus pandemic, as people across the country lost their…

A survey shows that many domestic violence and sexual assault organizations in Alaska have experienced an increase in hotline calls as people have had to…

This episode of "Happy, Healthy Unalaska" brought together community behavioral health professionals and domestic violence advocates. They discussed the…

Girls on the Run was brought back to Unalaska this fall by Unalaskans Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence. Girls on the Run is a 10-week…

When Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed almost $400 million from the state budget in June, Unalaska stood to lose about $1.34 million in funding for local…