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In-person Practice Brings Familiar Fun For Unalaska Youth Competing In 2nd Year Of Virtual NYO Games

By Maggie Nelson • Apr 22, 2021

A rhythmic beating followed by soft clapping and cheering echoes through the Unalaska high school gym. It's the sound of about eight high schoolers hopping across the gym floor on their toes and knuckles — bodies hovering just inches above the ground. They're practicing the "seal hop," a Native Youth Olympics event. It's an event many athletes thought they wouldn’t have the chance to practice together this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After Five Months Of Waiting, Fuel Barge Arrives in St. Paul

By Hope McKenney • Apr 15, 2021

A fuel ration on the Pribilof Island of St. Paul ended Tuesday after more than a month and a half of limiting fuel for both residents and fishermen.

The Bering Sea community announced the ration in late February after bad weather repeatedly canceled the arrival of a fuel barge.

The North Pacific Fuel barge finally arrived at the dock on Tuesday, according to City Manager Phil Zavadil. The city had been waiting on its arrival since November of last year.

U.S. Seafoods Apologizes To Unalaska After COVID-Positive Crew Caused Widespread Exposure At Bar

By Hope McKenney • Apr 15, 2021

A Seattle seafood company has issued an apology to Unalaska, after a number of their crew from one of its vessels currently at port in the island community breached isolation protocols to visit a crowded local bar last weekend.

Despite Increased Coronavirus Risk Level, Unalaska Officials Choose To Hold Off On New Mandates

By Hope McKenney • Apr 14, 2021

Unalaska's City Council voted at a Tuesday meeting not to implement any new health restrictions, despite a recent incident of potential widespread COVID-19 exposure at a local bar.

Bering Sea Fishermen Likely Had COVID-19 And Still Went To A Bar. Now, Locals Have To Quarantine

By Hope McKenney • Apr 12, 2021

Unvaccinated people who visited Unalaska's Norwegian Rat Saloon late Saturday are being asked to quarantine this week, after officials say they shared the space with fishermen who broke their company's own quarantine plans while they were awaiting COVID-19 testing results.

The fishermen came from a United States Seafoods vessel where COVID-19 cases were suspected, but still visited the popular bar after 10 p.m., Unalaska City Manager Erin Reinders said Monday.