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Three sailors are safe after being rescued in the North Pacific, about a thousand miles southwest of Adak in the western Aleutians.
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An international marine renewable energy company is looking to help False Pass bring tidal energy to its shores.
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The Unalaska Police released the names of two men who died in separate incidents in early June, after notifying their next of kin.
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A repair vessel, the Cable Innovator, arrived near Chignik Bay on June 7, and crews started pulling the damaged cable up from the ocean floor, according to Josh Edge, GCI’s communications manager.
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The Alaska Native Language Center published a novel on June 1 that adapts a story from Rudyard Kipling’s famous “The Jungle Book.” The story is the only one from Kipling’s collection that takes place outside of India, set in part on a beach in the middle of the Bering Sea, on St. Paul Island.
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The Unalaska Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified adult male.
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Repairs on GCI’s damaged fiber cable are expected to be completed within the next two weeks.
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The war in Iran is pushing up oil prices, resulting in higher airfare out of Unalaska. Federal forecasts don't expect oil prices to return to pre-war levels anytime soon.
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GCI lines went down across the Aleutian Chain sometime Wednesday morning, impacting internet and wireless services in several communities.
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Unalaska held its annual Memorial Day ceremony on May 25. Dozens of locals gathered inside the high school gym to honor veterans and those lost at sea.
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The Aleutians East Borough was among four plaintiffs who argued the Board of Fisheries violated state’s ethics laws.
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The Coast Guard is working to repair numerous lost buoys near False Pass, in anticipation of increased summer vessel traffic in the area.