Over 200 community members made their way to the Unalaska Spit on Friday afternoon to hop on board the Kimball Express.

A controversial stretch of road connecting two Eastern Aleutian communities is heading toward construction.The Alaska Department of Transportation has applied for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to build the road and is taking public comments on the proposed work until Jan. 12.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is planning a new dock at Cold Bay, one of the most remote stops on the state ferry system’s route map.

St. Paul, Unalakleet and St. Mary’s all lost their main air carriers this year.

Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a land exchange agreement Thursday with King Cove’s Native corporation, making way for the controversial construction of what many consider to be a lifesaving stretch of road.

Power has been restored to all Adak residents following a 17-day outage that forced the community to rely on generators for heat and electricity. City Council members met Tuesday evening and discussed the electrical failure.

The Unalaska Fire Department knocked down a residential fire early Saturday morning. According to officials, the department responded to a reported structure fire around 3 a.m. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the attached garage of a residence.

Residents of St. Paul haven’t had commercial air service since mid summer. The main airline that served the island in the middle of the Bering Sea, Ravn Alaska, stopped operations statewide in August. And now – as of Oct. 1 – a change in the Essential Air Service program means the city of over 400 people have no regularly scheduled commercial flights.

A replacement generator is currently being sent on a barge, but it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov. 3 – weather dependent.

A Washington state jury awarded $16.9 million to the family of a man who died in a 2019 airplane crash on Unalaska’s runway.