The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is evaluating whether to hold a first-of-its-kind lease sale for seabed mineral development in federal waters off Alaska, and seeking information and input to help decide if it should move forward.

For this episode of Island Interviews, KUCB's Kanesia McGlashin-Price spoke with Unalaska naturalist and birder Suzi Golodoff, who spotted the three visiting birds. Golodoff explains why this is such a rare event and how a powerful typhoon may have swept these Asian birds across the Pacific.

In December, nine Great Egrets turned up in Adak, five in Nikolski, and, for the first time documented, three in Unalaska, according to Unalaska naturalist Suzi Golodoff.

On December 20, 2025, Unalaska Island held its 33rd annual Christmas Bird Count, participating in the international Audubon Count that’s been held since the year 1900.

The Alaska Earthquake Center is in negotiations with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore funding for nine seismic stations.

A dead humpback whale was spotted in Unalaska Bay on Dec. 4, the third reported dead whale to wash up on the island since Oct. 16.

Residents reported changing where they pick berries and plants, and where they hunt birds and fish. Some have stopped harvesting salmon and marine invertebrates entirely.

For this episode of “Island Interviews,” KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Faith Green, project manager on the FUDS research project, to discuss what the team has learned so far and why this research is important for everyone who calls Unalaska home.

The Alaska Emergency Operations Center mistakenly sent an evacuation order to Unalaskans after a mid-July earthquake due to confusion over geography, a state emergency official said July 28.

A group of scientists wrapped up a deep-sea expedition in the western Aleutians this summer. They explored parts of the ocean floor no human has ever been before, and they found huge populations of healthy coral and sponges.