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.

Researchers are finding the poisonous toxin throughout the year, and in animals away from the ocean.

The Aleut Corp., Adak’s regional Native corporation, signed an agreement in May 2025 to lease 3,500 acres to Pacific H2, an Oregon-based energy company. The 90-year lease allows Pacific H2 to build wind turbines that would power a permanently docked green ammonia plant in Adak’s harbor. The facility would be Alaska’s first green ammonia plant.

Unalaska is famous for its deep-water port that doesn't freeze in the winter, but the island hasn’t always been this warm.