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 entering the height of its sockeye salmon season, and early numbers from the Iliuliuk weir have shown huge improvements from last year.Over 400 sockeye have been counted as of July 7, surpassing last year’s initial total of just 46 sockeye.

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

A proposed change in regulations around how local governments contribute to school districts would cost the Unalaska City School District about $2 million. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is proposing new rules that would limit local contributions for non-instructional services, or special funds. For Unalaska, that includes things like academic clubs and sports, preschool, community use of school buildings and food services.

The city received federal relief last week after the 2021-22 king and snow crab collapses — funding that’s only now reaching local coffers.

As more people leave the island, one organizer said the game was important “to make sure our kids and future generations know what happened.”

Reporter Andy Lusk left KUCB June 17 after nearly two years of bringing news and good vibes to Unalaska.

Unalaska’s LifeMed air ambulance base is up and running again after the company briefly removed its crew from the Aleutians earlier this month.

Despite heavy rain and a last minute location change, Unalaska held its first-ever Juneteenth event. More than 50 community members showed up to celebrate at the Burma Road Chapel on June 19.