Aleutians

FBI asks for help with guns possibly linked to Kodiak killings

The FBI is again asking for help from the public in the April 12 killings of two Coast Guard members at a communications station on Kodiak Island.

Unalaska police blotter: $12,000 gone, hangover lingers

"Welfare Check: A woman asked officers to check on her sister, who was allegedly suicidal after having misplaced approximately $12,000 in cash. Officers found the sister asleep in her bed. The intoxicated sister assured officers she would not harm herself unless she failed to find her money, in which event she might change her mind."

Unalaska agrees to upgrade sewage treatment plant

A settlement with federal authorities will require the city of Unalaska to spend at least $18 million on its sewage treatment plant.

Meeting considers role for Alaska Native language council

Should a semester of Alaska Native language studies be required in high school? Should every school have a Native language teacher? Those were among suggestions Monday at a meeting called in response to passage of a bill creating a state Native language council.

Anchorage public hearing tonight on Izembek road proposal

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking public testimony Thursday night in Anchorage regarding a proposed road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

Proposed road through refuge draws complaints

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service begins hearings this week on a draft environmental review of proposals for a road from King Cove to Cold Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. Options under review include a single-lane gravel road that crosses nine miles of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a gathering place for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds.

Moderate earthquake shakes Adak

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a moderate earthquake was recorded 36 miles southeast of Adak in the Aleutian Islands.

Unalaska police blotter: Houseplant abuse

"Trespass - Officer issued a trespass advisement to a poorly potty-trained housemate who routinely voided in the homeowner's houseplants."

Small, short explosion rocks Cleveland Volcano in Aleutians

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says a small explosion at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands may have sent up a small ash cloud.

Alaska Volcano Observatory website

Unalaska police blotter: Island of no escape?

"Caller requested assistance with a man who was threatening to commit suicide. The man told police that our island is worse than Alcatraz, and is a trap from which nobody ever leaves. He also expressed a great deal of disillusionment with organizational politics at his place of employ. The man was eventually taken into protective custody."

Alert level for Cleveland Volcano goes up

The alert level for Cleveland Volcano has been raised again after scientists found another lava dome has formed in the crater in the last week.

Alert level lowered for Aleutians volcano

The alert level for Cleveland Volcano has been lowered because of a lack of activity in the past 10 days.

Minor quake reported southwest of Adak

A minor earthquake has been reported in the Andreanof Islands in the western Aleutians.

Orphaned Alaska sea otter pup rescued

A stranded male sea otter pup is getting a second chance at survival at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. Residents of Port Heiden on the Alaska Peninsula found him on a beach next to his dead mother.

Juvenile faces charges in fatal stabbing of Nondalton man

A juvenile is charged in the fatal stabbing of a Nondalton man in the Southwest Alaska village Thursday, Alaska State Troopers said.

Coast Guard suspends search for overboard fisherman

Coast Guard air rescue crews spent six hours Friday searching more than 40 square miles of water before suspending a search for a man who went overboard from a fishing boat near Sand Point.

Blast shakes restless volcano in remote Aleutian Islands

Cleveland Volcano, 940 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands, may have blown off its lava dome and probably burped up a small amount of ash in an explosion late Wednesday, scientists say. Meanwhile, volcanologists are monitoring rumblings around the Iliamna Volcano in lower Cook Inlet.

4.1 quake beneath Cook Inlet shakes Anchorage overnight

Stored gasoline spills at False Pass seafood processing plant

Department of Environmental Conservation officials are monitoring a 3,468-gallon spill of unleaded gasoline at the Peter Pan Seafoods plant at False Pass.

More environmental review ordered for sea lion protections

A federal court judge has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to perform additional environmental work for its rules that protect endangered Steller sea lions in the western Aleutian Islands.

Snapped cable kills fisherman on commercial vessel

A Seattle fisherman on board a commercial vessel off the Aleutian Islands died after a cable snapped and struck him in the head.