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WEBIn Memoriam: Coe A. Whittern. July 13, 2024. Coe was born in Peru, Indiana on April 3, 1946, to Charles (Keith) and Helen Whittern. He moved to Unalaska as a Methodist missionary child at the age of 3. When he was 11 years old his father and youngest brother drowned in a boating accident. Shortly after, his mother moved to Michigan to be closer ...
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WEBOct 28, 2021 · Latest newscasts from the KUCB Newsroom. Unalaska’s mask mandate expired at noon Wednesday, as local COVID-19 cases continue to decline; Alaskans who depend on salmon to feed their families are asking federal fisheries managers to clamp down on the bycatch of a primary food source; and 21-year-old artist Lydia Dirks takes her inspiration from her family, Unangax^ heritage, and other ...
Three Volcanoes Erupt Across The Aleutians - KUCB
WEBAug 19, 2021 · Three volcanoes are currently erupting across the Aleutian Range — Great Sitkin and Semisopochnoi in the Aleutian Islands, and Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula. Hannah Dietterich, a research geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, said three simultaneous eruptions may …
New Coast Guard Cutter Named For Heroic Sailor Buried In Unalaska
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · Moulthrope was buried in Unalaska in 1896, at the age of 23, after he died during service in nearby waters. But 125 years later, his name lives on, as a recently commissioned U.S. Coast Guard cutter now carries the name Charles Moulthrope. This will be the first modern Coast Guard cutter named for …
In Race For Unalaska's Mayor, Tutiakoff Defeats Robinson By 22 …
WEBOct 7, 2019 · Unalaska has elected a new mayor. Vince Tutiakoff Sr. won the office in last week's municipal election, defeating current Vice Mayor Dennis Robinson by 22 votes. "To the people who voted for me, I really appreciate their votes and confidence," said Tutiakoff. "And I'll do the best I can." Tutiakoff serves as board chairman for the Ounalashka ...
NTSB: The F/V Destination Sank After Accumulating Ice In Heavy
WEBJul 16, 2018 · A crab boat that sank in the Bering Sea last winter likely capsized after it became coated in hundreds of thousands of pounds of ice. That's the conclusion of a report released last week by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). As KUCB's Laura Kraegel reports, the findings shed new light on the loss of the fishing vessel Destination ...
'We're Trying To Give Them Some Sense Of Normalcy:' Unalaska
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Since the beginning of December, Unalaska students have been in their classrooms for a total of just three days.They've spent the rest of that time learning from their homes. Remote education has been a challenge for many teachers and families, especially recently, as the district shifted to in-person learning and back out again, all within about one week.
The Case of The Vanishing Seals: An Alaskan Island Mystery
WEBFeb 29, 2016 · Chapter 1. An Amazing Disaster. From a viewing blind in the middle of a seal rookery on Alaska's remote Pribilof Islands, it can be hard to fathom this place once holding vastly more life than it does now. Untold thousands of chubby brown bodies drape over boulders and sprawl across the tundra into the distance: northern fur seals.
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman pinned by crab pot | KUCB
WEBOct 20, 2021 · The Coast Guard command center in Juneau received a call from the fishing boat Patricia Lee at about 4 p.m. requesting a medevac after one of their crew members “sustained serious injuries to his pelvic region” after being pinned by a crab pot. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the …
Power restored in Adak after a nearly weeklong outage closed the …
WEBOct 26, 2021 · The community of Adak has electricity again after issues at its power plant shut down local operations for nearly a week, according to City Manager Layton Lockett.Two failures in the system forced the nation’s westernmost city to close city offices, the school and the local clinic for six days, and community members were forced to rely on small generators for power, Lockett said.