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KUCB | By Maggie Nelson Published April 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM AKDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email

The commercial season for Dungeness crab in the North Peninsula District opens May 1, and officials say this year’s harvest trajectory looks good. The individual pot limit for the area this year is 500 per vessel.

The city of King Cove is worried about the future after its seafood processor announced earlier this month that it will cease operations. The plant, formerly owned by Peter Pan Seafood Company, is the economic engine of the community on the Alaska Peninsula. A new owner will take over the processing plant, but it’s unclear when the facility will reopen. Kirsten Dobroth is the Alaska reporter for Undercurrent News, which is a commercial fishing and seafood industry trade magazine. She’s been reporting on what this means just ahead of salmon season.

KUCB | By Maggie Nelson Published April 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM AKDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email

At a distribution trial run on March 26, Unalaskans came to the tribe’s food bank and received bags full of carrots, potatoes, cabbage and beef — all completely free.

The Unalaska City Council approved all funding requests from local nonprofits at a city council meeting April 23.

KUCB | By Theo Greenly Published May 7, 2024 at 11:01 PM AKDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email

Fifteen high school and junior high students spent all year working on the project.

Weather-related delays made winter construction a challenge, an attorney for Dutch Harbor Cannabis Company said.

The M/V Tustumena will not be making stops in False Pass, Akutan or Unalaska in May. An Alaska Marine Highway System spokesperson said the state ferry is undergoing a leak repair before its seasonal launch this year.