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Alaska-based telecommunications company GCI announced plans Wednesday to acquire Quintillion in a $310 million deal. If state and federal regulators approve the deal, the companies say they’ll be able to merge their network infrastructure, making internet service across huge swaths of the state more reliable.

Workers aboard a barge transfer materials to a Quintillion-operated ship.

Unalaska City Council members approved several major spending items at their Tuesday meeting, but warned that the city is facing long-term budget challenges. The City Council unanimously approved school funding, community support grants and a capital plan with more than $20 million worth of projects.

Unalaskans work on posters at the Qawalangin Tribe office ahead of Walking With Our Sisters, taking place on Tuesday.

For this episode of Island Interviews, Greg Walter, a nurse practitioner with Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, shares his take on the growing use of AI for health questions and how patients can use it responsibly.

Groups of Unalaska students gathered around desks in a math classroom after school on a Friday afternoon this winter. The room was fairly quiet except for some background noise from a basketball scrimmage in the gym and some light chatter and a few giggles. Among the voices was a soft, frequent clicking from chess timers or clocks.

This map shows areas of Alaska's federal offshore waters where the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking information for a potential seabed mineral lease sale.

Fishing boats on land and in a harbor in King Cove in September 2024.

Community members gather inside the Unalaska City School gym for the annual Memorial Day ceremony on May 25, 2026.

Honor Herring and Natnicha "Michelle" Lord present their National History Day documentary at the Unalaska Public Library on May 29.