‘The Gentle Tarot’: Unalaska artist creates uniquely Alaskan tarot deck
Tovar calls her deck “The Gentle Tarot.” She created it, in part, because she’s been…
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Unalaska health worker’s ingenuity doubles ventilator capacity for COVID-19 patients
<img data-attachment-id="198372" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/09/22/unalaska-health-workers-ingenuity-doubles-ventilator-capacity-for-covid-19-patients/lungs-768×595/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/unalaska-health-workers-ingenuity-doubles-ventilator-capacity-for-covid-19-patients.jpg" data-orig-size="768,595" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lungs-768×595" data-image-description=" Early on in the pandemic, many…
Coast Guard seeks information on deadly New Year’s Eve sinking of Scandies Rose
The F/V Scandies Rose, a 130-foot crab fishing vessel based in Dutch Harbor, sank on…
City of Unalaska inks purchase agreement for geothermal power
Ounalashka Corp./Chena Power estimates the Makushin Geothermal Project will begin operations in the final quarter…
Aleutian storm season opens big with 120 mph-gusts in Unalaska over the weekend
<img data-attachment-id="197470" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/08/31/aleutian-storm-season-opens-big-with-120-mph-gusts-in-unalaska-over-the-weekend/unalaska_after_storm/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/aleutian-storm-season-opens-big-with-120-mph-gusts-in-unalaska-over-the-weekend.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,900" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="unalaska_after_storm" data-image-description=" Unalaska pictured after high winds tore…
Dead whales wash up near Unalaska, but pandemic complicates necropsies
<img data-attachment-id="197362" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/08/28/dead-whales-wash-up-near-unalaska-but-pandemic-complicates-necropsies/dead_juvenile_humpback-768×512/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dead-whales-wash-up-near-unalaska-but-pandemic-complicates-necropsies.jpg" data-orig-size="768,512" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="dead_juvenile_humpback-768×512" data-image-description=" A juvenile humpback whale was spotted…
Flight co-op aims to ease Unalaska’s travel woes — but they need a lot more people
The runway at Unalaska’s airport, photographed from Mount Ballyhoo in 2017. (Photo by Berett Wilber/KUCB)…
Biologists hope dead sea lion will shed light on endangered Aleutian population
<img data-attachment-id="196894" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/08/15/biologists-hope-dead-sea-lion-will-shed-light-on-endangered-aleutian-population/dead_steller_sea_lion__2_-600×450/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/biologists-hope-dead-sea-lion-will-shed-light-on-endangered-aleutian-population.jpg" data-orig-size="600,450" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="dead_steller_sea_lion__2_-600×450" data-image-description=" Courtesy Melissa Good, Alaska Sea Grant…
Southeast Alaska airline to relaunch passenger service on former Ravn routes
For the community of Unalaska, Alaska Seaplanes and FLOAT Shuttle both intend to operate aircraft…
Sand Point docks and road damaged by magnitude 7.8 quake
<img data-attachment-id="196008" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/07/24/sand-point-docks-and-road-damaged-by-magnitude-7-8-quake/sand_point_damage__2__-cropped-551×420/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sand-point-docks-and-road-damaged-by-magnitude-7-8-quake.jpg" data-orig-size="551,420" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sand_point_damage__2__-cropped-551×420" data-image-description=" Damage at a warehouse at the…
A tsunami warning that sent coastal Alaskans to higher ground has been cancelled
(Graphic courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Update at 12:31 a.m. A tsunami warning for…
A fishing boat docked in Dutch Harbor with 85 COVID-19 cases
<img data-attachment-id="195813" data-permalink="https://www.ktoo.org/2020/07/20/a-fishing-boat-docked-in-dutch-harbor-with-85-covid-19-cases-now-its-headed-for-seward/sarah_spelsberg_ppe_0-600×450/" data-orig-file="https://dailynewsalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a-fishing-boat-docked-in-dutch-harbor-with-85-covid-19-cases.jpg" data-orig-size="600,450" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sarah_spelsberg_ppe_0-600×450" data-image-description=" Sarah Spelsberg, a physician assistant at…