Akutan, AK – Feb. 2, 2010 -The City of Akutan is in for a hot summer. Preparations are underway for drilling exploratory geothermal wells in Hot Springs Bay Valley on Akutan Island, just three miles from Akutan Village.  Extensive prospecting, including soil and chemical testing, remote sensing using satellite imagery, and magneto-telluric measurement of electric…

Akutan, AK – Sept. 8, 2009 – A geophysical survey team is using electro-magnetic probes in the remote community of Akutan, Alaska to help investigate the potential of the nearby geothermal resource. If a significant resource is identified, this would potentially allow the Eastern Aleutian region to realize a clean, inexpensive and reliable source of…

King Cove, AK – March 25, 2009 – The mayors from King Cove, Alaska and the Aleutians East Borough as well as Native leaders are applauding members of Congress after the U.S. House approved the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge Enhancement Act, part of the Omnibus Public Lands Package.  The bill passed 285 to 140…

King Cove, AK – March 19, 2009 – Community leaders from King Cove, Alaska and the Aleutians East Borough are thanking the Alaska Delegation and Governor Sarah Palin after the U.S. Senate passed the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge Enhancement Act, part of the Omnibus Public Lands Package (S. 22).  The bill passed the Senate…

Washington, D.C. – Jan. 15, 2009 – Community leaders from King Cove, Alaska and the Aleutians East Borough are praising the Alaska Delegation after the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge Enhancement Act passed in the U.S. Senate today as part of the landmark Omnibus Public Lands Package (S. 22). The Public Lands Bill passed 73…

Anchorage, AK – Nov. 4, 2008 – Aleutians East Borough (AEB) Mayor Stanley Mack is pleased to announce the Borough has appointed Sharon Boyette as the new Borough Administrator, effective January 1, 2009. Boyette will be promoted from her current position as the Borough’s Community Development Director, a job she has held for 17 years.…

Washington, D.C. – Sept. 11, 2008 – Native and community leaders from King Cove, Alaska and the Aleutians East Borough are praising Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski for pushing to get S. 1680 in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for a mark-up today. The committee unanimously approved the bill by…

Cold Bay, AK – Sept. 9, 2008 – The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Cold Bay is moving into its new digs this month near the city’s airport runway. The new NWS quarters are in a facility that could soon be transformed into a first-class transportation hub for the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands.…

Sand Point, AK – Sept. 3, 2008 – Aleutia, a local marketing association for harvested seafood within the Aleutians East Borough, was recently recognized by the State of Alaska as a Regional Seafood Development Association (RSDA). Aleutia is the first RSDA in Alaska to represent two Fish and Game management areas: the Alaska Peninsula and…

Sand Point, AK – July 25, 2008 – Aleutians East Borough (AEB) Mayor Stanley Mack is commending Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R- Alaska) for  successfully getting legislation passed in Congress providing a two-year moratorium for commercial fishing boats from getting pollution permits under the Clean Water Act.  “This is…