King Cove, AK – Dec. 23, 2013 – King Cove city and tribal leaders expressed indignation following Secretary Sally Jewell’s decision to deny a land exchange that would have granted  them access to a small life-saving road corridor (206 acres) through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to the nearby all-weather Cold Bay Airport. Jewell announced…

King Cove, AK – Aug. 30, 2013 – U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard directly from King Cove residents about the region’s harsh weather conditions that often make air and sea travel dangerous, especially during medevacs. Jewell and Senator Lisa Murkowski met with Aleut and community leaders in King Cove  during a day-long visit on…

Recent Transportation Survey Underscores Need for Road Corridor King Cove, AK – June 24, 2013 – Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will get an up-close view of the proposed King Cove road and land exchange next week, weather-permitting. Washburn plans to travel to the eastern Aleutians on June 27th to conduct government-to-government and public…

King Cove, AK – March 21, 2013 – King Cove residents are praising the Interior Department for agreeing to take a second look at the proposed land exchange and small road corridor from remote King Cove to Cold Bay. Last night, Senator Lisa Murkowski held a meeting with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Today, the Interior…

Washington, D.C. – Feb. 27, 2013 – A group of King Cove, Alaska tribal members, residents and children are scheduled to meet with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tomorrow morning, hoping to persuade him to approve the Congressionally-approved Izembek land exchange to allow construction of a single-lane gravel road leading from their isolated Aleut community to the…

Akutan, AK – November 28, 2012 – Grant Aviation is now offering scheduled air service between Unalaska and Akutan.  Daily flights except Sunday are available.  For more information contact Grant Aviation at www.flygrant.com or call 1-888-359-4726. Akutan Mayor Joe Bereskin is very pleased that scheduled service is now available.  “Providing scheduled airline service for the City of…

King Cove, AK – March 16, 2012 – Community and tribal leaders from the City of King Cove and the Aleutians East Borough are congratulating the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) for moving forward with the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a land exchange, which could allow construction of a proposed road corridor…

Sand Point, AK – July 1, 2011 – By unanimous vote, the Aleutians East Borough (AEB) Assembly passed a resolution yesterday, opposing the reapportionment of the Aleutians East Borough communities in the 2011 Alaska Redistricting Plan. The plan, adopted in final form on June 13, 2011, divides the AEB and the region into separate House…

Sand Point, AK – June 5, 2011 – For the second year in a row, the South Peninsula fishing fleet has decided that the seiners should stand down during the first opening of this year’s salmon fishery. Last night, the fleet held a meeting in Sand Point, with teleconference sites in False Pass and King…