Akutan, AK – Aug. 12, 2010 – The City of Akutan is in hot water, but that’s a good thing.  The first of two geothermal energy exploration wells has produced water in excess of 360 degrees Fahrenheit.  According to the project’s geotechnical team, the early results point to a geothermal resource that could put Akutan…

The purse seine fleet remains tied up in the Sand Point Harbor after fishermen volunteered to stand down during the first opening of the June fishery. Sand Point, AK – June 7, 2010 – The purse seine fleet in Sand Point and King Cove has decided to stand down this week during the first sockeye…

(From left to right) Passengers Trisha Trumble, Eric DiGerlando, Steve Cypra and Charley Palmer unload their baggage from the plane after the Cherokee Saratoga crash landed in King Cove on April 27, 2010. Fortunately, no one on board the plane was injured King Cove, AK – April 27, 2010 – Residents living in King Cove,…

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.…