The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with dredging the entrance to Iliuliuk Bay, a project that has been in the works for years. Once finished, the project would create a channel to pass through a large shoal of glacial moraine that runs across the bay. Currently, those compressed glacial boulders and rocks make the water much shallower than the surrounding areas.
The Unalaska City Council certified the results from last week’s municipal election; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka both say President Biden was wrong to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers; and the winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week is 747 Bear Force One, who weighs in at 1,400 pounds.