Borough government on the Alaska Peninsula and eastern Aleutians (Sand Point, King Cove, Cold Bay).
Sand Point, AK 99661, USA
Ocean Renewable Power Company applied to place two tidal research devices in Isanotski Strait — part of Alaska's potential to lead in marine renewable energy

Candidate filing for five Aleutians East Borough seats — mayor, two Assembly seats and two school board seats — runs Aug. 24 through Sept. 4 ahead of the Oct. 6 election.

The Aleutians East Borough's election newsletter, published Wednesday, identifies fisheries as taking center stage in 2026 Alaska elections and points voters to candidate surveys sent by the Alaska Marine Community Coalition to all gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House candidates.

Alaska got about $99 million — 80% — of national fishery-disaster aid for snow crab and salmon collapses, with 13 more requests still unfunded.

Fish and Game closed the Shumagin Islands to seine gear after test fisheries found immature salmon far above the closure threshold, amid a legal challenge to Area M's new rules.
