Miscellaneous Aleutians news - Adak
by Graham
...an agreement has been signed to convert part of the Naval Air Facility at Adak into an oil and gas exploration logistics support base.
In addition, more work is to be done to determine if it is possible to generate more of the island's electricity using hydropower. The current diesel power generation infrastucture is expensive to run, resulting in large electricity bills for many poorer residents.
Online Adak newspaper, The Adak Smack, covering just about all things Adak.
After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, Alaska Air will continue to fly to and from Adak using Boeing 737 jets, with a subsidy from the EAS (Essential Air Service) Federal government program.