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The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins. Come here for breaking news on village issues, plus interviews, videos and photos. But that's just part of the story. We want to feature your pictures, videos and stories, too. Think of The Village as your bulletin board. E-mail us anything you’d like to share with the rest of Alaska -- your letters to the editor, the photos of your latest hunt or video of your latest potlatch. (We love video.)

Kyle Hopkins

I was born in Sitka, have lived in Kake, Skagway and Fairbanks and joined the ADN in 2005 after writing for the Anchorage Press and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. I started blogging for the paper in 2006 with The Trail, our blog about the governor's race. Then came the Alaska Politics blog. Now I'm covering government and rural affairs and live in Anchorage with my wife, Rebecca. (Update: Our daughter Alice was born May 31. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.) E-mail me at khopkins@adn.com and find me on Twitter at twitter.com/ADNVillage.

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(UPDATED) Capsized fishing boat belongs to Moller, sister

UPDATE: The vessel sank before it could be salvaged.

U.S. Coast Guard says: A two-mile rainbow sheen was reported in the vicinity of the sunken vessel. Based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration drift models and the weather conditions the sheen is expected dissipate quickly and cause no significant environmental impacts.


The Carley Renee: 
The fishing vessel Guardian is nearby the capsized fishing vessel Carley Renee after rescuing four fishermen who abandoned ship who went into their deployed life raft 22 miles east of Unalaska Island at approximately 4:42 p.m Friday. The four fishermen were examined by a health services technician from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro and were reported in stable condition.
Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Munro.The Carley Renee:
The fishing vessel Guardian is nearby the capsized fishing vessel Carley Renee after rescuing four fishermen who abandoned ship who went into their deployed life raft 22 miles east of Unalaska Island at approximately 4:42 p.m Friday. The four fishermen were examined by a health services technician from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro and were reported in stable condition.
Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Munro.

Busy news night tonight, but had a quick talk with Sandra Moller about the 59-foot commercial fishing vessel that capsized Friday near Unalaska Island.

Moller said she and her brother -- Parnell rural adviser John Moller -- have owned the boat together for about two years. Sandra Moller is real estate and construction director for CIRI, she said.

It's too early to say what went wrong, she said, but a salvage company plans to look at tomorrow and tow it to Dutch Harbor if possible.

The crew was fishing for Pacific cod, she said.

The Coast Guard reports no serious injuries.

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