Rat Island is rat-free, name-change proposed

11 February 2012, 1:49 pm

Rat Island was once over-run with rats. But with the rats dead and gone after having eaten grain pellets laced with poison, two Alaska Native groups say it's time for a name-change. The word, pronounced Hah-wah-vaah, is the oldest name found for the 6,871-acre island that sits at the far end of the Aleutian Island chain in southwest Alaska.... Read More »

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