Kodiak KINDNESS
Heather Preece, the founder of Kodiak KINDNESS, said the nonprofit's board of directors will discuss how to spend the $350,000 at its next board meeting.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the effects of the prolonged shutdown at Kodiak's Coast Guard base, a resolution supporting the continued federal ban on Russian seafood, Old Harbor Native Corporation's new tourism business, the potential sale of the historic Orpheum Theatre, and a salmon dissection at Main Elementary.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, two guests from the pollock industry share details about how the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Island pollock fisheries operate, the technology some of the fleets use and recent changes to the fisheries.Chelsae Radell is a fisheries policy specialist with Pacific Seafood and Hunter Berns is the director of Bering North LLC.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(KCAW/Cotter)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist reports the state is short on funds for a Fairbanks hatchery, the Alaska Beacon on a lawsuit on behalf of St. Paul fur seals challenging Bering Sea pollock management and on a state bill that would allow setnet cooperatives, Maggie Nelson of KUCB on a lawsuit challenging recent changes to Area M management, plus Ryan Cotter's story of a new hybrid fishing boat, courtesy of KCAW.
Alaska News
- Trump appoints Alaska governor to a seat on U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- Alaska’s only dedicated queer health care clinic is closing
- $248 million draft of Senate capital budget would shore up schools and state facilities
- Alaska House rejects Senate effort to impose corporate taxes on Hilcorp
- Alaska House passes budget with $1,500 Permanent Fund dividend and boosts to education funding
- After last year’s historic tsunami, some cruise lines say they’ll avoid Tracy Arm this year
- Gov. Dunleavy signs closely watched $450 million fast-track budget bill
- Bishop taps Greta Schuerch as running mate in crowded governor’s race
- Alaska Airlines increases baggage fees
- Alaska Senate leaders still aiming for $1,000 dividend despite high oil prices
NPR National News
- House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.
- Top five takeaways from Homeland Security budget hearings
- These musicians are providing the soundtrack for anti-ICE protests in LA
- Trump nominates former Coast Guard doctor as CDC chief
- Minnesota has charged an ICE officer with assault for alleged actions during immigration surge
- The transformation of Terrace Martin
- A jury declared Live Nation a monopoly. But ticket prices won't drop just yet
- Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka
- A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars
- Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war amid tensions with Trump