NOAA's Alaska Navigation Manager said these surveys aim to make the waters around the archipelago safer.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's cooler May in Kodiak and Southcentral, local fourth graders released their salmon fry into Island Lake, how high fuel costs will impact Kodiak's salmon fishermen, the City of Kodiak is back pedaling on two proposed parks projects, the city has a new interim city manager after Chris Hladick left, an interview with gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich, and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is budgeting $13.8 million for KIBSD for the upcoming fiscal year.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Sun'aq Tribe researchers Matt Van Daele and Daniel Smith to discuss their work with invasive crayfish, gray whales, Aleutian terns, and more.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KTOO"s Alix Soliman reports on transboundary mines above salmon streams, plus the opening of the hatchery king salmon season in Juneau, Simon Lopez adds a story on continued low numbers of razor clams in Ninilchik and Clam Gulch, plus an audio postcard of kids releasing salmon fry, courtesy of KMXT's Katherine Irving.
Alaska News
- Alaska decline in childhood well-being is a dire warning, advocate says
- Federal judge sides with state in Alaskans’ lawsuit over SNAP delays
- Alaska’s minimum wage will increase next month
- $25M gift to bolster rural- and Indigenous-focused medical training in Alaska
- Candidates decry high energy prices while in Juneau for Celebration
- Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues
- ANWR lease sale draws $3.7M in winning bids, but major oil and gas players stay home
- Alaska blood bank sees worst shortage in years
- Sullivan votes against Trump’s ballroom and compensation fund
- Glenfarne releases Alaska LNG cost estimates, as skeptical legislators press for details
NPR National News
- Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of West Bank Palestinians
- Police blast water cannons at protesters amid unrest over stabbing in Belfast
- Knicks rally from 29 points down and beat Spurs for 3-1 NBA Finals lead
- FBI seizing evidence at California plant where chemical tank overheated
- U.S. launches a second day of strikes on Iran and Iran fires back at Gulf States
- Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home
- Veterans and relatives see no place for Trump's arch near Arlington National Cemetery
- Report: ICE wasted millions, endangered detainees in largest immigration facility
- The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters
- Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction