On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two vessels have now sunk in the same spot in the Kuskokwim River. An Anchorage man has been indicted for the murder of his father, a former state legislator. And a Petersburg workshop shows dog owners how to release their pets from snares and traps.
Read More »New climate change study on Arctic warming outlines future uncertainties for Alaskan fisheries
A report published earlier this month in the journal Communications Earth & Environment outlines that the Arctic – including parts of Alaska – is warming four times faster than the rest of the world due to climate change. Researchers had previously believed the Arctic was warming twice as fast as other parts of the globe. Mike Litzow is the Director of the …
Read More »Midday Report August 30, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The water treatment building in the village of Nunapitchuk is sinking. Metlakatla carver Wayne Hewson has died. And a Fairbanks recreation site reopens, with changes to discourage crime.
Read More »Saturday’s run and walk celebrating Sawyer Cipolla draws hundreds
More than 200 people – including kids, members of local law enforcement and even a few dogs – gathered at the Kodiak Public Library on Saturday morning for the Run, Learn & Play 6k Run and 1 Mile Walk. It was the first morning it wasn’t raining in more than a week. And just as slivers of blue sky opened …
Read More »Midday Report August 29, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Soldotna City Council continues to hear public comment about a drag show held in a park. Senator Murkowski is calling for the federal government to clean up contaminated lands conveyed to Alaska Natives. And Kenai Peninsula Mayor Charlie Pierce is quitting to focus on gubernatorial run.
Read More »Sen. Sullivan announces legislation targeting illegal foreign fishing operations during Kodiak visit
Sen. Dan Sullivan is introducing legislation that goes after illegal Chinese fishing operations. Sullivan announced the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act – also known as the FISH Act – on a visit to Kodiak Thursday. Sullivan says Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, helped author the bill. “This is a very bipartisan bill, and a very needed bill,” …
Read More »Midday Report August 25, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Overescapement of sockeye on the Kasilof River may mean skimpier runs later. Managers decline to reopen subsistence coho fishing on the Yukon River. And looming landslides cause Skagway to close a cruise ship dock, with a resulting loss in business.
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report August 25, 2022
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth reporting on NOAA’s new strategic plan for Alaska mariculture, Katherine Moncure of KDLG with a story on the Alaska Salmon Program, and Anna Rose MacArthur of KYUK on closed coho in the Kuskokwim.
Read More »Kodiak Island Borough School District welcomes a group of teachers from the Philippines as staffing struggles persist
Kodiak High School. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Listen to this story; The first day of school for Kodiak students is next week. And teachers in the Kodiak Island Borough School District are busily preparing for the upcoming year – including a group of newly arrived teachers from the Philippines. Nori De Asis has wanted to be a teacher …
Read More »Midday Report August 24, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two harbor seal pups graduate “fish school” at Seward’s SeaLife Center. Tara Sweeney has dropped out of the race for US House. And researchers are studying deep sea life in the Bering Sea.
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