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On this week’s episode of Talk of Rock, host Jared Griffin caps off World Dementia Month as he speaks with author and lyricist John Campbell about his book Beyond the Fading Memories: Guiding Words for Dementia Caregivers, and his song based off the book, “Beyond Fading Memories.” Listen here:  

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Garage and estate sale season is still in full swing. Fatal crashes have been notably high on Kenai Peninsula highways this fall. And a lack of affordable housing continues to plague Alaska. Rhonda Johnson works with owner-builders in RurAL Cap’s mutual self-help housing program at a site in Soldotna on Aug. 31, …

Tension was high as fishers were eager to share their questions, stories, and even demands for controlling bycatch, which is the incidental harvest of a non-targeted species.   Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang said the goal is to hear fishers’ ideas about what regulations could help curb bycatch.  “People are passionate about bycatch, they want tools to address bycatch,” he …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Affected communities look back on Typhoon Merbok after one year. The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the federal government over a new marine highway in Alaska. And a large part of the Denali Park Road is closed this week so scientists can collar bears. Biologist Pat Owen and helicopter pilot …

Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op, a locally owned grocery store, raised $770 for the Kodiak Middle School’s agriculture program, according to a press release from their board of directors. The co-op raised the money through a silent dessert auction held during the co-op’s annual meeting.  KHFC project director Rob Stauffer presents KMS STEAM teacher Amanda Johnson with the donation. (Courtesy of …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An event billed as the only Indigenous music festival in the country begins today in Juneau. The City of Nome is planning to build a demonstration home using a robot that prints concrete. And two bears climbed into a Krispy Kreme delivery van in Anchorage and ate the doughnuts. This Tuesday, Sept. …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: At least a dozen school districts across Alaska received bomb threats by email Tuesday. Repairs are complete to a severed fiber optic cable affecting internet and cellular services to much of Northern and Western Alaska. And the opioid overdose treatment Narcan became available over the counter in pharmacies throughout Alaska last week. …

Karluk, a remote village of just 24 residents, will have a school for the first time in five years starting next month.  The village, then, had 24 year-round residents – just two of whom are kids. But schools need at least 10 students to qualify for state funding. In an effort to reopen the school, the Karluk Tribal Council posted …

On this week’s episode, host Jared Griffin talks with Michele Whetzel, nonprofit consultant and bestselling author of So You Want to Start a Nonprofit, Now What? Whetzel has worked in the nonprofit arena for more than 20 years, and has used this expertise to help startup and small nonprofits launch and find that path to success. Whetzel has started up …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of sailors from Estonia anchored near Kotzebue last week, after traveling the Northwest Passage. Proxy hunting helps the elderly or disabled enjoy the moose harvest in Alaska. And the Kenai Watershed Forum is looking for unknown salmon streams. The Estonian sailboat, Admiral Bellingshausen, near iceberg. Photo by CJ Kask.