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Midday Report April 19, 2023

Kanesia McGlashan-Price and Marc Daniels next to the nigilax̂ frame at Mind’s Eye | Photo by Stephanie McGeary

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A thirty foot Unangax̂ open skin boat will be the first of its kind to touch water in over two centuries. The Chilkat River has been nominated by as one of ten most endangered rivers in the country. And the Alaska House approved an operating budget on Monday that includes a 2700-dollar …

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Midday Report April 18, 2023

Salmon Thirty Salmon is seen in southern California on Dec. 27, 2022. (Photo by Glenn Beltz/Flickr/Creative Commons)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: After some record-breaking winter snowfall, Alaska is now approaching the start of summer wildfire season. Two bills being considered by the legislature would allow school districts to opt into the state’s health care plan. And the world’s largest flying salmon took its final swim upstream today on Monday. Salmon Thirty Salmon is …

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City considers KEDC proposal for partnership, affordable housing development

Kodiak’s City Council is considering a request from the Kodiak Economic Development Corporation to join forces and jumpstart economic activity on the island. The corporation’s board members and staff pitched the idea at Thursday’s city council work session. The Kodiak Economic Development Corporation – also known as KEDC – was established back in March of 2020 as a way to …

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Midday Report April 17, 2023

Anchorage officials have repeatedly failed to establish new, low-barrier shelter space, and have repeatedly fallen back on using the Sullivan Arena as one since 2020. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Superior Court judge in Bethel has dismissed a lawsuit accusing state officials of mismanaging Yukon River and Kuskokwim River salmon fisheries. Anchorage’s homelessness experts expect the number of people sleeping outdoors to swell from about 300 now to as many as 800 as the city’s three winter shelters close. And the …

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Borough starts budget talks for next fiscal year

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly discussed the budget for the 2024 fiscal year at its work session last night.  Next year’s budget is just shy of $7.7 million, nearly $700,000 more than last year. The current plan for the budget however does not include an increase for education funds. The Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT) The biggest …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 13 April 2023

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux reports for KDLL that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has decided not to pick a poison in the Upper Cook Inlet. Tribal organizations are suing the federal government over management of salmon in the Yukon/Kuskokwim as reported by KNBA’s Rhonda McBride. And Kavitha George of AKPM tells …

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Midday Report April 13, 2023

Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes,

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The eruption of a volcano this week on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has prompted some Alaska flight cancellations. Denali National Park will be radio-collaring grizzly bears this spring. And an advisory board has endorsed placement of a book on relationships and sexuality within the Ketchikan Public Library’s teen section.   Shiveluch, one of …

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Midday Report April 12, 2023

Front Street in Nome, in March 2017. (David Dodman/KNOM)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Alyse Galvin has introduced a new bill to reimpose a state income tax, part of a broader proposal to address persistent state deficits. A labor department program to help immigrants gain employment in Alaska has been restarted, as hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here. And the City of Nome is …

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Kodiak’s newest downtown eatery dishes up meals with inspiration from Old Harbor

Dining options can be few and far between in small communities – particularly when they’re off the road system and supplies are difficult to source. But an eatery that opened in downtown Kodiak this winter is dishing up meals with a special connection to the island.  On recent a snowy Wednesday morning, the kitchen at Nuniaq hadn’t opened for the …

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