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One of Alaska’s legislators is seeking to update the minimum threshold for paying construction workers who work on state projects.  The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted to support the legislation, but shared uncertainty about how or if this would benefit the island’s workforce. The Little Davis-Bacon Act is a set of laws that establishes a minimum wage for construction workers …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A weeks-long interruption affected incoming calls for an unknown number of GCI mobile customers across Alaska. One People Canoe Society instructors taught Wrangell residents how to make traditional Tlingit paddles. And one Alaska city prepares for a potential measles outbreak. Doug Chilton instructs Wrangell residents on how to make a paddle on …

Kodiak’s Harbormaster has proposed updating local rates and fees for vessel moorage, petroleum products and dry storage, among other things. The tariff rates currently in place were adopted in 2020. The city’s Port and Harbors Advisory Board gave its approval for this year’s tariff changes last month on April 12, and is waiting for the City Council to make the …

Three military planes were potentially damaged, after the fire suppression system went off in a Coast Guard hangar in Kodiak on April 17.  Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Shannon Kearny said three HC-130 aircraft were exposed to high-expansion fire-fighting foam. “Upon realizing no fires were present, personnel deactivated the suppression system,” she said. “The system discharged for approximately 20 seconds …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL’s Riley Board reports on the federal disaster declaration for setnetters on the east side of Upper Cook Inlet and on the final rule for federal management of salmon fisheries in the Upper Cook’s EEZ. Crab fishermen were charged in federal court for illegal transport of crab, as reported by …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State Senators are pitching a new package of crime bills dealing with a wide range of issues, from drugs to child abuse to grand jury proceedings. The number of refugees settling in Alaska has sharply increased in recent years. And the annual spring bowhead whale hunt is in full swing along Alaska’s …

As Kodiak Electric Association’s revenue from the local commercial fish processors dwindles, the utility is exploring alternative funding streams. One involves green power markets and selling what are called Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs. The Kodiak Electric Association’s Board of Directors on March 28, approved a five year contract with Greenlight Energy Group, a New York-based company, to sell local …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brian Venua talks to the Kodiak Island Borough’s associate planner, Joe Grochmal, and director of community development, Christopher French, about the efforts to create a new Hazard Mitigation Plan. Listen here: