This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK’s Evan Erickson reports on building a better bycatch map, chum salmon may be moving on up to the Arctic, story by Dan Bross of KUAC, and Shelby Herbert tells of a federal grant to make dirty diesels into clean hybrids. Plus, AFN speaks up about subsistence preference. Sabrina Garcia, …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The board governing Alaska high school sports voted Monday to ban trans girls from competing on high school sports teams that match their gender identity. Klukwan residents led a ceremony to honor the Chilkat watershed and the life it sustains. And the Presbyterian Church has committed to paying nearly $1 million in …
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Voters in Kodiak last week elected Annika Woods to be one of the Kodiak City Council’s newest and youngest members, at just 26 years old. It’s her first term as an elected official. Woods grew up in Kodiak and is now one of the youngest people to serve as an elected official on the island. She said that’s a big …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly may finalize a revision to its code that regulates the operation of gravel pits, a years-in-the-making vote. Yesterday was Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska. And the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program gets a preferential hiring deal. Riley Board/KDLLA gravel pit located in Kenai. Ileen Sylvester addresses …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been raging for just about a year and a half, and travel to the country has been restricted. But one Kodiak resident has made his way there, twice. Thor Johnson is back on the island after helping troops fighting a real war, the one in Ukraine. He said on his first trip to the …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Time is running out to vote for Fat Bear Week. Homeschool parents and community members gathered in Soldotna to share their grievances and suggest improvements to homeschooling options. And a controversial new intervention program intended to raise the reading scores of Alaska students in grades K-3 has produced some startling results. …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage police say they will begin outfitting officers with body cameras in mid November. Anchorage is poised to open up more shelter beds than there are people living outdoors in the city. And an article about salt and sex by Alaska writer Amy Loeffler is featured in a prestigious national anthology. Science …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public media’s Kavitha George reports on Yukon youth without salmon, and CoastAlaska’s Angela Denning on selecting hatchery chinook salmon to preserve wild stocks. Kenzie Englishoe stands by an idle fish wheel once used by her community in Gwichyaa Zhee on Aug. 31, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
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