On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Alaska’s Legislature reaches a budget deal, Alaskans’ death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation, and whales are thriving in Sitka.
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More marine debris cleanup projects coming to Alaska through federal infrastructure law
Plastic, wood, fishing nets and buoys are just some of the waste that washes up on even the most remote parts of Alaska’s coastline. Now, programs aimed at cleaning up that marine debris are getting a funding boost from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – thanks to an influx of grant money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and some …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 18 May 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey’s spotlight on three Sitka salmon trollers facing a court ordered closure. Sitka troller Eric Jordan (Sitka Conservation Society/Bethany Goodrich)
Read More »Midday Report May 18, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Legislature adjourned late Wednesday evening without passing a budget to fund the government. An estimated 150-mile-long run of broken ice running downriver jammed upstream of Ruby yesterday, but did not threaten any communities. And First Lady Jill Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited Bethel yesterday. House Majority Leader Rep. …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Crabfest with the Chamber
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s outgoing executive director, Jena Lowmaster, and incoming executive director, Ellen Simeonoff, about running the Chamber, small business support, and, of course, putting together Kodiak’s largest Crabfest ever. Listen here:
Read More »Midday Report May 17, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Senate failed to pass a budget yesterday, leaving a narrow window of time for a last-minute deal. Communities across Interior and Southwest Alaska are dealing with the effects of severe flooding. And the Wrangell School District wants to buy an old bus so they can throw it away. Wrangell may have …
Read More »State files charges against vessel for illegal bottom trawling near Kodiak
The State of Alaska has filed criminal misdemeanor charges against a vessel operator caught illegally trawling near the south end of Kodiak Island, according to a press release filed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement tipped the Coast Guard and Alaska Wildlife Troopers that a ship was allegedly using non-pelagic, or …
Read More »New report details wide-ranging safety concerns at Valdez Marine Terminal, prompting calls for reform
The terminal of the Trans Alaska Pipeline system is at “risk of a serious accident or incident in the near future.” That’s a main takeaway of a sweeping 180-page report that was published in April, detailing wide-ranging safety concerns at the Valdez Marine Terminal, where North Slope crude is loaded onto ocean tankers. The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company says it’s …
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