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On Today’s Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: COVID Update for Kodiak Parents from State Doctors and School Superintendent, House Minority Caucus Absence Scuttles Session, Kenai Mayor Promotes Fringe COVID Treatments

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ferries to Sail After Shutdown, Alutiiq Museum Gets Repatriation Grant, Special Session Update

On Today’s Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: Bill in House Would Remake Decision Process for Ferry System, Prison Rumors Make Inmates Hesitate to Vaccinate, Legislator Tossed for Face Mask Message

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Proposed Bill Would Relax Conflict Rules for Board of Fish, Proposed Salmon Stamp Would Fund Crumbling Infrastructure, City of Homer Opposes New Rules by State and Fed

On Today’s Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: Kodiak Representative Louise Stutes is Elected Speaker, Kodiak Emergency Operations Director Announces Green Risk Level

Both of Kodiak’s state-level representatives, Sen. Gary Stevens and Rep. Louise Stutes were guests on today’s edition of The Lowdown. Stevens and Stutes talked about measures passed by the Legislature last week that are heading to Gov. Mike Dunleavy for approval. “It helps evictions and foreclosures for Alaska’s experiencing financial hardships that are specifically related to COVID-19,” Stutes said. “It …

At last week’s Board of Fisheries meeting, board members rebuked a letter that Rep. Louise Stutes submitted expressing concern about meeting procedure. Rep. Louise Stutes at the Kodiak Legislative Information Office. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Stutes claimed there was “strong public perception” that board members had predetermined some of their decisions on allocation issues and other fisheries proposals. Some of …

State House Representative Louise Stutes last week proposed a bill that should make boat registration easier on commercial fishermen if it passes. HB 185 would exempt vessels with a current state Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) sticker from being required to register their boats with the DMV. Kodiak’s harbor, January, 2020. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) “It was a double registration …

Representative Louise Stutes responded forcefully to a statement last week from Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner John MacKinnon, about ferry service being a “convenience.” The M/V Aurora normally services Prince William Sound, including the communities of Cordova, Valdez and Tatitlek. (Photo by Christoph Strässler/Wikimedia Commons) “To say that the loss of our ferry service is a convenience is …

More than 50 Kodiak residents gathered outside the Legislative Information Office on Thursday evening to protest Governor Mike Dunleavy’s budget line item vetoes. Some carried signs that read “save our state,” “45 override,” or “fund our future.” Both City Mayor Pat Branson and Borough Mayor Dan Rohrer were present to explain how the budget cuts would affect Kodiak and field …