“Every single time that poor guy moved at all, it would just cut, it would just reopen wounds,” said Matt Van Daele, the Tribe's natural resources director. “I can’t even imagine how uncomfortable it must have been for him.”
Midday Report
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's remoteness from the rest of the country means a cyberattack on its infrastructure -- could cause big problems. The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. And the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is piloting a new approach to wildfire management aimed at limiting greenhouse gas releases.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey fills in for Jared Griffin and discusses the upcoming Port Tariff changes as proposed by the Ports and Harbors Advisory Board.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Andy Lusk of KUCB tells of Aleutian mayors and their appeal to the federal government for help during a fish market crisis, Katherine Rose reports on the Sitka Assembly backing halibut bycatch caps for KCAW, KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara on yet another lawsuit over the Cook Inlet EEZ, and rusting rivers are the focus of a story by KOTZ's Deseree Hagen.
Alaska News
- Anchorage Mayor-elect LaFrance announces chief of staff and municipal manager
- Drag story hour carries on in Seward despite a bomb threat and evacuation
- 18-year-old Mat-Su grad seeks seat on school board that silenced him
- 1 dead, 2 hurt in collision that caused hours-long Seward Highway closure
- Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 7, 2024
- Anchorage Assembly leaders aim to postpone police chief confirmation until Mayor LaFrance takes office
- A new lawsuit over Alaska’s Medicaid backlog asks a judge to order faster processing
- 8 young Alaskans reignite a court fight over climate change and fossil fuel development
- Hundreds of Indigenous dancers fill the streets in Juneau to kick off Celebration
- Are you a Gen Z-er trying to buy a house in Alaska? We want to hear from you.
NPR National News
- The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
- The U.N. Security Council endorses U.S. cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza
- 8 Tracks: There's something for everyone in this summer's dance music
- Tell us your favorite line from the Declaration of Independence
- Racist taunts against soccer star Vinícius Júnior land men 8 months in Spanish prison
- Blocked from asylum, migrants juggle their choices: try to cross again or give up
- Darkly romantic goth gardens are having a moment in the sun — here's how to grow one
- Advocacy group finds one-fifth of Latino voters leaning towards third-party presidential candidates
- For Father's Day, NPR wants to know about the dads who shaped you
- In 'Consent,' an author asks: 'Me too? Did I have the agency to consent?'