Researchers are monitoring a bloom of phytoplankton near one of Kodiak Island’s beaches that is known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP. PSP can be dangerous and even fatal.
Midday Report
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: One person has died and another is at a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday. Anchorage police officers have been involved in a spate of shootings. And Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republican senators to vote yesterday to advance a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law.
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
- Are you a Gen Z-er trying to buy a house in Alaska? We want to hear from you.
- Last year’s record outburst flood took Juneau by surprise. As Suicide Basin refills, scientists are working to improve their forecasts.
- Juneau’s hospital hears from the community as budget crisis threatens service cuts
- Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly swiftly kills proposed tobacco tax
- Lawmaker-approved Alaska Long Trail projects, all in Anchorage, await governor’s verdict
- Oil industry employee dies in workplace incident at Prudhoe Bay
- Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 6, 2024
- How much fish do Alaskans eat? Enough to require new water pollution rules, EPA says
- Michigan man is accused of burglarizing cars and stealing a SUV at Anchorage’s airport
- In Alaska, top cybersecurity official says state’s remoteness makes it vulnerable but touts resiliency
NPR National News
- Homes have popped up on the National Mall - showing they can be built fast and cheap
- 'Becoming Karl Lagerfeld' is the smart, dishy backstory of a style icon
- 'Washington Post' CEO tried to kill a story about himself. It wasn’t the first time
- Would President Biden’s asylum restrictions work? It’s a short-term fix, analysts say
- Safety investigators want more technology to prevent close calls on runways
- QUIZ: Parents, how much do you know about water safety for kids?
- An equestrian was crushed by her horse. How she's surviving with chronic pain
- Israel’s Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on July 24
- Federal aid for those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing set to expire
- The VA tells banks not to foreclose on veterans’ homes this year