The Coast Guard has a major presence on the island with over 500 enlisted personnel, and that doesn’t even include their families. Coast Guard members can transfer pretty much any time of year, but the biggest shifts in personnel happen between May and August.
Midday Report
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cyclist from Homer came out on top at the U.S Professional Road Race Championship last Sunday. Suzanne LaFrance has declared victory in Anchorage’s mayoral race. And Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman talks about the state operating budget.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Mary Forbes, president of the Kodiak Public Broadcasting Corporation's Board of Directors, and Patricia Ossowski, chair of the Community Advisory Board, about what it's like to serve on a nonprofit board.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL's Riley Board reports on higher reimbursements for Fisherman's Fund, thanks to new legislation, KSTK's Collette Czarnecki on the closing of the chinook subsistence fishery on the Stikine River, the Alaska Beacon on a state seafood task force, Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra on fish making the WIC-list, plus a Climate Scenarios Workshop is coming to Kodiak.
Alaska News
- Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Peltola sponsors a bill to limit salmon bycatch. The pollock industry calls it ‘unworkable.’
- With a Railbelt natural gas crunch looming, the legislative session had a special focus on energy bills
- Coast Guard says a wave likely overwhelmed charter boat near Sitka last year, killing 5
- Meet Scott Kendall, father of Alaska’s ranked choice voting and lightning rod for the right
- Anchorage Assembly passes new rules for homeless camps
- Alaska commercial fishers will only pay to register vessels once under pending bill
- Anchorage green spaces trashed and damaged as homelessness crisis continues
- Elim, Unalakleet claim feds sidestepped tribal consent in broadband project
- Billions from Russia’s frozen assets will go to help Ukraine’s military, the EU says
NPR National News
- Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump
- After years in decline, U.S. drowning deaths are rising again
- A Michigan farmworker is diagnosed with bird flu in 2nd U.S. case tied to dairy cows
- In new lawsuit, model is latest to accuse Sean Combs of sexual assault
- Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds
- The MacArthur Foundation wants bold solutions to big problems — the prize is $100M
- Maggie Rogers takes a nostalgic Southwest road trip with 'Don't Forget Me'
- Billions from Russia's frozen assets will go to help Ukraine's military, the EU says
- COMIC: How to have a healthy relationship with guilt
- Plastic junk? Researchers find tiny particles in men's testicles