On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: AI will be used to track humpback whales. Razor clam populations on the east side of Cook Inlet continue to struggle. And A Maine company developing tidal power in Cook Inlet is eying a second site.
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A female Yu’pik pilot is well received in the northern skies. A lawsuit asserts the state is failing foster care children. And a Sitka man is behind the saxophone sounds of Squidward Tentacles:
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Fifty new Coast Guard housing units are coming to Kodiak. That’s according to Perini Management Services – a Massachusetts-based construction firm that announced this week it had been awarded a nearly $85 million contract for the project. The build-out is expected to be completed in 2025. The development is slated for Nemetz Park – which is located about 3 miles …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coast Guard medevaced a passenger from the Kennecott enroute to Chignik on Wednesday. The Special Olympics torch run will be held on Saturday. And Alaskans are helping Ukrainians to relocate here.
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Listen to this story; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s marine mammal stranding hotline received a call on Sunday afternoon about a gray whale carcass. It was spotted by a passerby near Surfer’s beach, at the southern end of the Kodiak road system. The NOAA office then called Matt Van Daele, the natural resources director for the Sun’aq Tribe of …
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On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Izzy Ross reports on permanent protections for Bristol Bay, Anna Rose MacArthur on the Donlin Mine water quality certificate, and Miriam Trujillo on robotic sea gliders! Permanent Protections for Bristol Bay Izzy Ross, KDLG A coalition of Pebble Mine opponents traveled to Washington, D.C. last week (5/09-13). Their …
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Listen to the story: A new, 6-week unit piloted in Kodiak High School biology teacher’s Sarah Nugent’s classes this semester focused solely on Kodiak brown bears. Two of Nugent’s classes – about 40 students – participated in the course, which ran throughout April and into May. Each week, a bear expert presented to the class as part of the program; …
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Listen to this story; Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center administrator Karl Hertz says lately, it’s been hard to attract new employees to the island. Last year, he says nine new hires withdrew after they were unable to find somewhere to live. Hertz says he had trouble himself when he first came to Kodiak. “When I moved in January, a couple …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Melting snow up north is revealing the carcasses of animals that died over the winter. The first cruise ships of the season are arriving, but some locals are nervous about the COVID they might carry with them. And Kirsten Dobroth talks to a local therapist about mental health awareness.
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Listen to this story: May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.; this May also marks just over two years since the pandemic upended life for people across the country. Heidi Barrett-McNerney is a licensed clinical social worker and a behavioral health therapist at the Kodiak Community Health Center. She said local therapists are still seeing a pandemic ripple …
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