On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The eruption of a volcano this week on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has prompted some Alaska flight cancellations. Denali National Park will be radio-collaring grizzly bears this spring. And an advisory board has endorsed placement of a book on relationships and sexuality within the Ketchikan Public Library’s teen section. Shiveluch, one of …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Alyse Galvin has introduced a new bill to reimpose a state income tax, part of a broader proposal to address persistent state deficits. A labor department program to help immigrants gain employment in Alaska has been restarted, as hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here. And the City of Nome is …
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Dining options can be few and far between in small communities – particularly when they’re off the road system and supplies are difficult to source. But an eatery that opened in downtown Kodiak this winter is dishing up meals with a special connection to the island. On recent a snowy Wednesday morning, the kitchen at Nuniaq hadn’t opened for the …
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On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with Jackie Lindsey, Science Coordinator for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team at University of Washington, about marine bird monitoring and how the Kodiak community can become citizen scientists. Listen here: If you are interested in becoming part of the seabird survey team in Kodiak, come to the …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Three Wasilla overdose deaths in less than 24 hours last week were likely due to counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl. In the small Prince of Wales Island town of Whale Pass a nearly 300-acre timber sale proceeds despite local opposition. And a 22 year old Russian Mission man faces over 100 years in …
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The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is experiencing a power shuffle since current Borough Mayor Aimee Williams will become the borough manager next month. The Assembly discussed the procedure for finding a new mayor at its meeting last week, but were left with no clean options. “Vote here” sign placed outside the Kodiak Island Borough and City of Kodiak building. (Photo …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s panhandle may look unchanging, but the area is moving rapidly in a geologic sense. The Division of Forestry is cutting firebreaks in anticipation of fire season. A heavy masticator like this was among the pieces of heavy equipment used by state Forestry and a contractor to clear vegetation from the fuel …
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On today’s midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Conservation groups sue the EPA seeking rules for discharges from cruise ships and other vessels, Sen. Lisa Murkowski stops in Bethel, and fish processors are not buying Togiak herring this season.
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The Skipper Science Partnership connects scientists and fishers all over the state, but received radio silence from the Kodiak Archipelago last year. Now in its third year, the program has some incentives to hear from folks with firsthand knowledge of what’s happening in the water. The Skipper Science Partnership is a free program that allows fishers to sign up and …
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On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: Left-of-center candidates are leading in six out of seven Anchorage Assembly races. Anchorage Police officials say the timeline to put body cameras on officers has hit another delay. And a former Houston treasurer stole more than $1 million from the Mat-Su community and a Wasilla company where he later worked, according to federal …
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