On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Governor has signed a bill transferring management of the Power Cost Equalization Endowment to the Permanent Fund team. Dillingham has a town hall on opioid overdose prevention and mental health resources. And a program for teen students immerses them in STEM subjects. Unalakleet, one of the communities in Alaska eligible for power …
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On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Its all Robert Woolsey this week, as KCAW’s ever-intrepid-one first celebrates troll history, then reports on its newly brighter future.
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Some Alaska lawmakers are still hoping for enough support to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of public school funding. A new Anchorage-based airline hopes to bring hundreds of jobs and a boost in tourism to Alaska. And Alaska schools will soon learn how much money they will receive from the federal government …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ukrainian refugees find a home in Juneau, with the help of some locals. Fish and Game shot over 100 predators to benefit the Mulchatna Caribou herd, but predators might not be the problem. And A man accused of sexually assaulting two Soldotna women after breaking into their homes was caught in Western …
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The city of Kodiak is moving forward with the permitting phase of a replacement for St. Herman Harbor. City council members discussed the details at a work session Tuesday night, but not everyone was on board with what comes next. Kodiak Harbormaster Dave Johnson asked council members at Tuesday’s work session to greenlight a contract with Anchorage-based PND Engineers to …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Educators react to Governor Dunleavy’s funding vetos. Ketchikan summer campers are spending time each week learning about Filipino culture. And the decades-long saga over the King Cove road continues. Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a 2022 candidate forum in Anchorage. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media)
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Scientists are collecting data in Unalaska to assess the level of contamination left over from WW II. Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed more than $200 million from the state budget yesterday, including big cuts to school funding. And Petersburg has been weathering a surge of COVID cases. Theo Greenly/KUCBMilitary sites, ranging from abandoned …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two bills to advance renewable energy in Alaska may have a good chance of becoming law in 2024. A homelessness advocate with a checkered past was shot to death in Anchorage on Thursday. And as winters become milder, more ticks are able to survive further and further north. Tick stages. Photo courtesy …
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The waters in and around the Buskin River will close this weekend to sport, commercial and subsistence sockeye fishing. The closure takes effect on Saturday, June 17 at 12:01 a.m. A fisherman at the mouth of the Buskin River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Wednesday, June 14 citing low numbers of sockeye …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe volcano is coming under closer scrutiny this summer, after an earthquake “swarm.” Senator Sullivan wants to close a Russian seafood loophole. And many municipalities and schools in Alaska are facing record high property insurance rates for the year ahead. View inside Mt. Edgecumbe crater. Taken by Max Kaufman (AVO/UAFGI) …
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