On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Buddy Streeper won his tenth Open North American Championship sled dog race in Fairbanks yesterday. The Alaska Legislature plans to vote this afternoon on whether to override Governor Dunleavy’s veto of a bill to boost state funding for public schools. And Friday was the final day of the Arctic Winter Games. The …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Dunleavy has vetoed the Legislature’s school funding bill. Humpback whales are struggling after showing signs of recovery. And Sitka’s land trust has been awarded a federal grant to build housing. Courtesy J. Moore – HIHWNMS/ NOAA Permit # 15240
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On today’s Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: The Alaska Avalanche School is coming to Kodiak this week to teach a course about avalanche safety. Alaska Public Media and the Alaska Beacon report on Gov. Mike Dunleavy potentially vetoing the education funding bill the Legislature passed, today is the last day he can veto it. And Ouzinkie’s school is fully …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Boat wiring, with Art Schultz, plus in another blast from the past Dylan Simard reports on the suicide half dollar powered by saxitoxin. Saxitoxin dipped suicide silver dollar.
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On today’s Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: A recap of last week’s Pacific cod fishing closure in state-managed waters around Kodiak. KYUK reports on the USDA announcing which seafood companies it will buy salmon and pollock products from, totaling $125 million. Alaska Public Media has the details on the Alaska Legislature overturning eight of Gov. Dunleavy’s 12 executive orders, …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: Property assessments went out to Kodiak Island Borough residents, resulting in a packed Borough Assembly meeting last week. KUAC in Fairbanks reports on the status of federal fishery disaster funding coming to the state and funds yet to be distributed. KRBD in Ketchikan reports on Trident Seafoods announcing plans for three of …
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On today’s Midday Report with Davis Hovey: Alaska’s Pacific Spaceport Complex is preparing for its next launch and the customer has been performing hazardous operations testing which closed the road to Fossil Beach on Kodiak Island. The Alaska Supreme Court has weighed in on law enforcement using drones to survey Alaskans’ property from above. Updates from the Iditarod Trail Sled …
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On Today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Fishermen found a balloon-like object in the ocean that’s now in the hands of the U.S. Military. Operation Arctic Care is bringing no-cost medical services to the archipelago’s communities. A new poll shows most Alaskans favor increasing state education funding. Food from Takotna, a village with just 50 people, is a top …
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On Today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee is proposing changes to its bylaws. Alaska has the nation’s lowest percentage of high school seniors who subit to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The Alaska House passed a bill to lower necessary down payments to qualify for state home loans. The State …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua reports on cuts to the halibut quota, plus an evergreen piece on deadly algal blooms. A red tide off the coast of California. Algal blooms are especially common during the summer months, and are the cause of the state’s annual mussel quarantine. (Peter Franks/Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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