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The U.S. Coast Guard is expanding its fleet of icebreakers and could be homeporting one of the vessels in Alaska. Icebreakers are built with thicker hulls and used to navigate the world’s icy, northernmost waters. USCG Polar Sea, a decommissioned heavy icebreaker. (US Coast Guard) The U.S. Senate voted Thursday evening to authorize the National Defense Authorization Act for the …

On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding an Indigenous language film fest in February. And a geothermal energy project in Unalaska is taking another step forward in development. The 6,000-foot Makushin volcano’s molten magma could provide a fuel source for the Unalaska, a city of 4,500 people. (Givey Kochanowski/U.S. Department Of …

A highly contagious form of avian influenza was found in a Kodiak brown bear cub. It’s one of only four mammals in Alaska to contract the virus, and the first brown bear to be found with the disease. A deer hunter encountered the cub’s carcass Nov. 26 about half a mile from the road near the Pasagshak State Recreational Site …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:   A tanner season in Unalaska, story by Theo Greenly of KUCB, Robert Woolsey’s Sitka herring outlook, courtesy of KCAW, plus the state needs crab disaster docs, and the fed declines to take emergency action on Bristol Bay red king crab. Tanner crab

On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: A muskox attacked and killed a man near Nome on Tuesday. Respiratory viruses have been threatening to overwhelm hospital capacity in Alaska this winter. And lieutenant governor Nancy Dahlstrom says she is up to the challenge of overseeing Alaska’s elections. Musk ox

Courtesy of USCG/Petty Officer Ian Gray The United States Coast Guard rescued three men and a dog on Monday after their boat ran aground on Esther Island near Whittier. No injuries were reported; however, the status of the vessel is still unknown. According to a press release, the 45-foot F/V Privateer was hitting rocks near the island on Monday as …

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Patrick Saltonstall, Curator of Archaeology, and Nina Gronn, Gallery Manager, of the Alutiiq Museum about winter events, recent archaeological digs, and other exciting happenings. Listen here:

On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: Kindergarteners in Juneau have been learning the violin and an Alaska Native language at the same time. The Kenai Peninsula got nearly two feet of snow in some places this weekend. And a commercial building in Wasilla exploded Sunday afternoon, likely due to a natural gas leak. indergartners at Sítʼ Eetí Shaanáx̱ …