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The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley started the year by towing a fishing vessel in distress to Adak on Monday.  The crew of the Aleutian No. 1, a 127-foot boat, reported to Watchstanders on Dec. 28 that its propeller was stuck after getting caught on some fishing gear. That left the vessel adrift in the middle of the Bering Sea.  …

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Its the second equally shameless installment of the year in the rear view mirror.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage officials are puzzled by a bill sponsored by a Bethel Senator that would transfer its port to the state. A new program will help Alaska nonprofits with their heating and electricity bills. And months after being found stranded in Kenai, a young otter pup is thriving in captivity in another part …

Due to icy road conditions, Kodiak school buses will be running two-hours behind schedule this morning. All schools on the road system will begin two hours late today. This does not effect rural schools. Additionally, morning preschool classes are canceled today. In an automated phone call, the Kodiak Island Borough School District said the delay also applies to staff. Drive …

Trident Seafoods is moving forward with plans to replace its bunkhouse dock near its processing plant in Kodiak despite the company announcing it would sell the facility last month.  Alexis Telfer, Trident’s vice president of global communications, says the dock repair project has been in the works for a long time and they’re following through with the process.  “We demolished …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State economists are predicting modest job growth this year across Alaska. A drag queen story hour event planned for the Soldotna Public Library this weekend has been postponed following online uproar about the event. And a man dies while being taken into custody in Fairbanks. Online poster announcing the postponement of a …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Regina Griego, activist for juvenile justice reform and author of Sins of the System: Trauma, Guns, Tragedy, and the Betrayal of Our Children. You can learn more about Griego and her advocacy by visiting Transcending Futures. Listen to their conversation here:  

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cargo ship carrying lithium-ion batteries reported a cargo fire Thursday morning, and is currently anchored outside of Unalaska. Juneau’s only electric bus hasn’t hit the road in more than a year. And enough mushers have signed up to make the Yukon Quest a go. Capital Transit’s first electric bus has faced …