On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Challenges continue over books on shelves in the Ketchikan Public Library. The Legislature will consider bills that would seek to expand capacity for renewable energy. And taprooms can now stay open one hour longer! A new solar farm located in Houston, Alaska.
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Coast Guard tows boat stranded in the Bering Sea over a hundred miles to port
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. …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 04 January 2024
This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Its the second equally shameless installment of the year in the rear view mirror.
Read More »Midday Report – January 04, 2024
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 …
Read More »Kodiak schools delayed two-hours due to icy road conditions
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 …
Read More »Trident to continue renovating Kodiak facility after listing it for sale last month
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 …
Read More »Midday Report – January 03, 2024
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 …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Juvenile Justice with Regina Griego
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:
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