On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: While the search continued out the road on Thanksgiving Day, many Wrangell residents gathered at the local community center. The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced final action on a state plan to improve Fairbanks North Pole area wintertime air quality. And Alaska’s Minimum Wage will rise, but Minimum Salary probably matters …
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Kodiak Community Health Clinic celebrates 20 years serving the island
The Kodiak Community Health Clinic is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. The clinic is right near the front of the Providence Hospital’s main building and was developed to help people who don’t have insurance or are low income. Some folks have sent the clinic flowers for the clinic’s two decades serving Kodiak. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Carol Austerman has been the …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 23 November 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Brian Venua on the upcoming Kodiak tanner crab season, Sitkans gird themselves to battle green crabs as reported by KCAW’s Meredith Redick, and KDLL’s Hunter Morrison reports on pesky northern pike. Northern Pike in Andreafsky river. Photo: USFWS
Read More »Midday Report November 22, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to give $150 Million to Alaska Tribes for clean energy, and climate change resilience projects. Three are dead and three people are still missing after a large landslide outside of Wrangell Monday night. And many Alaskans commute to work via aircraft, making coldwater aircraft crash …
Read More »Midday Report November 21, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An unknown number of people are missing after a “massive” landslide in Wrangell. A lawsuit filed Friday accuses the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District of violating six students’ constitutional rights by removing books from school library shelves. And an emergency subsistence hunt held in Kake at the start of the COVID pandemic has …
Read More »Boat pulled from water after sinking while docked in St. Herman Harbor
The Ohana, a landing craft-style boat, was pulled out of the water near downtown Kodiak on Monday after residents reported seeing a sunken vessel in the Near Island channel. Eyewitnesses saw several pieces of heavy equipment used to pull the boat out of the water. (Terry Haines/KMXT) A representative for the city’s harbor department said in a call that the …
Read More »Midday Report November 20, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Recent overdoses overshadowed Covenant House Alaska’s annual candlelight vigil. Sitka’s Assembly has voted to return excess sales tax revenues as energy credits. And the state will step in to stabilize barley prices in Delta Junction. Wrigley Barley Field with Mt. Hayes Looming. Photograph courtesy of Alaska Flour Company
Read More »KANA to receive over a million dollars for solid waste systems in villages
Over $22 million in federal funding is coming to Alaska for waste and recycling infrastructure. That’s according to a joint press release today (Fri, Nov. 17) from Alaska senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. The money is split between 17 municipal and tribal entities. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough will receive over $3.5 million – the biggest chunk of funds by far. …
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