On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak Economic Development Corporation leadership: Executive Director John Whiddon and Associate Director Melissa Schoenwether. Whiddon and Schoenwether discuss KEDC’s new opportunity for downtown businesses: the Storefront Improvement Program. Listen here:
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Midday Report November 07, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Six years after losing a lawsuit over its invocation policy, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering another change. Invasive species are more prevalent in Alaska than you might think. And For the first time in recent history, the Kuskokwim 300 has reached the 30 sled dog team threshold. Mushers head down …
Read More »Midday Report November 06, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An historic downtown Juneau building that hosted the first territorial Alaska Legislature is being demolished. Alaskans recently celebrated Dia de los Muertes. And Alaska’s Trust Land Office is planning to sell land to pay for mental health services throughout Alaska. Indra Arriago Delgado prepares her offrenda of loved ones that passed for …
Read More »Midday Report November 03, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska high school students are asking local school districts to refrain from banning books. Experiments at the HAARP facility in Gakona will produce an artificial glow in the sky. And a hearing for comments on the proposed Ambler Road drew mostly negative responses. High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program Site.
Read More »Midday Report November 02, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska State Troopers fatally shot an armed suspect in Healy yesterday after a high-speed chase up the Parks Highway. The Alaska Permanent Fund appears headed toward maintaining its current steady growth, rather than pursuing riskier, higher-return investments. And a partially submerged barge on the Kuskokwim has residents alarmed. A large sheen is seen …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 02 November 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough asks for a setnetter disaster designation, story from Riley Board of KDLL, young Native Alaskans practice fish preparation, from KFSK’s Rachel Cassandra, and ADF&G has released the commercial salmon report for 2023. Set-netters pick a sockeye out of the net in June, 2022. (Sabine Poux/KDLL)
Read More »Hundreds of kids wander Kodiak for Downtown Trick or Treat
Kodiak had a few events to celebrate Halloween but the centerpiece event was the downtown trick or treating held by the Chamber of Commerce. Hundreds of costumed children wandered downtown in the rain and wind to fill their buckets and bags for the holiday. Some of the kids wore rain and winter coats for the cold. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Beth Koehler …
Read More »Midday Report November 01, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: As the rivers in southwest Alaska freeze, the final fuel barges are sailing through tricky waters. Alaska’s state division of public assistance have worked through some of a large backlog in SNAP applications. And the state is suing a group of homeowners over easements near Campbell Lake in South Anchorage. Barges docked …
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