The Alaska Department of Education finished its headcount for school districts across the state last month. The village of Old Harbor listed ten more students this year than last year according to the Kodiak Island Borough School District. Dr. Cyndy Mika in her office, June 1, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT) “Last year we had about 29 students out there and this …
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Midday Report November 08, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Anchorage jury convicted a man Monday of murdering three people in a 2017 shooting at a Spenard gold business. At a recent fundraiser, the ACLU again called attention to the high death rate in Alaska prisons. And Ketchikan said goodbye this weekend to a beloved building. Military members and friends gather …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Economic Development Corporation
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:
Read More »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)
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