On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks ordained and installed its seventh bishop, Father Steven Maekawa, last week. Anchorage Mayor Bronson says they are ready for extreme snow this year. And mushers are signing up for the 45th Kuskokwim 300. Katie BasileMushers head down the chute at the start of the Kuskokwim 300. Jan. …
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Midday Report October 13, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Anchorage Assembly has approved a new, temporary homeless shelter for the winter. Unalaska may be getting its first legal cannabis dispensary. And the State DOT will spend millions making the route safer for 95 foot long, 80-ton double trailer rigs that will haul ore through Northwest Alaska. One of the 95-foot …
Read More »“Trusty Tusty” is offline for repairs for up to a week
The Tustumena, a ferry that shuttles passengers between communities like Homer, Kodiak, and Unalaska, is laid up in a shipyard in Seward for repairs. “(It’s) not something that we can fix while it’s in the water,” said Sam Dapcevich, a public information officer for the Alaska Marine Highway System. “So they’re going to haul it out in Seward and evaluate …
Read More »Midday Report October 12, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: El Nino conditions are forecast to persist through the winter. Rural Alaska could see drone deliveries in its future. And a humpback whale calf known as Tango that washed up dead near Auke Bay earlier this summer was killed by a large boat. An unmanned delivery drone in Alaska.
Read More »Borough, City municipal election results finalized
The Kodiak Island Borough finalized last week’s election results after a recount last night. After a tight race, Steven Ames will join the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. The borough clerk’s office initiated a recount, which put Ames ahead of candidate Monique Lewis by just 16 votes. Last week he held a lead of just eight votes. The three seats for …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 12 October 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK’s Evan Erickson reports on building a better bycatch map, chum salmon may be moving on up to the Arctic, story by Dan Bross of KUAC, and Shelby Herbert tells of a federal grant to make dirty diesels into clean hybrids. Plus, AFN speaks up about subsistence preference. Sabrina Garcia, …
Read More »Midday Report October 11, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The board governing Alaska high school sports voted Monday to ban trans girls from competing on high school sports teams that match their gender identity. Klukwan residents led a ceremony to honor the Chilkat watershed and the life it sustains. And the Presbyterian Church has committed to paying nearly $1 million in …
Read More »Annika Woods elected as one of the youngest Kodiak City Council members ever
Voters in Kodiak last week elected Annika Woods to be one of the Kodiak City Council’s newest and youngest members, at just 26 years old. It’s her first term as an elected official. Woods grew up in Kodiak and is now one of the youngest people to serve as an elected official on the island. She said that’s a big …
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