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Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center has a solution for the island’s housing shortage – building its own apartment complex for new employees. The new units are on the edge of Providence’s campus, just a short walk from the rest of the company’s facilities. The building has been under construction for the last two years, but it’s finally ready to open.  …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Administrator Isabella Guzmán of the Small Business Administration was in Nome. A fire broke out early Wednesday morning aboard an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry traveling through the Wrangell Narrows. And the Dillingham City School District wants to start growing its own greens. The M/V Columbia in Wrangell on August 23, 2023.(Sage …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The US Attorney General is meeting with Tribal leaders in Alaska. A new report says visitors to Alaska’s national parks and preserves spent more than a billion dollars in nearby communities last year. And The aviation company RyanAir celebrated its 70th birthday last week. Tourists at Glacier Bay National Park.

Kodiak Electric Association experienced a major power outage yesterday that affected the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, the Coast Guard Base, Bell’s Flats, and out the road system to Chiniak and Pasagshak.  The outage occurred at about 2:00 PM. The airport and Coast Guard Base lost connection to the cooperative’s power grid, however power returned an hour and a half …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new round of federal grants will help two tribes and two museums in the state bring some culturally important items home. Petersburg’s Kyle Knight reached the summit of the Devils Thumb after a lifetime of watching the mountain.  And the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health traveled throughout Alaska last week. This …

Alaska’s senators brought Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas to Kodiak this week. Boozman is the ranking member of the Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee and is on a tour to see what farming looks like around the country.  One of their first stops was the Kodiak Harvest Foods Co-op. They asked staff and volunteers some questions about how the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the ferry system during a stop in Juneau. Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman says that the Legislature will not allow the earnings reserve of the Alaska Permanent Fund to run dry. And Bristol Bay welcomed two Alaskan medical students this summer. State Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, …

This week the Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines features Jamie Diep’s story on the latest mariculture meet up, courtesy of KBBI, a report on the sudden drop in salmon prices by KFSK’s Hannah Flor, and voracious young black cod could be a challenge for salmon hatcheries, according to Thomas Copeland, also of KFSK. Sablefish swimming just above the …