Karluk, a remote village of just 24 residents, will have a school for the first time in five years starting next month. The village, then, had 24 year-round residents – just two of whom are kids. But schools need at least 10 students to qualify for state funding. In an effort to reopen the school, the Karluk Tribal Council posted …
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Talk of the Rock: Non-profits with Michele Whetzel
On this week’s episode, host Jared Griffin talks with Michele Whetzel, nonprofit consultant and bestselling author of So You Want to Start a Nonprofit, Now What? Whetzel has worked in the nonprofit arena for more than 20 years, and has used this expertise to help startup and small nonprofits launch and find that path to success. Whetzel has started up …
Read More »Midday Report September 19, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of sailors from Estonia anchored near Kotzebue last week, after traveling the Northwest Passage. Proxy hunting helps the elderly or disabled enjoy the moose harvest in Alaska. And the Kenai Watershed Forum is looking for unknown salmon streams. The Estonian sailboat, Admiral Bellingshausen, near iceberg. Photo by CJ Kask.
Read More »Midday Report September 18, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: People packed into Bethel’s High School gym Saturday to mourn the passing of Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola. This year infants will have access to a new immunization against RSV. And a group of Sitkans is calling for a cap on the number of cruise passengers next year. Sitka’s Lincoln Street on June 21, …
Read More »‘We don’t know what it is’: Scientists baffled by golden orb found in Gulf of Alaska
The Okeanos Explorer, an exploratory vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, discovered an unidentifiable, golden orb deep in the Gulf of Alaska late last month. The orb ended up making national headlines for stumping the ship’s scientists. The attention came as a surprise, said expedition coordinator Sam Candio. “I’m not even sure that that was the most …
Read More »Midday Report September 15, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two new species may have been discovered in the Aleutians by a federal research vessel. Repair crews are struggling to fix an undersea fiber optic cable that serves most of Northwest Alaska. And recovery efforts for a small plane that crashed in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park last month have been called off. …
Read More »Midday Report September 14, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola is remembered. A Mat-Su board will consider banning school library books. And Sitka is getting a community garden…eventually. Members of the Mat-Su citizens library advisory committee at a meeting on Aug. 10, 2023 (Screenshot of Radio Free Palmer YouTube)
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 14 September 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Anna Canny reports on salmon suffocation for KTOO, Cross-border salmon cooperation as told by Alaska Public Media’s Kavitha George, and the National Marine Fisheries Service has closed its comment period for MSA guidelines. Chum salmon migration. (USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)
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