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Midday Report August 17, 2023

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens to ferry captain Gabriel Baylous (off camera) explain the operations of the ferry Hubbard on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Lynn Canal, outside Juneau, Alaska. Listening at background is U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg traveled to Haines on Wednesday. A bus is roaming rural Alaska supporting people with brain injuries. And in Petersburg, a survey indicates that more than 300 houses may need to be built or renovated in the next decade.     U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens …

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Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex hosts tours for first time since pandemic

The Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape held an open house on Aug. 14. Tours included showing the public Alaska Aerospace’s laboratories and launch sites. A recent criticism of the company has been transparency. This was the first tour day at the the company’s campus since the pandemic. John Cramer, Alaska Aerospace’s interim CEO and president, said it’s just …

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Midday Report August 16, 2023

Suicide Basin, the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods, sits about two miles above the terminus of Mendenhall Glacier. (Anna Canny/KTOO)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough took legal action against a resident and his canal this summer. Scientists are trying to guess how much glacial flooding Juneau can expect in the future. And hibernation scientists are gathering in Fairbanks. Suicide Basin, the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods, sits about two miles above …

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Midday Report August 15, 2023

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Record-breaking rain this weekend in Sitka triggered their landslide warning system. Alaska is home to a large Hawaiian community, many of whom have links to Maui. And Alaska could see more renewable energy use in the future.    

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Midday Report August 14, 2023

Anchorage School District Security and Emergency Management Senior Director Ashley Lally stands in front of the safety vestibule and buzzer system at Taku Elementary School on Aug. 4, 2023. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Authorities have released the names of the two victims who are presumed to have died after their airplane crashed Wednesday in  Denali National Park.  A man from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor. And the Anchorage School District has installed security vestibules …

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