On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 100th anniversary of completion of the Alaska Railroad was celebrated in Nenana Saturday. The sockeye run at Redoubt Lake near Sitka is so big it could be too big. And the spendable portion of the Alaska Permanent Fund is dwindling and could be exhausted entirely within three years. President Warren G. …
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Boats in Sand Point leave the harbor at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday due to a tsunami warning, which was later canceled. (Theo Greenly/KUCB) A tsunami warning has been lifted for a swath of Alaska coastline after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit off the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday. The strong earthquake struck roughly 60 miles south of Sand Point shortly before 11 p.m. …
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Updated 12:30 a.m. The Kodiak Police Department sounded the all clear at 12:30 a.m., after a tsunami warning was initially issued by NOAA’s Tsunami Warning Center for communities across the Aleutian Chain, including Kodiak Island, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday evening. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory. Seismologists initially said the main quake was a 7.3 shake, it …
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A Piper Cherokee went down just a few minutes after takeoff from the Old Harbor air strip on July 2nd. Two passengers died, Rod Murdock of Kodiak, and Byron Chitwood, who was visiting from Texas. The pilot and two other passengers were injured. The plane was a chartered flight from Vertigo Air Taxi, which is based in Kodiak. Clint Johnson …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Nick Begich the third is taking another run at a seat in the U.S. House. Shishaldin volcano is on watch for an eruption on Unimak Island in the Eastern Aleutians. And Alaskans on the forefront of diversity initiatives have been assessing the impacts of the Supreme Court decision striking down Affirmative Action. …
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The last two years have been big for Kodiak Tanner crab fishermen. Processors offered a record of more than $8 per pound back in 2022. And this year’s harvest levels were the highest they’ve been since 1986, making it the largest crab fishery in the state. But all that attention has also renewed discussions about how to best manage – …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Operators of Alaska child care centers say they are having trouble finding staff to meet high demand. Anchorage continues to struggle with a policy on homeless camping. And looking at beach seaweed through a microscope. Photo by Alice BaileyBrian Ulaski and Jennifer Tusten collect cores from the wrack line at Camel Rock …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KOTZ’s Desiree Hagen reports on the Kotzebue Sound chum season, and Evan Erickson takes us to a meeting of the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group, courtesy of KYUK. Plus a glimmer of hope for Cook Inlet setnetters in the form of an experimental net. U.S. Fish and Wildlife …
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