The Skipper Science Partnership connects scientists and fishers all over the state, but received radio silence from the Kodiak Archipelago last year. Now in its third year, the program has some incentives to hear from folks with firsthand knowledge of what’s happening in the water. The Skipper Science Partnership is a free program that allows fishers to sign up and …
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Midday Report April 6, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: Left-of-center candidates are leading in six out of seven Anchorage Assembly races. Anchorage Police officials say the timeline to put body cameras on officers has hit another delay. And a former Houston treasurer stole more than $1 million from the Mat-Su community and a Wasilla company where he later worked, according to federal …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 30 March, 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report: I make use of Yereth Rosen’s wasted sea star story from the Alaska Beacon…and expand it! Sunflower sea star
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 6 April 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux reports about Skipper Science for KDLL, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose about herring-on-hemlock in Sitka. Herring-On-Hemlock
Read More »Midday Report April 5, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: The treeline is moving north. A federal judge has ruled that ConocoPhillips can move ahead with the Willow Project. And Representative Peltola shys away from stands on gun safety measures and former President Trump’s guilt. The East Fork Toklat River, where the white spruce are marching northward. Photo by Kirk Stueve
Read More »Midday Report April 4, 2023
Today on the midday report with host Brian Venua: East Elementary library deemed safe after fume scare, students and teachers speak against a bill regarding sex education, marine debris efforts statewide, the environmental impact of cruises, the Anchorage Animal Shelter has paused accepting new animals, and a federal judge ruled ConocoPhillips can begin construction on the Willow Project. Nelson Merrell, …
Read More »State of Alaska receives $38 million federal grant for climate related housing disaster recovery
The state of Alaska recently received $38 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development with the aim to ease the burden of climate change. Margaret Salazar, inside a recent build from the Kodiak Island Housing Association, Emerald Heights. March 31, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Margaret Salazar is HUD’s Northwest Regional Administrator. She oversees HUD’s programs around Alaska, Oregon, Washington, …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Jock of the Rock spring edition
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Derek Clarkston, sports reporter for the Kodiak Daily Mirror, returns with Deb Rohrer, Activities Director for KIBSD, to talk spring sports with host Jared Griffin. Listen here:
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