This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: There will be no sac roe herring fishery in Togiak this year. As Southeast Alaska otter populations have grown, so have calls to loosen the strict federal rules protecting them. And after losing half their population, humpback whales in Glacier Bay are rebounding. Whales in Glacier Bay (Wikimedia Commons)
Read More »Midday Report 21 March, 2023
This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new article examines coastal communities that are losing land to erosion. The Choose Respect March is tomorrow. And Senator Sullivan speaks at Comfish. Erosion carries trees over the edge of a cliff and into the sea in Dillingham, Alaska, a coastal city about 350 miles west of Anchorage. Grist …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 16 March, 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KBBI’s Corinne Smith serves up a Cook Inlet Salmon forecast wrap, and Sage Smiley’s tour de force on transboundary watersheds, produced in the studios of KSTK. Illustration detailing the Stikine River layout.
Read More »Midday Report March 20, 2023
On Today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Buddy Streeper defended his title in the Open North American Sled Dog Championship in Fairbanks over the weekend. The world’s wildest, weirdest boat race is back for another year this summer. And a UAF study seeks to find out why most park patrons are white. Buddy Streeper nears the finish line on …
Read More »Midday Report March 16, 2023
On Today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Josiah Patkotak explains his support of the Willow Project. And Juneau wrestles with regulations about avalanche hazard zones. Overview of Behrends Avenue avalanche path in Juneau
Read More »Midday Report March 14, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ryan Redington has won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The only Cook Inlet beluga whale in captivity is celebrating five years at his aquarium home. And Southeast weather nerds try to predict the future. Tyonek the beluga at Seaworld San Antonio
Read More »Midday Report March 13, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two Aleutian volcanoes are showing signs of unrest, signaling the potential for an eruption. The University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team won the NCAA championship over the weekend. Plus Iditarod leaders are tightly bunched. Tanaga, in November 2012. Photograph courtesy of Roger Clifford
Read More »Midday Report March 9, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Kotzebue and the Northwest Arctic Borough have declared a disaster after a series of massive snow storms. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is considering cuts to pools and theaters in the face of a large deficit. And a new brewery is opening in Sterling. A Kotzebue home’s front is covered in …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 9 March, 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai is already closed for kings, story by Sabine Poux of KDLL, kids go icefishing, as reported by KBBI’s Corinne Smith, and a halibut preview from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth. Six-year-old Solo Sky Frost ice fishes for the first time with his kindergarten class on the Homer reservoir. (Corinne Smith/KBBI)
Read More »Midday Report March 8, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Pharmacy giant Walgreens is going back on a decision to offer the abortion pill mifepristone in Alaska. Crews in Craig are still working to restore service after a water outage that began Sunday. And the Alaska Marine Highway System has announced significant changes to this year’s summer ferry schedule. Water pours from …
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