Tag Archives: Kodiak

Midday Report March 7, 2023

A brown bear cub looks for fish in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Kenai River on Aug. 14, 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it will not consider an appeal seeking to overturn the ban on brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/U.S. FIsh and Wildlife Service)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: School bus service in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District resumed Monday after a month long bus strike ended. Brown bear baiting will not be allowed in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, after all. And the latest Iditarod update! A brown bear cub looks for fish in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Kenai …

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Midday Report March 6, 2023

Attentive sled dogs await the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The smallest field ever of only 33 mushers will start the competitive portion of the Iditarod Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Willow, Alaska. Mark Thiessen/AP

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new bill introduced in the state Senate last week aims to revamp the public retirement system. The Iditarod trail sled dog race got underway this weekend. And an international meeting on arctic policy will host 13 countries for three days in Anchorage. Attentive sled dogs await the start of the Iditarod …

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Midday Report March 2, 2023

Rep. Josiah Patkotak, I-Utqiaġvik, was among the Alaska Native leaders at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to urge approve of the Willow oil drilling project. (Screen shot from livestream)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Native leaders stood with the state’s congressional delegation rallying for the Willow project at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. The Army Corps of Engineers has cleared another milestone in the Unalaska Bay dredging project. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is gearing up for a three-year investigation into potentially expanding Homer’s …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 2 March, 2023

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua of KMXT reports that ASMI is helping the state distribute salmon in Ukraine, The Board of Fish votes to continue to manage 2 Chignik sockeye runs separately, story by KBBI’s Corrinne Smith, Sabine Poux reports on a possible buyback plan for Cook Inlet setnetters for KDLL, and Izzy …

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Midday Report February 28, 2023

Paul Souders

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan says we should investigate the possibility COVID came from a lab in China. The Fur Rondy snow sculpture competition wrapped up on Sunday. And Alaska’s melting glaciers are causing glacier tourism to melt away, too. Paul Souders

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Midday Report February 27, 2023

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough cut the ribbon at the Fairbanks Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) on Friday morning. Photo Eve Derfelt

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough visited Alaska last week. The U.S. Army is proposing to replace Fort Wainwright’s coal-fired heat and power plant with natural-gas fired boilers installed around the post. And the former head of Anchorage’s equal opportunity office is suing Mayor Dave Bronson and his administration in federal …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 16 February 2023

Anglers fish the Russian River

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska fishery injuries are most often associated with a winch, story from the Alaska Beacon’s Yereth Rosen, Shelby Herbert reports on watershed repair for KFSK, and the Russian River watershed is protected for twenty more years, as reported by KDLL’s Riley Board. Anglers fish the Russian River

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Midday Report February 17, 2023

Iron Dog mushers.

On today’s Midday Report with host Mike Wall: The Iron Dog snowmachine race got underway this morning in Big Lake. The Anchorage School District says it intends to completely end its practice of locking away students with behavioral issues. And  the Mat-Su school bus strike seems no closer to resolution. Iron Dog mushers.  

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Midday Report February 15, 2023

Archie Inoncillo, the host of the Halo-Halo Mix-Mix podcast, talks with students Ellhyn Alva, front, and Czarina Cabillo, back, during a recording session at Pilothouse Coffee on Jan. 15. (Raegan Miller/KRBD)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: American scientists found 200,000 Pacific walrus on one Russian beach, they think. A Ketchikan podcaster is breaking down all things Filipino culture. And Alaska’s U.S. senators warn about shenanigans in the Willow project process. Archie Inoncillo, the host of the Halo-Halo Mix-Mix podcast, talks with students Ellhyn Alva, front, and Czarina Cabillo, …

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Midday Report February 14, 2023

Anchorage residents clear snow on Monday. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: White House officials said Monday that they still had not come to any conclusions about what U.S. fighter jets have shot out of the skies over the past 3 days. After a months-long wait, thousands of Alaskans have received their food stamps, but thousands more are still waiting. And snowfall in Anchorage …

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