Search results for

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Davis Hovey reports that an advisory on shellfish around Kodiak has been lifted, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council got some work done at its latest meeting despite the federal shutdown, but according to the Alaska Beacon the shutdown is creating uncertainty for some major Alaska fisheries.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A mass evacuation is underway for Kipnuk and Kwigillingock, where a thousand people were sheltering in schools after Sunday’s huge storm. Local officials are continuing to search for two people missing from Kwigillingock. And the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention has started in Anchorage.

On this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, Fire Chiefs Scott Ellis, Rich Gonzalez, and Aaron Griffin share fire safety tips for National Fire Safety and Prevention Week.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The theme of unity has been prominent at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. A massive airlift is underway in Western Alaska, bringing evacuees of last week's storm to Anchorage. And Adak is without power.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest yesterday. A Wasilla couple has been charged in connection with the death of a child that was in their care. And the Juneau Police Department is taking action to reform its policies after an officer was filmed slamming a man to the ground during an arrest in July.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Congress defunded public broadcasting, but this week, 14 public media stations in Alaska got some good news. A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022. And Tuesday was Orange Shirt Day — a day of remembrance for Indigenous children who were separated from their culture and sent to residential schools across North America.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Alix Soliman of KTOO reports on the challenges and opportunities in Alaska oyster farming, KCAW's Hope McKenney on the economics of the Southeast Alaska fishing industry, and Brian Venua on the entanglement of the whales, from KMXT.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:In Kipnuk, Halong’s high winds and storm surge left a catastrophe. Quyana Alaska followed the first and second days of the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. And out in the Bering Sea, when planes can’t land, grocery shelves go bare.

This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Malia Villegas winning an AFN award, Kodiak KINDNESS has hired two new peer counselors in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Kodiak's legislators give an update on the state's finances, the head of Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center leaves the hospital, KIBSD's superintendent has announced this school year will be her last in Kodiak, and the new city manager is leaving the City of Kodiak at the end of the month.

A weekly update of local events and what's happening in the great outdoors on Kodiak Island - Alaska's Emerald Isle.