Search results for

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Alaska state House’s ethics committee says Homer Republican Representative Sarah Vance likely violated state law by using publicly funded resources to criticize a local newspaper. President Trump has pardoned a diesel mechanic from Wasilla who was convicted of removing pollution-control equipment from diesel vehicles. And 7,000 cruise ship passengers landed in Skagway on July 4th to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, a new Kodiak Island Borough Assembly member has been appointed, four gray whales have washed up dead on Kodiak Island beaches in the past couple weeks, Alaska Public Media reports that U.S. House of Rep. candidate Matt Schultz suspended his campaign, two brown bears fought at the Alaska Zoo causing one to be relocated, and KCAW has more on a composting method using biochar.

On today's Midday Report with host Katherine Irving, today is the deadline to submit comments on the winter ferry schedule, Alaska Public Media discusses the role bycatch is playing in this year's political races, also a recap of a speed dating event with gubernatorial candidates in Anchorage, and KDLG reports that a commercial fishing crew member who died in Bristol Bay earlier this summer has been identified.

Host Jared Griffin speaks with cast members of Kodiak Youth Theatre's production of "Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder" about theatre, acting, and this hilarious show coming to the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod this weekend.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, KUAC tells us about a Fairbanks pilot's court case that's headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, state legislators have requested an audit of the Board of Fisheries going back to October of 2023, KDLG reports on the declining number of women setnetters in Bristol Bay in recent decades, and Wrangell is considering building a massive shipyard according to reporting from Coast Alaska.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The National Transportation Safety Board says a Bering Air plane was overweight and experienced “severe icing conditions” before it crashed onto sea ice last year, killing everyone on board. Alaskans will consider a a ballot initiative to limit the influence of big-money donors on Alaska’s state and local elections. And Senatorial candidate Dan J Sullivan.

On this weeks' episode with host Katherine Irving, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska will see more government launches, Alaska Public Media reports on Alaskans who had their voter status deactivated, Saltery Creek sees restrictions on its sockeye run, Kodiak College receives funding for the third year of its CAMP program, KFSK reports that the summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season ended three weeks early, and Kodiak's stock car racing scene picks up speed.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately restore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans. A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales. And drive-through coffee in Nome!

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Residents of the Seward Peninsula village of Brevig Mission spoke out in overwhelming opposition Tuesday to the proposed Graphite One mine. The University of Alaska and its newest staff union have begun negotiations on its first contract. And a controversial gold mine proposed within the Tongass National Forest in Juneau was authorized to go through a faster federal permitting process.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Northwest Arctic community of Ambler has been without drinking water or sewer for over five months. The Anchorage library branch in the Mountain View neighborhood is temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer crashed into it over the weekend. And Anchorage police say gunfire and a call for help early Saturday morning led to a deadly crash between a police patrol car and a taxicab.