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On Today’s Midday Report with Host Dylan Simard: Senate Passes Cruise Ship Bill, Rural 911 Gets Fix, RVs are Popular

The Coast Guard sent out a press release Tuesday reminding mariners of new laws requiring recreational boats to use an Engine Cut-off Switch, or ECOS, and an associated ECOS link. The engine cut-off switch deactivates the engine of the vessel should the driver be ejected. This would prevent the craft from becoming a runaway vessel. …

By Robyne, KUAC — Fairbanks – May 13, 2021 Internet users in Alaska who are low income or who lost wages during the pandemic are eligible for an internet subsidy of up to $75 per month under a new federal program. A household is eligible if someone qualifies for the Lifeline program, receives assistance such …

As the Kodiak Island Borough School District begins to look ahead to its summer class schedule, Superintendent Larry LeDoux spoke to KMXT about the school district’s plan for the future where the pandemic is concerned. “We see summer school services- our Summer Enhancement Program- as an extension of the current school year in preparation for …

When Fred and Mary Barber got a phone call from Stache Strong, a 501c (3) charity for brain cancer research, they wasted no time in lending their support. The Stache Strong charity has a unique fundraiser that they host every May; they ask breweries around the country to create their own unique take on a …

May 5, 2021 by Sabine Poux, KDLL – Kenai Map showing differences between the last and current 30-year averages. (National Weather Service Alaska Region) Every 10 years, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration analyzes data from its thousands of weather stations and releases new climate “normals,” providing temperature touchstones for any given day or month of the year. …

City employees may not see a cost of living increase this coming year as the city considered that and other measures to create a balanced budget at last week’s City Council budget discussion work session. If the budget was maintained, the city of Kodiak would be looking at a budget deficit of $3 million. To …

May 3, 2021 by Sage Smiley, KSTK – Wrangell King crabs in a crap pot. (Photo by allyhook/Flickr) House lawmakers have passed a bill that, for the first time in Alaska, would allow shellfish like crab to be grown in hatcheries and released into the wild to bolster commercial fisheries. Rep. Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan) sponsored HB-41, which …

In the wake of Alaska’s three-year recession from 2016 to 2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail sector in Alaska has been seriously hurt. According to Alaska Department of Labor numbers released this month, retail jobs in 2020 plummeted, losing over 2500 jobs last year alone. One of the exceptions to the retail dive, though, …

April 27, 2021 by Mayowa Aina, Alaska Public Media As the current school year comes to a close, Alaska health officials anticipate kids aged 12-15 will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine long before school starts again in the fall. “We fully expect kids [ages] 12 and up to get authorization any day,” said Coleman Cutchins, a …