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This week, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state housing authority, announced a $10 million program to assist Alaskans with their rent and mortgage obligations. This funding is a slice of the $1.5 billion dollars the state received from the federal CARES Act to use for homeless prevention with a focus on Alaskans who lost …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: COVID-19 case on the M/V Tustumena state requirements for travelers new COVID-19 cases proposed University of Alaska Southeast merger with UAA or UAF plus, Possibly (a new radio module), Alaska Fish Radio and updates from Alaska Dept. of …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak Borough Assembly passing a budget updates on UA Board of Regents plans to merge UAS with UAA or UAF, program eliminations, and a budget for the university system COVID-19 cases around the state, including the jump in …

It took a total of four aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak to medevac an injured fisherman off the fishing vessel Baranof on Monday. The reason–the vast distances the aircraft had to traverse to reach him. The Coast Guard reports that two C-130J Hercules aircraft and two MH-60 helicopter crews coordinated efforts to perform …

A new 2024 election poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist shows fundamental divides over concerns for America's future and what to teach the next generation.

Kavitha George presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: COVID-19 case on the M/V Tustumena Kodiak’s Black Lives Matter march Borough property taxes UA program cuts Public school and homeschool plans for the fall plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, and …

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage Crew members shovel pollock on the deck of a trawler on a Bering Sea fishing trip last year. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) As America’s meat producers contend with thousands of COVID-19 cases among processing workers, seafood companies have drafted rigorous plans to ward off similar spread of the disease as their …

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW Tail of a Chinook. (Photo by Matana_and_Jes / Flickr) A federal judge heard oral arguments on Thursday (5-28-20) in a lawsuit brought by a Washington state environmental group seeking to shut down king salmon fishing in Alaska this summer, to protect the food supply of endangered killer whales. US Magistrate Judge …

By Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage The Port in Whittier, Alaska (Graelyn Brashear, KSKA – Anchorage) Eleven workers at a Whittier seafood processor tested positive for the coronavirus, according to City Manager Jim Hunt. The individuals, who worked at Whittier Seafood, were immediately isolated and have been transported to Anchorage, where they are being …

By Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage Screenshot from Department of Health and Social Services on June 4. The state health department on Thursday reported 24 new coronavirus cases, 18 of which were among nonresidents. All but one of those were seafood workers, with 12 located on the Kenai Peninsula. The numbers are based on positive …