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Alaska radio producer Wendy Hladick signs off after nearly three decades on air
"The Bay Whalin’ Hour" has been on the air in Unalaska for almost three decades, but at the end of this Saturday’s episode host Wendy Hladick will spin that record a last time. She’s ending her show after 27 years of statewide radio production. Hladick says she...
A peak experience in the Alaska desert
NOGAHABARA DUNES — Karin Bodony has walked us to a sandy bowl, a place she has perhaps visited more than any other living person. Karin is a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who lives in the village of Galena, 70 air miles south and east of here. Today, she has led three of us back to a blank spot in this vast oval of sand.
Federal appeals court appears unlikely to halt Southeast Alaska king trolling for now
In closely watched oral arguments on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated that it is unlikely to grant an environmental group’s petition for an order that could halt — at least temporarily — a valuable Southeast Alaska king salmon fishery. In May 2023, a judge in the U.S. […] The post Federal appeals court appears unlikely to halt Southeast Alaska king trolling for now appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
A nice weekend combo of sunshine and 70s!
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Warmer weather is here for many Alaskans!. A ridge of high pressure is over the southwest part of the state and Bering Sea, moving north and east. It will provide a sunshine bubble over the state for several days. Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska will benefit from...
Schutt reappointed to Permanent Fund board
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has reappointed Ethan Schutt to the Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees, where he serves as the current chairman. This move allays concerns by some that if he was not reappointed, trustee Ellie Rubenstein might ascend to the chairmanship of Alaska’s $80 billion investment account. She has been identified as having conflicts of interest with her own investment groups and that of her father, Carlyle Group’s founder David Rubenstein.
An Area President for Alaska, Hawaii Is Selected By iHeart
The Market President for iHeartMedia‘s collection of radio stations in Fairbanks, Alaska, the company’s northernmost market, has just been promoted to Area President for the entire state of Alaska and for the company’s properties on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu. With the retirement of Andy Lohman...
9th Circuit Court judges hear oral appeals for king salmon troll fishery lawsuit
On Thursday, the 9th District Court of Appeals heard cases for and against a lower court ruling that threatened to halt Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery for king or chinook salmon. Although there’s no decision yet, a panel of judges expressed sympathy for the coastal communities that could be hurt by the order.
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