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4 days ago |
kmxt.org | Brian Venua
A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced last month to a year in jail for illegally shipping diseased Tanner crab from Alaska to Washington. The Alaska Beacon reports that Corey Potter will also spend two years on supervised release and will be barred from commercial fishing anywhere in the world during that time. The sentence comes after a federal investigation found that Potter told his two boats’ captains to move crab harvested in Alaska to Seattle for higher sale prices, which is illegal.
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5 days ago |
ktoo.org | Brian Venua
Serjoe Gutierrez stood above the Kodiak High School Orchestra, violin in hand, as students rifled through their sheet music for pieces like “The Barber of Seville” and “Canyon Sunset.”Gutierrez often plays with his students instead of conducting them. Gutierrez, who was born and raised in the Philippines, was in his fifth year of teaching there when he decided he wanted to try to work in another country.
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1 week ago |
kmxt.org | Brian Venua
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1 week ago |
kmxt.org | Brian Venua
The Kodiak Island Borough School District will receive its full ask of nearly $13 million in local funding for its next fiscal year. That total is about $663,000 more than it was appropriated last year. That’s nearly six times the increase it got last year. This budget considers the many cuts district officials made amid rising costs and a statewide funding crisis. Some of the drastic measures include closing North Star Elementary.
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1 week ago |
juneauempire.com | Brian Venua
Alaska schools are hiring teachers from the Philippines amid a massive national shortage. It’s the latest wave of immigrants from Southeast Asia to come to the state. This is part one of a five part audio series, Mabuhay sa Alaska, by KMXT and breaks down how and why those teachers are here, as well as what it means for both Alaska, and the island nation.
Journalists covering the same region
Davis Hovey
News Director at KMXT-FM (Kodiak, AK)
Davis Hovey primarily covers news in the region around the Kuskokwim River area, Alaska, United States, including nearby locations such as Bethel.
Eric Sowl
Director of Photography and Chief MMJ at KTUU-TV (Anchorage, AK)
Director of Photography and Chief MMJ at KTUU/KYES (Anchorage, AK)
Director of Photography and Chief MMJ at KYES-TV (Anchorage, AK)
Director of Photography and Chief MMJ at KATH-TV (Juneau, AK)
Director of Photography and Chief MMJ at KSCT-TV (Juneau, AK)
Eric Sowl primarily covers news in Anchorage, Alaska, United States and surrounding areas.
Theo Greenly
Senior Reporter at KUCB-FM (Unalaska, AK)
Theo Greenly primarily covers news in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, United States, including surrounding areas such as Dillingham and Naknek.
Anne Hillman
Elections Engagement Editor at Alaska Public Media
Anne Hillman primarily covers news in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, United States, including areas around Bethel and surrounding communities.
Charlie Ess
North Pacific Bureau Chief at National Fisherman
Charlie Ess primarily covers news in the Kenai Peninsula region, Alaska, United States and surrounding areas.
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