Steve Junker

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker

This week brings the start of The Fishing News for summer 2025. I hope you've already been out on the water plenty, because the season has started strong... Big striped bass have shown up to start Cape Cod's fishing season. That's a great thing for anyone who loves the tug of a lunker on the line or wrestling a line-sider beast to shore. But for fishery managers? Not such a happy story.

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker

This week: Federal agents in masks and unmarked cars arrest some 40 people accused of immigration violations on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, jarring the local community. And, the summer business outlook right now? Uncertainty. Also, fourteen Cape towns approved a ballot question asking the state to stop the evaporation of radioactive water in Plymouth — so what happens next? We have those stories and more, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with the region’s leading journalists.

1 week ago | nhpr.org | Steve Junker |Dan Tritle

Immigration arrests on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket on Tuesday have rattled the island communities. Federal agents of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were operating on both islands, detaining individuals. Special agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration assisted in the effort. In photographs, and per eyewitness statements, many of the agents wore masks during the enforcement action.

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker |Dan Tritle

Immigration arrests on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket on Tuesday have rattled the island communities. Federal agents of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were operating on both islands, detaining individuals. Special agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration assisted in the effort. In photographs, and per eyewitness statements, many of the agents wore masks during the enforcement action.

2 weeks ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker

This week: 50 years after "Jaws" hit the big screen, local scientists are still trying to understand the behavior of white sharks. And, we’re learning more about the timeline to demolish the nuclear reactor building at the Pilgrim Power Station. Also: Meals-on-Wheels on Cape Cod is trying to stay on the road. We have those stories and more, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with the region’s leading journalists.