Thursday at 3 on a Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton will host.
We’ll talk with Dr. Lora Vess about food supply risks;
Heather LaVerne and Richard Carter will highlight Juneau-Douglas Little Theatre’s “Insomni-ACTS”;
We’ll get the details about the Hasty Half Marathon;
And Nancy DeCherney will be here with Arts Up.
That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, live at 3 on KTOO, repeated at 4 on KRNN; and available on demand via ktoo.org
Recent headlines
Gov hopefuls who support full PFD aren’t clear how they’d pay for it
It would cost a lot more to pay the full amount under the formula – $840 million.
Lower-priority contaminated sites remain near Ketchikan
the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said about 22 contaminated sites still need to be cleaned up in the Ketchikan-Gateway Borough.
Kunniak’s Spices brings new flavors to Native dishes
The company’s owner, Kunniak Hopson, moved to Chugiak 11 years ago from Utqiaġvik, which she calls Barrow. When she was growing up, her family always put McCormick’s Salt ‘n Spice on maktak, which is frozen whale blubber and skin. But McCormick’s stopped making it and she had to find an alternative.
Scientists sunk a rare blue whale skeleton. Now they need money to bring it back up
A set of massive whale bones rests on the bottom of the Newport, Oregon, bay. Scientists from Oregon State University put them there with a plan for a future display on shore. But they’re having trouble finding the money to retrieve the rare blue whale skeleton from beneath the waves.
