We wanted to make you aware of a serious threat to KSDP and other rural public broadcasting stations across Alaska. President Trump has proposed rescinding forward funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would directly impact our ability to operate. At KSDP, over 70% of our funding comes from CPB. This...
Representatives from Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan’s offices arrived in Sand Point Monday, their first stop on a multi-city tour around the region. The trip, which will include stops in King Cove and False Pass, comes ahead of a strategic plan the senators are expected to present to the Secretary of Commerce this...
Northern Journal / Nathaniel Herz HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime fisherman from this Kenai Peninsula town, stood at the city dock watching his catch come ashore. Crew members aboard Laukitis’ boat, the Oracle, filled bags with dozens of halibut — some of the fatter ones worth $200 or...
KUCB/ Andy Lusk Developments in the case of a King Cove couple who died earlier this year point to homicide, according to the death certificate of James Gould, released in early May. He and his wife, Kathryn, died in a house fire in their Anchorage home this winter. The fire is being investigated as arson. According to their...
KUCB / Andy Lusk The mayors of Unalaska and the Aleutians East Borough traveled to Washington, D.C. last month, sounding the alarm on the challenges jeopardizing Alaska’s fisheries. Unalaska Mayor Vince Tutiakoff Sr. and Aleutians East Borough Mayor Alvin Osterback attended an invite-only conference May 22 and 23 in the...
Silver Bay Seafoods has purchased Trident’s processing plant in False Pass, according to a joint statement last week from the two seafood companies. Trident Seafoods sent shock waves through the fishing industry when it announced in December it was selling several of its plants around the state — that after delaying...
Legendary aviator Orin Seybert, perhaps best known as the founder of regional airline Peninsula Airways, died of natural causes Friday morning in Anchorage at the age of 87. Seybert started the airline in 1955, just after graduating high school in the Southwest Alaska town of Pilot Point. “The first year after high school, I...
Peter Pan announces it will cease operations Peter Pan Seafood Co., the state-backed processing company that has faced dire financial troubles recently, announced Friday it was ceasing operations. “We’re saddened to share that Peter Pan Seafoods will be halting operations at its processing plants, leading to the...
Below is an excerpt of our local newscast from Thursday, July 2nd, 2020. If you’d like to catch this news live, tune in to KSDP 830 AM or click here at 1pm Monday through Thursday. This is also rebroadcast on KAEB, 91.9 FM here in Sand Point, at 4pm. This story contains commentary from City Administrator Jordan Keeler,...
In light of recent COVID-19 news, we will be posting our newscasts right here for the time being. WARNING: Do not turn up your volume if the music seems low, the voice is significantly louder. This will be corrected in future newscasts. To stream or download the newscast, click below!
