At the end of January, scientists with the Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services (AVPS) were dropped at McDonald Spit near Seldovia in Kachemak Bay to necropsy a deceased baby beluga whale. AVPS partners with NOAA as a Stranding Network partner when the federal agency receives a stranding report. KBBI’s Emilie Springer reports the following details.
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People still have three minutes to talk about non-agenda items at the beginning of the meeting, three minutes to talk about anything at the end of the meeting and three minutes to testify about specific items up for a public hearing.
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In December, a Kenai superior court judge sentenced 37-year-old Nathaniel Erfurth to 77 years and one month in prison, with most of that suspended.
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The Alaska House Finance Committee adopted a new budget draft last week; travelers can now schedule ferry rides with the Alaska Marine Highway for May through September; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved the sale of more than 31 million dollars in school bonds and updated the borough’s election code during its regular meeting Tuesday night in Soldotna.
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