Desiree Hagen
Reporter & HostOriginally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia, Desiree has called Alaska ‘home’ for almost two decades. Her involvement in radio began over 10 years, first as a volunteer DJ at KBBI, later as a host and producer, and now in her current role as a reporter. Her passions include stories relating to agriculture, food systems and rural issues. In her spare time, she can often be found riding her bicycle, creating art from handmade paper, or working in the garden.
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Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is piloting a program in Soldotna; a water rescue halted traffic on the Seward Highway; a suspect involved in a Kenai homicide is was caught in a chase and charged.
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Alaska’s two U.S. senators voted in favor of ending debate on a bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage rights; Gov. Dunleavy is holding the lead in Alaska’s governor race; The City of Seward is again trying to sell its city-owned electric utility to Homer Electric Association; businesses spent more that $5 million for the right to explore state-owned land in the Arctic.
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An Anchor Point man's three year push to raise emus in Alaska; two Alaska lawmakers are urging the Federal Trade Commission to block a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons.
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Bob Stark was 18 years old when he first jumped out of a Boeing C-17 aircraft and parachuted into northern Iraq. It was 2003, a year and a half after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Stark, along with his 173th Airborne Brigade, were on a mission, he said: Find Saddam Hussain and weapons of mass destruction.
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ADF&G releases its preliminary statewide summary for Alaska's commercial salmon industry; more than half of Alaska students tested below grade level in reading and math; victims in fatal midair crash involving Rep. Knopp have reached a settlement.
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The state says it will certify results on Nov. 29. Voter turnout is just under 25% statewide, so far.
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Therese Lewandowski is with Kenai Peninsula Votes, a non-partisan voter education group based in Homer. She sat down with KBBI’s Desiree Hagen to talk about what Peninsula voters can expect on the ballot.The last day to vote is tomorrow, Nov. 8. Polls all over the state will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Employers are required by law to give employees time off to vote.
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What should southern Kenai Peninsula voters expect on tomorrow's ballot; the Western Arctic Caribou herd is experiencing declines which experts attribute to global warming in the Arctic.