Old Harbor News

The operating budget passed April 15 by the state Legislature includes $20 million in spending to fund four new loan pools designed to benefit local fishing economies in Alaska.

The operating budget passed April 15 by the state Legislature includes $20 million in spending to fund three new loan pools designed to benefit local fishing economies in Alaska.

On March 27, 1964 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska. The tsunami that followed killed more than 100 people and devastated many communities.

In an Alaska town where schools are locked down about a dozen times a year because of bears, the only thing keeping the huge animals at bay have been electric fences.

On the air since March of 1991, Charlotte Glover offers up a digest of library programs, book reviews and the latest from the book world.