On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The Sitka Assembly has invited a Kodiak-based company to run its new publicly-owned marine haulout – over the strenuous objections of many in the local fleet and marine services industry. State lawmakers are now more than halfway through their four-month legislative session, and time is ticking away. And U.S. House Republicans put the top executives of NPR and PBS on the hot seat Wednesday.
Photo: Work began on Sitka’s marine haul out as soon as the necessary government permits were secured in late November. The facility is scheduled to be operational next spring. (KCAW/Woolsey)