HOUR 1
- Meta stock soared yesterday / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/meta-stock-rockets-20percent-on-solid-earnings-analyst-reactions.html
- Quarterback Tom Brady retires and gets huge FOX News sportscaster contract / (FOX) https://www.foxnews.com/sports/tom-brady-retirement-welcome-sight-football-fans
- Where are Russian and Ukrainian pilots? / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153438336/russia-and-ukraine-battle-daily-in-the-sky-so-where-are-the-pilots
- Russians flee to Alaska for asylum / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/02/01/2-men-sail-russia-us-flee-persecution-settle-tacoma/
- Icy blast over Lower 48 / (WC) https://www.weather.gov/A member of a New Jersey borough council was shot and killed outside her home Wednesday night, and police are still searching for both suspects and a motive / (NY4) https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-city-councilmember-shot-and-killed-outside-her-home-motive-unclear/4081600/
- More than 6,000 flights were canceled this week / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flight-cancellations-delays-thursday-winter-weather/index.html
- Undergraduate college enrollment is continuing its years-long decline, though at a much less drastic rate than during the pandemic. According to data released Thursday, Feb. 2, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of just 94,000 undergraduate students, or 0.6%, between the fall of 2021 and 2022 / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1129980557/the-college-enrollment-drop-is-finally-letting-up-thats-the-good-news
- Tom talks about colleges and trade schools
- Dalton from Mat-Su on his Sav-On Flooring business and the economic downturn
- One day after Durham School Services bus workers walked off the job, there is no indication of a potential resolution. On Wednesday, even more drivers, attendants, and monitors joined the picket lines formed outside the bus yard. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/02/02/strike-continues-mat-su-bus-workers-continued-negotiations-remain-unscheduled/
- Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola said Wednesday that Republican former state Sen. Josh Revak will be joining her Alaska office as state director. (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/02/01/rep-mary-peltola-announces-former-opponent-josh-revak-will-join-her-office-as-state-director/
HOUR 2
- Jennifer Yuhas with Local 71 on job opportunities and hunting, trapping, and outdoor recreation. Learn more about Local 71 jobs: https://www.local71.com/
- The state lawyers who represent Alaskans who can’t afford to pay for their own attorneys will soon stop accepting new clients who face serious felony charges filed in the Nome and Bethel Superior Courts because of an ongoing shortage of qualified attorneys. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/02/01/alaska-public-defenders-will-begin-refusing-cases-in-nome-and-bethel-citing-staff-shortage/
- The dire state of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, which is now below 300 animals and has continued to decline, is blamed on a variety of factors. They include industrial noise, urban pollution, vessel traffic, oil and gas activities, food stress, and climate change. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/02/01/combined-threats-keep-alaskas-cook-inlet-beluga-numbers-perilously-low-scientists-say/
