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    KBNERR Education and Harmful Species Monitoring Program staff host McNeil Canyon Elementary School students at Pier One Beach in May 2025 to monitor for invasive European green crabs. Students assisted with checking traps and recording data of native crab and fish species caught and released. Photo courtesy of Katherine Schake
    Proposed funding cuts threaten research reserve
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 25, 2025 2:30 pm

    A “pre-decisionary” memo on budgetary cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows no federal funding for National Estuarine Research Reserves.

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    Alaska libraries may see federal funding restored
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 5, 2025 1:30 am

    Alaska State Libraries, Archives and Museums department notified Alaska libraries on June 3 that grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services may soon be awarded.

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    John Krohn, general manager at KBBI AM 890, prepares to go on the air on Friday, May 30, 2025, in the Gary Thomas Studio at the KBBI station in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ‘We’ve never felt a threat like this before’
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 4, 2025 1:30 am

    Federal cuts to public broadcasting funding could devastate Alaska public radio stations, including on the Kenai Peninsula.

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    In wake of executive order, peninsula libraries, museums...
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Trump’s March 14 executive order may dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

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