Author: Colette Czarnecki

Talk on the Rock: Jeremy Bynum on his candidacy for the House of Representatives District 1 campaign

Episode 15: With primary elections happening on August 20, campaign season is approaching full swing. Republican candidate Jeremy Bynum talked with KSTK’s News Director Colette Czarnecki about his visions for House of Representatives District 1. He’s on the Ketchikan Borough Assembly and the Southeast Alaska Power Agency Board. He also is the Acting Electric Division manager for Ketchikan Public Utilities. He covers how this campaign has differed from the previous one he ran for in 2022. He talks about transportation, education, housing, economics and energy for the Southeast Alaska district.

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Under the shell in Wrangell’s yards

Atlas walks around her fairly large pen in Charity Hommel’s living room. Circular windows embedded in the plywood allow the sulcata tortoise to peer out into the living space beyond her own quarters. Also known as an African spurred tortoise, she breathes through her nostrils, which are above her mouth. It sounds mildly high pitched-like when someone inflates a bicycle tire with a pump.

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