Liz Ruskin

Alaska's Senate race was the focus last night as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan faced off against Democrat and former Congresswoman Mary Peltola.

Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports the two frequently interrupted and accused each other of lying during their debate in Anchorage.

Both candidates strayed from the questioned topics to fight with each other.

Sullivan raised Peltola's vote against a twenty twenty-three defense bill.

Most polls show Sullivan is lagging.

President Trump and Vice President Vance each flew to Alaska this month to campaign for him.

For NPR News, I'm Liz Ruskin in Anchorage.

Stocks opened mixed this morning as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh renewed his promise to bring inflation under control.

The debate for Alaska's sole US House seat takes center stage tonight at 7:00 PM when Representative Nick Begich and independent challenger Bill Hill will be standing behind these podiums debating some of the most hotly contested issues in this election cycle.

You can tune in at 7:00 PM wherever you get Alaska's news source, where I and Liz Ruskin, as well as Lori Townsend, will be asking the most important questions to Alaskans this cycle.

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The debate for US House, and tomorrow, the Senate.

Both Senator Dan Sullivan and challenger Mary Peltola are vying for the anti-bycatch vote.

Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports from the Kuskokwim River, where subsistence fishermen say their way of life is on the brink.

Yvonne Waska lives at the water's edge in Bethel.

His fish camp is right behind his house.

He hopes the close Senate race spotlights the injustice of bycatch.

He wants the world to know the threat they face.

Reporting from Queethlock, I'm Liz Ruskin.

Statewide support of the Alaska Fisheries Report comes from Satellite Technical Services, providing satellite communication solutions for commercial fishermen across the state of Alaska.

Yesterday, we showed how the issue looks from the Kuskokwim River.

Today, Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports from Kodiak.

[metal clanks] Cole Hakema is dockside as a crane lowers a giant net reel onto the deck of his boat.

We got one more load coming.

They aim to hit fifty thousand households.

He won't share poll results, but the very existence of his operation is a sign that the anti-trawl movement is too strong for candidates or industry to ignore.

Reporting from Kodiak, I'm Liz Ruskin.

This is Alaska Public Media.

It's become a flashpoint in the tight US Senate race, with Senator Dan Sullivan and challenger Mary Peltola both vying for the anti-bycatch vote.

Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports from the Kuskokwim River, where subsistence fishermen say their way of life is on the brink.

Yvonne Waska lives at the water's edge in Bethel.

His fish camp is right behind his house.

He hopes the close Senate race spotlights the injustice of bycatch.

He wants the world to know the threat they face.

Reporting from Kwethluk, I'm Liz Ruskin.

In part two, the pollock industry feels they've got facts on their side, if only Alaskans would listen.

A bill that aims to reduce the Pollock fleet's bycatch of salmon and other species passed the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yesterday.

Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports.

Senator Dan Sullivan is the sponsor of the Bycatch Reduction Act.

He says it would tell the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council to change how it treats the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska trawlers to limit their impact on the marine environment.

Sullivan says he's trying to get it passed in the Senate next week.

The House, though, is in recess until after the November election.

Reporting from Anchorage, I'm Liz Ruskin.

The Alaska Fisheries Report is brought to you in part by the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, providing U.S. Coast Guard-accepted, hands-on safety training for all of Alaska's fishermen and their families.