Steve Junker
Managing Editor of NewsSteve Junker is Managing Editor of News at CAI.
Steve oversees CAI’s award-winning newsroom, including on-air and digital news coverage.
He joined the radio station in 2007. His reporting has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press and the Murrow Awards. He hosts a live hour-long weekly program, The Local News Roundup, in which he speaks with editors and reporters from across the region about the week’s biggest stories. And he produces the weekly seasonal report on Cape Cod fishing action, The Fishing News.
A writer, a fisherman, an occasional boat builder, a recovering musician, a longtime chicken rancher, a beekeeper... Steve keeps busy in Woods Hole, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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This week: An endangered right whale washes up dead on Martha’s Vineyard, and researchers scramble to understand why. Also, a coalition of offshore wind opponents gathers in Hyannis. And, the state wants to know what’s in the water being evaporated at the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant.
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This week: A Harvard professor examines airborne health risks related to Pilgrim nuclear power station. Sarah Peake, state representative for the Outer Cape since 2006, says she will not run for re-election. And they’re back: for the first time this season, right whales are spotted in Cape Cod Bay.
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This week: The report card is out on the Cape’s water quality — that’s drinking water, bays, and estuaries; we give you the scores. And, what’s it mean to build a salt marsh in an urban neighborhood? Also: a local high school choir hits the high note at Governor Healey’s State of the Commonwealth address.
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This week: A shuffle in how the state is sheltering people in need locally, as the temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod closes. Pieces of radioactive equipment have gone missing from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. And, a big change at the Center for Coastal Studies.
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This week: A milestone for offshore wind — locally and nationally — as Vineyard Wind plugs into the grid for the first time. Also: new state regs may make it a lot trickier to build along the coastline. And CAI is broadcasting live from Monomoy Regional High School next week.
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This week: It's a 2023 wrap-up. We look back at the year's top stories for the region, including: After a whole lot of talk—and a whole lot of money spent—offshore wind turbines are now going up south of Martha's Vineyard. And, we’ve got a concrete plan for replacing the Cape bridges—just waiting on the money there. And that proposed massive machine gun range remains in limbo.
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This week: The Sagamore Bridge replacement project lands its first significant federal funding: more than $370 million. Also, the Massachusetts Medical Society has an opinion on the million gallons of radioactive water Holtec wants to dump into Cape Cod Bay. And, the Endangered Species act turns 50.
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This week: The state approves an offshore wind power cable to come ashore at Craigville Beach. Meanwhile, opponents of a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod are celebrating what’s not in the latest defense budget – that would be more money to build the range. And, a plan for a longer airport runway in Hyannis has residents concerned.
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This week: Vineyard Wind says it will power up its first offshore wind turbines before the end of the year (look out, that’s just 3 weeks from now!). Meanwhile, the state says it has applied for more than a billion dollars to fund a new Sagamore Bridge. And: What happens when lobstermen try to design a better lobster trap to help save endangered right whales?
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This week: The race is on. State Senator Su Moran announces she’s not running for re-election, she’ll run for a different office, and Representative Dylan Fernandes says he’ll run for the senate seat, leaving his up for grabs—we’ll help you sort it all out. And that million gallons of radioactive water at Pilgrim power station? It’s evaporating, quicker than you might think.