Steve Junker
Managing Editor of NewsSteve Junker is Managing Editor of News at CAI.
He joined the radio station in 2007 and has filled a number of positions. He has been the local host for the afternoon news program All Things Considered. His reporting has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press and the Murrow Awards. He has overseen the station’s digital transformation, including growing its website and social media. As news director, he manages a growing newsroom that has won numerous awards for its coverage of issues ranging from education, to public health, to environment. He also 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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A New Hampshire man has been arrested in connection with the robbery of a Martha's Vineyard bank on November 17th. Omar Johnson, 39, was arrested after a car stop in New Haven, Connecticut, at around 8pm on Friday evening, according to statement issued Saturday by the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office. -
A suspect in the armed robbery on Martha’s Vineyard was arraigned this morning at Edgartown District Court. Miquel Jones, 30, is being charged with accessory after the fact. Police say he was driving a car that was likely involved in the robbery. An attorney representing him disputed the evidence as circumstantial.
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This week: an armed bank robbery on Martha’s Vineyard prompts a show-of-force turnout in Falmouth — but the criminals are still at-large as of Friday morning. And, the Cape gets a glimpse of the future, with the unveiling of design possibilities for new bridges over the Cape Cod Canal. And: Governor Baker vetoes a committee proposed to watchdog a release of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay.
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“I was at a chief's meeting when I first saw the text that there was a robbery on the bank," said Falmouth Police Chief Ed Dunne. "I was thinking the thing I think you were all thinking: ‘ Really? You're on an island.’ But they did.”
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This week: Election election election! The Cape and Islands has a new district attorney, just the third one in the last 50 years. There’s a new sheriff in town for both Barnstable and Bristol counties. And who set an expensive boat adrift from Nantucket's Old North Wharf into the path of a ferry — and why? We’ve got some answers.
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This week: Vineyard Wind starts laying cable for what would be the nation’s first full-scale offshore wind farm. And a major new initiative launches to take on the Cape’s housing crisis. Also, the FBI identifies the Lady of the Dunes.
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This week: What do you do when a ballot is printed wrong? The candidates for state representative in Barnstable are wrangling over that. Also: a new population estimate for endangered right whales shows continued decline. And local hospitals are keeping a close eye on a respiratory infection common in children.
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This week: What could two islands have in common? Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket open a conversation to find out. Also, a new report identifies 1400 local buildings vulnerable to flooding in the next 30 years. And the Steamship Authority raises its rates, but islanders catch a break.
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This week: The migrant group is moving on from Joint Base Cape Cod: some going to the Outer Cape, some heading back to the Vineyard. And, a tragic murder-suicide raises questions about the Cape’s county jail and the role of the region’s mental health hospital. And the Midcape Highway is going electric.
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As gusty winds blow us into October, we look ahead to fall and winter fishing, and say goodbye to another season of The Fishing News.
