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The Coast Guard announced on May 27 that it is planning to build a new child development center on Base Kodiak that will more than double the existing center’s capacity.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak, KMXT sits down with Ben Daly, the new supervisor for ADF&G's Division of Commercial Fisheries Westward region, Coast Guard Base Kodiak plans the final phase of its member housing expansion, NOAA hydrographic surveys are underway around Kodiak, and Kodiak's waters could be offering gray whales a lifeline in a difficult season.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Ben Daly, the supervisor for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Commercial Fisheries Westward region, to talk about his first summer season in his new role at the Kodiak office.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(MaryCait Dolan/KYUK)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Avery Ellfeldt of KHNS reports on mixed feelings about reopening the Chilkat sport king salmon fishery, KYUK's Samantha Watson on the Kuskokwim's Return of the Salmon event, and Katherine Irving adds a story from the studios of KMXT on the cost of gathering survey data.
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