Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the Stand for Salmon initiative aims to protect salmon habitats from industry development, but industry professionals are concerned the regulations are too stringent. Also, climate change’s ripple effects are making themselves evident on land, too. Economists are trying to determine the damage to coastal communities when fish just don’t show …

Kodiak downtown area. (Photo byRaymond Bucko, SJ / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak may be without a fisheries analyst for a while. That’s according to Kodiak City Councilman John Whiddon, one of the two city representatives who attended what was scheduled to be a meeting of the city and borough’s joint Fisheries Work Group yesterday (WED). Without a quorum, the meeting …

Pink salmon in Valdez. (Photo by Kimberly Holzer / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The state may be a step closer to securing relief funds for the Gulf of Alaska 2016 pink fishery disaster. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan signed off on a letter to the United States Senate this year in which they wrote that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

Lady Bird Johnson, a screen cap from “Moody College Legends – Lady Bird Johnson.” (Courtesy of Moody College of Communication / Vimeo) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Three first ladies will perform the monologues of their lives on the stage this week. Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford will talk about themselves, their husbands, and their experiences through the voices of …

Bianni Penaloza. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A young dancer is flying to Salt Lake City, Utah this week. According to Mary Beth Loewen, owner of Next Step dance studio, the 12-year-old will participate in the Youth America Grand Prix, which will include a regional qualifying competition and classes. She says travel is common for dancers in …

This week’s Talk of the Rock features an upcoming play, “Tea for Three,” about three first ladies and their lives. Rosemary Culver plays Lady Bird Johnson, Jody Carman is Pat Nixon, and Abigail Duston acts in the role of Betty Ford. Also joining is director Mary Patterson.

Director of orchestras for the Kodiak Island Borough School District, Walter Muelling, speaks to high school musicians. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The High School Orchestra program is at the beginning of a fundraising effort for a 10-day trip to Wisconsin. There, they’ll attend a Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance, play with other student musicians, and meet with …

Alvin Amason with Big Sum Bich #2 in his Anchorage studio, 2016. The oil on canvas painting was purchased by the Alutiiq Museum with support from the Rasmuson Art Acquisition Fund. (Photo courtesy the Alutiiq Museum) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Kodiak raised artist won recognition at the Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards this year. Governor Bill Walker presented the eight awards …

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, Southeast lawmakers have an eye on fisheries. They’re concerned about funding for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the face of major budget cuts. Also, fish in the Bering Sea aren’t competing against invasive species for resources – yet. But scientists are trying to figure out what areas might be …

A juvenile eagle, like the one released at the refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak is full of eagles, especially in January and February, and one rejoined the local population yesterday after a brief stay at the Eagle Inn, where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service keeps recuperating birds. KMXT visited the …