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On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Trident Seafoods is selling four of their Alaska plants, including the one in Kodiak. The Board of Fish is making decisions on Cook Inlet sport fishing. And kids in Ambler are making their own school merchandise. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Listen here:    

Trident Seafoods, one of the biggest seafood processors in the country, announced on Dec. 12 that it’s selling a third of its Alaska plants. Four of Trident’s processing plants in Alaska are now for sale – in Kodiak, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and False Pass. The company also announced a significantly scaled-back winter season for their year-round plant in Kodiak. The historic …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Hispanic community in Juneau celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The National Weather Service has issued high wind and flood watches for Southeast Alaska communities from Juneau down to Ketchikan. And Manh Choh ore trucks are being allowed across the Chena River bridge in Fairbanks, despite an earlier …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for Little Diomede. The southern half of the village of Quinhagak has been without power since Friday. And Alaska State Troopers responded to a plane crash near Anchor Point on Friday. Little Diomede, a village in the Bering Strait, is only accessible by aircraft …

In today’s Midday Report – Alaska’s backlog of processing SNAP applications continues; information about a challenge to ranked choice voting; and a story about Alaska’s response to national housing shortages. Listen here:      

A fin whale washed up in the Pasagshak State Recreation Area, near the end of Kodiak Island’s road system, late last month. It’s unclear how it died, but the whale was in remarkably poor health.  Fin whales are the second largest whale species in the world after blue whales and are usually pretty rare around Kodiak.  The fin whale washed …

In today’s midday report – Anchorage police investigate an officer-related shooting, there’s a new study on Western Alaska chum salmon, and Alaska Airlines offers an alternative to the year-end mileage run. Listen here:

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The take of killer whales in Alaska fisheries is up, the Alaska Seafood Development Foundation has a new CEO, and a look at the emerging mariculture industry.