Recent News

Talk of the Rock: Arctic Care and KANA

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses this year’s Arctic Care program with: Captain David Falcon, Arctic Care Mission Officer in Charge (OIC) Dave Abildgaard, Chief of Current Operations Division, Air National Guard Readiness Center at Joint Base Andrews Nichole Miles, VP of Public Affairs, Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) Listen here:

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Halibut harvest limits continue to decline amid poor population surveys

Fishermen are once again looking at lower catch limits for halibut this year. That’s after harvest levels were cut last year too. KMXT’s Brian Venua reports that news comes as fishery managers say the species had its worst recruitment in decades. Catch limits for Pacific halibut this year are down to about 35.3 million pounds across the entire fishery, which …

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Midday Report – March 04, 2024

Ramey Smyth’s team run into Finger Lake during the 2022 Iditarod. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off at the race’s ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, A remote Kenai Peninsula village is running out of time to to use grant money to replace its dilapidated school. And difficulties with financing and logistics have led to the end of the Makushin …

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Midday Report – March 01, 2024

A Ravn Alaska airplane at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport in 2022. (Theo Greenly/KUCB)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s biggest regional airline has laid off 130 of its 400-plus employees. A bill working its way through the state House could have big implications for reproductive rights. And Anchorage’s historic city hall will become a new downtown public library. A Ravn Alaska airplane at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport in 2022. (Theo Greenly/KUCB) …

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Kodiak’s only resident veterinarian will leave, but a new vet arrives in June

The only resident veterinarian in Kodiak has her last day at the local clinic Mar. 1. Pet parents need not worry though, as KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, the clinic will still be business as usual, as rotating vets will fill the gap until the next resident doctor arrives in June.  Dr. Emily Iacobucci is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and …

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Kodiak’s agriculture community has a new outreach & education coordinator to assist with rising costs, challenges with island farming

The cost of food production in rural Alaska continues to be challenging, but farmers, ranchers and growers of all kinds in Kodiak are adapting. As KMXT’s Davis Hovey reports, a new federally funded position on the island is hoping to help ease the growing pains. It’s a sunny afternoon in late-February, and a few inches of snow cover the ground …

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Midday Report – February 29, 2024

Snow blows across the Parks Highway near the Glenn-Parks highway interchange at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in a state road camera image. (From Alaska DOTPF)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska House has passed a bill aimed at making child care more accessible and available in the state. The state Department of Transportation is racing to submit revisions after federal authorities rejected Alaska’s statewide highway project funding plan. And arctic air will bring subzero temperatures to Southcentral and Southwest Alaska this …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 29 February 2024

Anita and Robert Shane perch next to some of the products they create and sell through the Alaska Rug Company.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Senator Murkowski tells KCAW the Wild Fish Conservancy is off course, KDLG’s Christina McDermott reports on a big federal fish purchase, Anna Canny tells of tricky conditions for fish surveys on behalf of KTOO, and KDLL’s own Hunter Morrison contributes a tale of twice used fishing line. Anita and Robert …

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