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The Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, fishermen take matters into their own hands when it comes to Walmart’s snub of Alaska seafood; the rain has come in the nick of time for spawning salmon in Sitka, and speaking of the Paris of the Pacific, kindly check your firearms at the door. We had help from the KCAW News Team of Robert Woolsey …

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KHS Booster Club’s Snack Store Faces Relocation

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Bear dens aren’t just found in the wild, and they don’t just cater to animals. At Kodiak High School, a different kind of Bear’s den services a different kind of bear, when it provides snacks, drinks and alternatives to breakfast and lunch for hungry high school students. The Bear’s Den has been around for many years and is …

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Kodiak Man Remains in Hospital After Sunday Morning Assault

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department is currently investigating an alleged assault that occurred downtown early Sunday morning. Kodiak resident Dan Unruh was found severely beaten around 4:30 a.m. outside the Village Bar. Police officers and EMS personnel were summoned to the area and transported Unruh to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center. He was later medevaced to Anchorage where he …

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Kodiak Head Start Feels Small Sequestration Impact

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Federal sequestration has left many programs scrambling for funds, or making significant cut backs to services already offered. One of the most recent examples of this is the national Head Start program, which helps ready young children for school and provides assistance to low income families. Sequestration cut the program across the board by 5.3 percent this year. …

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Fishermen Plan Walmart Protest

Jay Barrett/KMXT On the day before Walmart executives are expected to meet with Alaska seafood officials, some fishermen are planning a protest in front of the company’s biggest store in Anchorage to urge the mega corporation to reverse its rejection of Alaska wild-caught salmon. The company announced earlier this year that it would not source seafood unless it had the …

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Alaska Teams with Virginia on Space Launches

Alexandra Gutierrez/APRN Seven hundred and seven days. That’s how long it’s been since a rocket has taken off from the Kodiak Launch Complex. With huge costs and so little business, Alaska lawmakers have threatened to cut funding for the state enterprise. But now, a new arrangement with the State of the Virginia could help bring the Alaska Aerospace Corporation the …

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Bears Blank South JV, Move Up to No. 4 in Polls

Jay Barrett/KMXT In high school football, it was the weekend of the blow-out. Not only did Kodiak’s varsity blank the South Anchorage JV squad 54-to-0, but other Northern Lights Conference teams faired just as well. Kenai crushed Homer 78-6 and Soldotna left Houston reeling 76-28. Kodiak’s win moves them to number four in the statewide poll among small and medium-sized …

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Big Changes Coming to GED Tests

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT For those who didn’t receive a high school diploma, GED testing can offer another stab at academics. The General Education Development tests are a series of five subject tests that, when passed, are the equivalent of earning a high school diploma. They can be taken by anyone above 16-years-old and as often as needed. For more than 70 …

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