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Electric, Domestic Water Reservoirs in Good Shape – For Now

Jay Barrett/KMXT As we mentioned yesterday, a little rain would do returning salmon a big favor by filling rivers and streams so they can get home to spawn. Fortunately, there is a very good chance of rain in our forecast. And though we’re about a foot short of the average precipitation so far this year, KEA’s Darron Scott says Terror …

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New Halfpipe Heading to Skate Park

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s skate park users can expect some new equipment in the weeks to come. Jeremiah Gardner is the owner of the bike shop 58 Degrees North and said, if all goes according to plan, a new 24-foot wide halfpipe should be installed sometime next month. “We’re waiting on the skatelite to get shipped up from the lower 48, …

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Years of Work Go Into Every King Salmon

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Fish and Game intern Axl LeVan steadies a net while Weir Tech Myra Scholze moves a king salmon into a brood tube held by KRAA intern Heather Sadusky. The fish are transported to the larger hatchery raceway in the brood tubes before eggs are collected in August. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs /KMXT For about ten years, the Kodiak Regional …

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Old Harbor Bear Cubs Still MIA

Jay Barrett/KMXT The four bear cub siblings in Old Harbor that were orphaned when their mother had to be put down as a nuisance dump bear, haven’t been seen in a week. Fish and Game Regional Wildlife Supervisor Larry Van Daele, who had organized a rescue mission for the quadruplets, says they haven’t been spotted since last Tuesday. That was …

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Rain Would Help Salmon Get Upstream

Jay Barrett/KMXT A couple of weeks ago the pink salmon run started showing its numerical superiority around Kodiak Island and surpassed the sockeye salmon catch. And over the weekend, pinks more than doubled reds in number harvested. The humpy catch on Sunday alone was 723,621, bringing the season total to 4.1-million. Kodiak commercial fisheries management biologist James Jackson said pinks …

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Tustumena Out ‘Indefinitely’ Says Ferry Spokesman

Jay Barrett/KMXT Poor workmanship and subpar materials being used in the repair of the Alaska State Ferry Tustumena have once again delayed its return to service. At this point, according to Marine Highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow, there’s no telling how long this latest delay will keep the Tusty from going back in the water: “Right now we don’t have a …

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