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Jay Barrett/KMXT You may have noticed an increase in little wasps this summer but haven’t been able to spot any of their paper-like nests in the trees or under the eaves of buildings. Based on anecdotal reports, there seems to be an unusually high number of the stinging bugs this summer – especially the ones who live in nests underground. …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Remember when a social media campaign brought an unlikely visitor to Kodiak last summer? “Pitbull, here he is.” Yesterday marked a year ago that the Miami singer Pitbull touched down in Kodiak for an impromptu visit to Alaska’s Emerald Isle. “But it’s always good to be around good people in an untouched environment and to be honest, it’s …

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 …

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs finds out what a summer in a salmon hatchery was like for college interns from Outside.

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs finds out what a summer in a salmon hatchery was like for college interns from Outside.

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, …

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 …

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 …