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A Threshold Services employee admires the recycler’s new truck this week outside the Von Sheele Way facility. Photo courtsey Threshold Jay Barrett/KMXT There’s no word on how much of the old Chevy box truck owned by Threshold Services will get recycled now that it’s retired, but the safe bet is a lot of it will. The community’s recycler will be …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The M/V Pacific Producer ran aground near the village of Ouzinkie on Friday. A situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said the 169-foot fishing vessel ran aground around 5 a.m. on Friday with an estimated 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel, various lubes and oils and about 8,000 pounds of ammonia on board. No pollution or …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Representatives from Old Harbor made a pitch to the Senate Transportation Committee Thursday for a few more million dollars to complete expansion of the airport in the community. Carl Marrs is the chief executive officer for the Old Harbor Native Corporation. “You may ask, ‘Why we are expanding the runway?’ Well, the answer to that is that it’s …

Mike Mason/KDLG Late Friday afternoon Governor Parnell announced his choices to fill a pair of seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Among them was current member Duncan Fields of Kodiak, who is completing his second term on the Council. Fields spoke about the Council process at the 2012 SWAMC conference in Anchorage. “Council process is like watching an …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week was spring break in Alaska, and while many teenagers spent their week of free time on vacation or decompressing from a winters worth of school, a handful have travelled to the state’s capital to advocate for sustainable food and environmental stewardship. The Civics and Conservation Summit gives 20 students from across the state a week-long tour …

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB Shell’s Kulluk drill rig is almost ready to leave Alaska waters. The heavy lift vessel that will take the damaged oil rig to Asia for repairs arrived in Unalaska on Sunday afternoon. The Kulluk has been in Unalaska for two weeks, waiting for the 700-foot Xiang Rui Kou to arrive from China. Marine pilot Carter Whalen says it …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak medevac’d a crewman from the fishing vessel Stella in the Shelikof Strait on Friday. The Coast Guard would not identify the 35-year-old fisherman, but said he was suffering from hypothermia after falling overboard. The Coast Guard reports the man spent a significant amount of time in the 38-degree water …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today we are wrapping up this week’s talks with Alaska Senator Mark Begich, who spoke to KMXT about fishery-related issues from the Boston Seafood show. The National Weather Service relies on NOAA weather satellites to help extend weather forecasts more than a day or two into the future. However satellite coverage over Alaska will likely be reduced because …