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USCG Hoists Two Heart Attack Patients From Two Ships

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A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a crewmember from the cargo ship APL China, Aug. 22, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The crewmember was taken to land where he will be transferred to a HC-130 Hercules airplane that will take him for advanced medical care. The Coast Guard responded to the medical emergency by diverting multiple …

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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

Coming up this week: radiation is still being found in high levels in fish around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan; environmentalists are asking NOAA to protect more coral gardens in Alaska waters, and why you rarely hear the word "fisher" on this radio show about people fishing. We had help this week from KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran in Kenai, KDLG’s …

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Art in Schools Funded for Second Year

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT For the second year in a row the Kodiak Island Borough School District has received funds specifically to help boost art activities throughout the district. The Art in Schools Grant totals $13,000 and will help bring artists into schools as part of the artist in residence program. Superintendent Stewart McDonald said it’s an affordable way to encourage high …

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Threshold Expansion Delayed

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The plans for Threshold Recycling Services to expand into a larger facility have been pushed back a few months. Ken Reinke is the executive director for Threshold and said engineering problems have kept recycling operations out of its new building. "Well we had some problems with engineering it into the ground. We got an engineered building delivered but …

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Salmon Catch Winding Down

Jay Barrett/KMXT The daily pink salmon harvest has been slowly, but steadily, declining over the past two weeks, after a peak catch of nearly 1-million on August 10th. On Wednesday, 116,755 pinks were hauled in by the fleet, bringing the season total, according to Fish and Game records, to 15.8-million fish. The sockeye salmon catch is also slowing, with 7,746 …

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Sandwich in a Can: Not as Strange as it Sounds

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Jay Barrett/KMXT Have you ever found yourself scrambling up Pillar Mountain because there’s a tsunami warning and you wished you had brought more with you than just a bag of corn chips to eat? Or have you ever stood in front of a pop machine while studying late, wishing it vended some munchies too? Well, a guy in Utah has …

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