A self-help housing project in Kodiak is one step closer to reality after the City Council passed a resolution to sell 6 acres of land near the municipal airport to the project. The council had committed to selling that land last fall, but was waiting on the project’s partners to secure the money for purchasing the property before transferring it.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about a major traffic jam, the Kodiak Island Borough is figuring out what to do with the old mental health buildings, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited Coast Guard Base Kodiak, the state Board of Fish changed Kodiak's herring fishery, the Danger Bay logging site on Afognak Island is reducing its workforce due to the trade war with China, and the Institute of Museums and Library Services is being gutted.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, we hear from Meghan Hargis with the Alaska Food Policy Council and Myra Scholze of the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op about the upcoming statewide Alaska Food Festival and Conference which will be held in Kodiak March 28 & 29.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week KTOO's Alix Soliman reports on the unintended consequences of Limited Entry, Davis Hovey at KMXT on new herring fisheries for Kodiak, and Sage Smiley on a denial of a claim by two tribal consortiums that Bering Sea fisheries management violated the law, from KYUK.
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NPR National News
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