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2025 was another year of growth for Alaska’s mariculture industry, with more oysters and kelp harvested around the state. Those are some of the takeaways from a recent McKinley Research Group report.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about how last year went for the kelp industry in Alaska, the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank in Kodiak is winding down operations, our colleagues at KUCB cover changes in the workforce employed by seafood processors, and the Kodiak Island Borough School District's board of education has narrowed its search for its next superintendent to three finalists.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, Toby Sullivan joins us to recap how 2025 went for the Kodiak Maritime Museum and the latest in the non-profit's search for a physical building to host exhibits.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(KCAW file photo)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Maggie Nelson reports that a major pollock processor will employ fewer foreign workers, KCAW's Katherine Rose says the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is a go (if anyone goes) and the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank is closing up shop, according to KMXT's Davis Hovey.
Alaska News
- Democrats say Peltola can win Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. Really, though?
- Alaska lawmakers return to Juneau on Tuesday. Here's what to expect.
- Alaska's first on-site addiction treatment for those who overdose launches with pilot programs
- Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care
- New country, new language and… a new sport? Teens at East High embrace skiing
- Alaska Appeals Court takes up American Samoa-born woman’s voter misconduct case
- Residents in avalanche zones return home after Juneau clears last evacuation advisory
- Anchorage's 45 outdoor deaths in 2025 fewer than record years but still high historically
- Murkowski wants to reassure Denmark, but it's not clear Congress is with her
- The freshmen: Two new Mat-Su Republicans prepare for their first session
NPR National News
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- Justice Department opens investigation into Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor
- No sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions
- Measles is spreading fast in S.C. Here's what it says about vaccine exemptions
- For those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield.
- Trump struck deals with 16 drug companies. But they're still raising prices this year
- This hospice has a bold new mission: saving lives
- Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
- What do eggs, Grok and Greenland have in common? They're all quiz-worthy! Are you?
- House Republicans are investigating Jan. 6. NPR fact-checked the first hearing