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A Coast Guard HC-130 lands at Kodiak's Benny Benson State Airport near Buskin Beach.
BRIAN VENUA
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KMXT
The Coast Guard has a major presence on the island with over 500 enlisted personnel, and that doesn’t even include their families. Coast Guard members can transfer pretty much any time of year, but the biggest shifts in personnel happen between May and August.
Midday Report
  • Homer’s Kristen Faulkner celebrates her first national championship.
    Photo by Snowy Mountain Photography
    On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cyclist from Homer came out on top at the U.S Professional Road Race Championship last Sunday. Suzanne LaFrance has declared victory in Anchorage’s mayoral race. And Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman talks about the state operating budget.
Talk of the Rock
  • On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Mary Forbes, president of the Kodiak Public Broadcasting Corporation's Board of Directors, and Patricia Ossowski, chair of the Community Advisory Board, about what it's like to serve on a nonprofit board.
Alaska Fisheries Report
  • Trainees take part in an Alaska Marine Safety Education Association exercise.
    Alaska Marine Safety Association.
    This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that would eliminate double vessel registration for fishermen, Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports on new bycatch bills from Rep. Mary Peltola, Copper River salmon season has started, according to KUAC's Dan Bross, and it is drill conductor training season for the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association.