Old Harbor hosted what the local Native corporation is calling its first commercial cruise ship earlier this month on Aug. 2. Prior to that, the Alutiiq community, roughly 40 miles southeast of Kodiak, hadn’t hosted any cruise ships in 30 years since a Marine Expeditions vessel with 40 passengers visited in 1997, according to the Anchorage Daily News and Old Harbor Native Corporation.
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Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Old Harbor hosts its first commercial cruise ship, and KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with Alaska Senate District C candidates Carrie Harris, Heath Smith, and Louise Stutes.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the new superintendent for the Kodiak Island Borough School District discusses his transition to the island, his past work experience in the lower48, and the start to this upcoming school year next week.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: A late surge of pink salmon in Southeast Alaska reported by CoastAlaska's Angela Denning, KYUK's Evan Erickson tells of a coho closure on the Kuskokwim, Sitka salmon seiners had a record breaking month, according to KCAW's Katherine Rose, and a fisherman's bar in Sitka has acted as a gallery for an award winning artist, story by Lauren Salemo of KCAW.
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