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Total snowfall observations from the local wastewater treatment plant were unavailable by the publishing of this story, but one spotter for the National Weather Service reported 8.5 inches fell by Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTIn this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, the City of Kodiak has a new manager, an entangled humpback died near the island, Port Lions got a special delivery of salmon fillets, Kodiak residents are trying to grow fruit trees, a Kodiak farm is providing some of its milk to local families, and the Chamber of Commerce is bringing a home show back to the island after an over 30 year hiatus.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with the production team of Kodiak Arts Council's JOY, a community holiday music production. Performances are Dec. 6 at 7pm and Dec. 7 at 2pm.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Alaska Public Media's Casey Grove talks to fisheries reporter Hal Bernton about warm oceans and flawed models in the halibut fishery, and Maggie Nelson reports that harvestable pollock was left in the ocean in the Bering Sea "B" season, courtesy of KUCB.
Alaska News
- Murkowski tries again to change mountain's name to Denali
- What was on Alaska state lawmakers’ playlists this year?
- Federal fisheries managers hold Bering Sea pollock catch steady
- Southcentral Alaska mining prospect in national park presents familiar conflict, with a twist
- Alaska adventure 'grandfather,' Dick Griffith, passes at 98
- Murkowski says a military strike on shipwreck survivors would be a war crime
- Alaska leads the nation in seasonal employment swings, by a lot
- 5 simple (and cheap) ways to feel better on dark winter days in Alaska
- Congress overturns Biden restrictions on leasing in Arctic Refuge
- Johnson will lead Alaska House minority after a shakeup that has conservatives crying foul
NPR National News
- Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the 'Shopaholic' books, has died at 55
- The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
- Greetings from Andhra Pradesh, India, where a fragrant food stand feeds working women
- Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader's absence
- Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese
- Education Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog
- Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else
- Afghan CIA fighters, like National Guard attack suspect, face stark reality in U.S.
- Useful tips from NPR's most popular self-help stories of the year
- How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push