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The Kodiak City Council plans to hire a longtime city management consultant in Anchorage as its interim manager at the next regular meeting.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTThis week, with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the most recent shellfish toxin results in Kodiak, the interim chancellor of the University of Alaska visits the local college, Nick Mangini was appointed to the city council, the borough lands committee pushes more land to the borough assembly for sale and the North Star Elementary school building will be used at least in part for daycare.
Talk of the Rock
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This week with host Davis Hovey, the executive director of the Brother Francis Shelter, Susan Smith, joins us to discuss the services the homeless shelter provides in Kodiak along with the challenges and needs it's facing this winter. To learn more about how to donate items or volunteer with the Brother Francis Shelter, call 907 486 5610.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Angela Denning/Coast Alaska)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KUCB's Theo Greenly reports that crabbers are finally starting to get relief money, Southeast Alaska's first red king crab fishery in eight years is underway, according to KFSK's Olivia Rose, and Cook Inlet had a good sockeye season, story by KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara.
Alaska News
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- State official sues Alaska Landmine over suggestion she stole state money
- Investigation underway over shots fired at ore-hauling trucks near Fairbanks
- Alaska state agencies are increasingly struggling to comply with the law, auditor warns
- Off Alaska's coast, halibut abundance and size pose challenges to fishermen and orcas
- New offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off Alaska
- The ‘Into the Wild’ bus exhibit is still under wraps as museum searches for funding
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