Jay Barrett/KMXT The Wet Dogs are delaying their departure from Anchor Point. After working until the wee hours separating water from their gas and replacing fouled fuel injectors, the five jet-skiers are ready to go back in the water. But according to team leader John Lang, they feel the need for a shakedown cruise before hitting the open ocean.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up on this week’s show: Could processor linkages be removed from Crab Ratz? NOAA wants to help us preserve our fishing heritage, and what’s this about MAD whales? Also, Sig Hansen comes out against Bristol Bay mining, hefty fines in Southeast, and Senator Murkowski urges expectant mothers to eat more searfood. We had help from Deck Boss …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The five jet-skiers blazing the trail for a 2,000-mile race from Anchorage to Bristol Bay were waylaid before they got out of Cook Inlet. John Lang, who calls himself a Good-Will Ambassador on the Paving the Way Expedition for the Wet-Dog Race, said they didn’t plan on stopping in Anchor Point, but wound up there anyway after getting …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The system that gives Alaska Native corporations an edge in securing governmental contracts is once again under fire in the Lower 48. A provision in the Small Business Administration’s rules for small, minority or disadvantaged businesses allows Native corporations to be given unlimited contracts without bidding on them. The provision was created by former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT An offshoot of Barack Obama’s grassroots campaign organization is gearing back up in Alaska, just in time to help support the president’s agenda as it goes through congress. Jonathan Teeters is the director of Organizing for America in Alaska. Besides the three largest cities, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, he’s also going to visit Dillingham and Kodiak.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Some members of the Kodiak City Council are following in the footsteps of the borough assembly and are using government-issued laptop computers on which to conduct city business. The assembly got laptops last year, and now receives their meeting packets electronically. However, while the assembly did not get a boost in pay for internet access, the council is …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears went one-two at the Region Three Track and Field Championships in Soldotna over the weekend. The Kodiak boys won their fourth straight region title by nearly 100 points over runner-up Kenai, while the girls were edged by four points at the hands of the Kardinals. The Kodiak boys were led with three individual …

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show, CDQ halibut begins in Bristol Bay, the Copper River Salmon frenzy has begun, and do fish feel pain? Plus, the herring are starting to arrive in Togiak, the F/V Mar-Gun has been refloated, and there’s another fish show on the block. We had help from KDLG‘s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KUCB’s Anne Hillman in …

Coast Guard photo Jay Barrett/KMXT An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak responded to the other side of the island early this morning to deliver two de-watering pumps to a Kodiak seiner that was taking on water. Coast Guard spokesman Walter Shinn in Juneau said the cause of the 50-foot Jaime Marie taking on water was not known, but …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Big changes have come out of the annual spring meeting of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council in Valdez. There is a new board president, and long-time executive director John Devens has resigned. The other major change was Steve Lewis of Seldovia being elected president, replacing Patience Andersen-Faulkner of Cordova, who had served in that post …