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The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak is hosting a community crayfishing day at Buskin Lake on Friday, July 1, and residents will have an opportunity to help collect the invasive species – and data for researchers.  The terms crayfish, crawfish, crawdad or the colloquial mudbug all refer generally to the same type of small, freshwater crustacean. In some parts of the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is now at fire preparedness level 5- its highest. Rejected ballots in the mail-in election were twice the statewide number in 2020, and highest in rural districts. And Alaska icon Dennis Egan is remembered.

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KNOM’s Miriam Trujillo has bycatch reaction from Salmon Central, and ADF&G’s Sabrina Garcia wants to know more about salmon sharks.    Alaska Fish and Game’s Sabrina Garcia wants to know more about salmon sharks. It’s a piece of a bigger puzzle Fish and Game is piecing together. So how do fishermen …

Listen to this story; The village of Ouzinkie on Spruce Island has an Orthodox church, and the far side of the island also has its own chapel over the grave site of St. Herman. But the three monks who live in the middle part of the island only have a small indoor chapel in their shared house. Father Andrew is …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A plane has crashed and sunk in Lake Iliamna. The Governor has signed a state budget. And a young arsonist has pleaded guilty to setting fires last summer in the Chena Hot Springs area.

The Alutiiq Museum is one of six Alaska organizations set to receive a share of a $12.5 million grant from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. The funds will be split between six organizations that are part of a collaboration called the Community Organized Restoration and Learning – or CORaL – Network. The network includes the Alaska SeaLife Center, …

KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Dr. Suzanne Buie and Amy Samuel to discuss opportunities for medical education now available at Kodiak College.

All three reporters in the KMXT newsroom have been recognized recently by their fellow journalists for their outstanding reporting last year. KMXT’s news director, Kirsten Dobroth wins second place at the 2022 Public Media Journalist Association awards Last week, KMXT news director Kirsten Dobroth was awarded second place by the Public Media Journalist Association (PMJA) for Best Series in their …

Listen to this story; A group of abortion rights activists from Kodiak say they’re planning a march in solidarity with women around the country after Friday’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Peggy Smith was one of the organizers of an abortion rights rally held in Kodiak in May after a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A helicopter pilot working on the  Clear Fire has been killed in a crash. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is motivating activists on both sides. And an historic house is moved as bluff erosion along the Kenai River continues to threaten structures.