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KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens to discuss all things Alaska legislature.  

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Kirsten Dobroth goes off about House hearings on fed fish Ds, Hope McKenney gets spinny on the skinny about rare whales at sea, And Sage Smiley was wily in stalking her story on the Bycatch T: FisheriesHearing Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT Host intro: House lawmakers in Juneau gathered Tuesday for a special meeting …

California aerospace company Astra is planning to launch its second commercial rocket from Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex. Astra had expected to open a launch window this Sunday, Feb. 27 from the state-owned launch complex on Narrow Cape. But as of Tuesday that’s been postponed until at least March 8.  Astra has a history with Kodiak. The Alameda, California-based rocketeers sent …

A Kodiak bear was fatally shot by wildlife officials last fall after eating too much trash. State wildlife biologists responded to a call last October of a bear acting oddly near the homes on Selief Lane – just a couple miles outside of downtown Kodiak. Nate Svoboda is the state’s area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Managers consider controversial changes in how halibut is allocated between charter and harvest fishermen. Pelican is selling its City owned processing plant. And another weak forecast for the sockeye salmon run in Upper Cook Inlet. Halibut Sabine Poux/KDLL Federal fishery managers might change how they divvy up halibut available for harvest …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Dunleavy calls for higher PFDs, and new bond debt. The Alaska Senate is considering changing the PFD formula. And Anchorage Assembly member Constant joins the race for Don Young’s seat.  

On today’s newscast with host Terry Haines: Cook Inlet gillnetter sentenced for PFD case. Governor Dunleavy says the state should pay for damages awarded as a result of loyalty oath firings. And Iditarod officials announce COVID mitigation rules for the race.      

House lawmakers in Juneau gathered this week for a special meeting on the latest fishery disasters issued by the federal government last month. Fourteen fisheries across Alaska were approved as disasters between the years 2018 and 2021 by the federal Commerce Department last month — including the Gulf of Alaska’s cod fishery in 2020. That’s a lot, Alaska Department of …

Listen to this story; Captain Kenneth Boda does not have a typical job in the armed forces. He is the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy- the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest vessel, as well as the U.S. armed forces’ only medium icebreaker. He addressed the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in late January. “What we’re going to talk about …

KMXT’s news department holds a rundown of the big news items from the past month, as well as what’s on our radar.