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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Board of Fish nominee profile, PFDs approved but more in store for Legislature, and Alaska hospitals ration care

Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported nineteen (19) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   Eight (8) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, eight (8) cases are classified as community spread, two (2) are of unknown transmission, and one (1) is travel related.   One hundred twenty-two (122) cases are currently classified …

Dakota Evans stands to the side of the rodeo pen with a cowgirl’s swagger; she leans on the fence with cigarette loosely in hand, eyes hidden behind blue-tinted sunglasses. The twenty three year old’s horse stands next to her, similarly indifferent to the spectacle. “My mom has always done it since she was a kid. When she was pregnant with …

The U.S. Coast Guard reported encountering Chinese warships within 50 miles of the Aleutian Islands this past August during patrols in the Arctic and Bering Sea. A statement from the Coast Guard says two National Security Cutters and an icebreaker encountered a Chinese guided missile cruiser, guided missile destroyer, intelligence ship and an auxiliary vessel over the last four days …

KMXT’s Pam Foreman is joined by the Kodiak Public Library’s Laurie Madsen to discuss the library’s programming.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Kodiak COVID count hovers above 100, Legislative Special Session ends today with PFDs in question, and Jack buys Chicken to sell chicken  

Today (Tuesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twenty-four (24) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   Eleven (11) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, twelve (12) cases are classified as community spread, and one (1) is travel related.   One hundred twelve (112) cases are currently classified as active locally. There are two …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: House tables hospital bill, right whales sighted near Kodiak, and isopods are attacking our blue mud shrimp.  

Today (Monday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported thirty-two (32) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   Thirteen (13) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, ten (10) cases are classified as community spread, two (2) are travel related, and seven (7) are of unknown transmission.   Ninety-eight (98) cases are currently classified as active …

Right whales are so named because they are the “right” whale to hunt. They’re known for being slow-moving, and they float on the surface after being killed. Jessica Crance is a Research Biologist at the Marine Mammal Lab at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. “They became the target of whaling in the 1800s. That, and it’s estimated that between 26,000 …