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Charles Barker enjoys a sunny day at the beach. (Photo courtesy of Kodiak Independent Living Center.) Listen to this story; Kodiak Island’s Independent Living Center will be holding a disability pride event on Saturday, July 30 at the Buskin River State Recreation Site’s Ben Aure Shelter. It’s the organization’s first in-person pride event since the pandemic began.  Bev Cole is …

A team of researchers have been spending part of the summer at a Kodiak Island bay studying the effects of climate change; it’s part of a community monitoring project that could hold bigger clues for the future of fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska. Water samples from Anton Larsen Bay on Kodiak Island. (Photo courtesy JoEllen Lottsfeldt) JoEllen Lottsfeldt spends …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: US House candidate Tara Sweeney is not a write-in candidate for the special election…yet.  And a man complains after a SEATAC security checkpoint won’t accept his Tribal ID. Here is today’s Island Messenger:

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Part 3 of the story about subsistence and commercial conflicts in Area M by Olivia Ebertz, plus Anna Rose MacArthur reports on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s listening tour, and its stop in Nome.

Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, located off Rezanof Drive in the Kodiak Island Borough. Listen to this story; John Kimmel is a member of the Kodiak Amateur Radio Emergency Service – also known as KARES – and coordinates the licensing exams. According to him, the organization tries to hold the exams frequently, but wasn’t able to over the past year. “We …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: New daily record returns of sockeye salmon to the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers spark fears of overescapement. Hatchery chum salmon are coming back in droves to Southeast Alaska. And Unalaska sockeye salmon are coming in late.

A Kodiak brown bear and her three cubs have been frequenting neighborhoods and hiking trails around town over the last week. The sow and her cubs were first spotted near the Buskin and have made their way to Safeway – off Mill Bay Road – and Fort Abercrombie in the last few days. Nate Svoboda is the state’s area management biologist …

Fishing boats in Kodiak. (Photo: KMXT News) Members of the public have til Friday, July 29 to submit input about the future of Gulf of Alaska climate change research to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center is collecting public comments as part of its draft research plans for the Gulf of Alaska, the Eastern Bering …

Marine and terrestrial weather, Alaska Dept of Fish and Game commercial salmon announcement, and local events.

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Host Dylan Simard hears from 4-H leaders Rebecca Ligtenberg and Velma Vining to discuss upcoming 4-H events. A dog show is right around the corner on Saturday, Aug. 6, along with a marksmanship competition Saturday, Aug. 27. On Saturday, Sept. 3, Kodiak 4-H will …