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On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with Blythe Brown, Acting District Manager with Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation, and Matt Van Daele, Natural Resources Director for Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, to talk about how the Kodiak community can help turn the tide against invasive species in Alaska. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Port of Seattle has shut down its cargo operations due to labor conflicts and it could affect the Alaska. A wildfire near Healy has drawn a big response. And a Fairbanks woman ran 68 miles to celebrate her 68th birthday. Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle.Patti Domm | CNBC

The Coast Guard is still investigating what caused a boat to sink in St. Herman Harbor earlier this month.  The 48-foot fishing vessel La Mer sank in its slip on Friday, June 2; it’s since been floated and pulled from the water.  Kodiak’s St. Herman’s Harbor at sunset; June 2022 (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Kodiak Harbormaster Dave Johnson told City Council members …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed its annual budget at a special meeting last week. As part of passing the budget, the Assembly also voted to lower the borough’s mill rate, or calculation of property taxes. Service areas such as the Women’s Bay Road Service Area or residents within Kodiak City limits may be subject to other mill rates. The …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: There was a magnitude 5 earthquake centered 20 miles south of Circle yesterday. The new Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Alaska visited Atka recently. And deep sea gas seeps near the Aleutian Islands were discovered last month. The Okeanos Explorer was a U.S. Navy ship before becoming NOAA’s only large vessel …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Marine Fisheries Service hasn’t ruled out the possibility of opening the summer troll season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska. A 60 foot Polynesian voyaging canoe docked in Haines yesterday afternoon. And there is a new speed record for climbing Denali. Trollers wait in Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin on Oct. 8, …

Sen. Lisa Murkowski reintroduced a bill and shared support for another, both aimed at supporting coastal communities this week. The legislation is aimed at investing in research and local economies. Murkowski is bringing back the Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act. The bill would designate “Ocean Innovation Clusters” for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Each so-called cluster would become a …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A park in Midtown Anchorage has become a focal point in the city’s response to homelessness this summer. Pouring rain didn’t stop a special ceremony honoring a one-of-a-kind canoe last week. And Fairbanks has deployed a mobile mental health unit focused on children and families. Members of Fairbanks Mobile Crisis Team (left …

Now! The correct show! On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL’s Jenny Neyman reports on a Cook Inlet clam opener, KRBD’s Raegan Miller says green crabs have arrived, and Evan Erickson of KYUK on Kuskokwim smelt. Bethel residents gathered at the sea wall on May 30, 2023 to mark the return of the smelts. The return of …

Coastal communities across the country will receive $2.6 billion in federal funding to prepare for environmental and economic disruptions caused by climate change. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo called the funding “the most significant direct investment in climate resilience in the nation’s history,” in a department announcement Tuesday.  The money was included in the federal Inflation Reduction Act, which …