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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A look back at some of the top Alaska fish stories of 2022.   Kodiak Island  

Many travelers are still trying to get home after a major winter storm slammed the Lower 48 and disrupted travel across the country over the weekend. Ferries and flights to and from Kodiak Island were also delayed – leading to a ripple of other cancellations.  Kodiak’s Joe Floyd Christmas Tournament brings high school basketball teams from across the state to …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Scientists in Alaska will bounce a radio signal off an asteroid today. A project combining solar energy production with food production will be studied by scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks. And an eight-bridge project over the Good River near Gustavus will help fish get upstream. The Good River, near Gustavus.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Stormy conditions in the Lower 48 have disrupted holiday travel plans for many Alaskans. An orphaned polar bear cub is receiving care at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage – where it may become a permanent resident. And a Native American movement is aiming to to expunge racist and sexist place names. A …

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Chase Burningham, a marine science technician, waves aboard a helicopter as it circles over Larsen Bay, Alaska, on Dec. 5, 2022. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) Santa traded his sleigh for a Jayhawk helicopter and made a special visit to Kodiak’s villages earlier this month, as part of a decades-long Coast Guard tradition on …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Beaches in Clam Gulch and Ninilchik will be closed to clammers for the ninth year in a row next summer. Bethel resident Becky Trimble is poised to become a permanent resident of the United States. And Metlakatla’s tribal government is asking residents to conserve power after a diesel generator failed. Becky Trimble …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Co-Ho-Ho! Tear the wrapping away and find Robert Woolsey’s present: a report about a forum on the Future of Fishing, plus Kirsten “Santa” Dobroth from KMXT has two for your stocking: a story on declarations of fish disasters, and one about a plea for precious flotsam.

It’s been nearly three years since the deadly sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose near Sutwik Island, off the Alaskan Peninsula. Now, pieces of the ship have started washing ashore, bringing closure to some family members of the crew members lost. Seven men were on board the Scandies Rose when she went down during stormy weather in the waters off …

Certified nursing assistants are in short supply in Alaska. And the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is one of 17 hospitals in the state  trying a new program to pay potential candidates as they train and hire new employees to fill the gap. Providence has 15 open CNA positions between their Providence hospital building. Courtesy of Providence. primary facility and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage’s biggest emergency cold weather shelter now has bed capacity for up to 360 people. After some record-breaking cold temperatures in Southeast Alaska much of the panhandle is in for a wet Christmas. And an environmental group has filed a complaint seeking to halt use of federal wildlife restoration funds for predator …