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Kodiak’s St. Herman’s Harbor at sunset (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Almost $500,000 in federal grant funding for programming aimed at climate resiliency is going to the Kodiak Area Native Association. The money is from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience.  KANA will receive $217,914 for the development of a vulnerability assessment on both subsistence food sources and …

Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game completed its first subsistence harvest survey in nearly 30 years for Kodiak’s households earlier this year. Fish and Game researchers talked to about 270 households on Kodiak’s road system for its survey. They asked about everything from what types of fish people harvest and eat to whether they collect firewood. It took 15 Fish …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska farmers and ranchers make tough choices as costs rise and yields fall. An Alaska wanderer has been declared missing. And Gubernatorial candidates Gara and Walker have released a joint ad urging voters to rank one another second. .Photo taken by Suzan Benz, USDA NASS.

Join host Jared Griffin as he talks about upcoming storytelling and performing arts events in Kodiak with Astrid Rose with Galley Tables, Ellamy Tiller with Scuttlebutt, and Mike Wall with Fairwind Players’ production of Boo! Listen here:

The search for a new borough manager continues.  That’s after Elke Doom – who was the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly’s pick to fill the vacant manager position – rejected the borough’s proposed contract. Assembly members had unanimously voted to hire Doom at a special meeting earlier this month. When reached for comment at the time, former Borough Mayor Bill Roberts …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A look at the Marine Mammal Protection Act on it’s 50th anniversary, with a view from St Paul Island. Middle school students in Ketchikan have spent more than a month learning songs in languages from all around the world. And kindergarten and first-grade students in Anchor Point are learning how to play …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s US Senate candidates have clarified their positions on abortion rights. House candidates took on salmon bycatch in Wednesday’s debate. And Angoon residents have built their first traditional dugout canoe since the nineteenth century. Candidates for U.S. Senate take questions at Debate for the State, produced by Alaska Public Media, KTOO and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Half of state Legislature races feature candidates from the same party. Candidates for Alaska’s U.S. House seat sparred at last night’s Debate for the State. And aviation safety investigators are calling on operators of DeHavilland Otters to check a critical part before flying again. A DHC-3T Turbine Otter

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines, its a visit to a meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Crab Crash Edition. Photograph: Noaa Fisheries/AFP/Getty Images

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has requested federal disaster declarations for two Alaska crab fisheries after their populations crashed.  Gov. Dunleavy requested disaster declarations for the Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries, citing the closure of both this year. (Photo courtesy Corey Arnold/Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers) The Governor requested expedited disaster designations to jumpstart the process of …