KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Katherine Rose takes us on a tour of the Japanese herring scene, Jack Darrell reports that Silver Bay Seafoods will be acquiring Trident’s Ketchikan plant, and a Shelby Herbert dispatch tells of Trident’s sale of its Petersburg properties to E.C. Phillips & Son. Sushi chef Kodai Sanada prepares omakase …

Kodiak’s proposed Anton Larsen Bay road extension has received a significant financial nudge forward from the federal government. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced on March 20 $2.5 million dollars in funding for the project through Congress’ Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package, which was signed into law earlier this month on March 9. Extending this road on Kodiak Island would provide year-round …

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would have permanently increased state education funding last week. The Alaska State Legislature failed to overturn that veto by one vote on March 18. As KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, school officials in Kodiak are left wondering when, or if, the state government will help.  The Kodiak Island Borough School District’s Board of Education …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Representative Mary Peltola sat down with KYUK’s Sage Smiley to discuss infrastructure, fish, and why she’s running for re-election. Senator Murkowski’s new Chief of Staff is a familiar face. And it’s more and more difficult for Alaska prisoners to win discretionary parole. Sage Smiley/KYUKRep. Mary Peltola at a campaign event in Bethel, …

Regulation changes could be coming for Kodiak Island’s black-tailed deer population, including what kind of deer and how many can be taken by subsistence hunters. The proposals will ultimately go before the Federal Subsistence Board later this spring. Wildlife managers and the regional advisory council are still divided over Kodiak’s antlerless deer hunt across Kodiak Island. The Office of Subsistence …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brian Venua speaks with members of Kodiak High School’s Drama, Debate, and Forensics team. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dozens of Juneau educators and residents flooded the Alaska Capitol yesterday to support an override to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of millions in state education funding. The override fell one vote short. And Alaska has submitted to the federal government a first-of-its-kind plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions that drive global …

The Kodiak Fire Protection Area No. 1 Board [also known as the Bayside Fire Department] is seeking to cut their area’s property tax rate or mill rate by 10% from 1.5 to 1.35 mills. That decision was a point of contention during the Board’s meeting last week on March 12. Residents across Kodiak Island Borough saw their property values increase up …