Emergency crews responded to a pile-up in downtown Kodiak due to icy road conditions; no injuries were reported. (Brian Venua/KMXT) A storm system that moved in from the Bering Sea on Monday dropped nearly a foot of snow on Kodiak Island and caused slick driving conditions throughout the day – including an eight car pile-up in downtown Kodiak on Monday …
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Midday Report November 28, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of state senators not only sliced up the turkey over Thanksgiving, but also carved-out Senate leadership roles. Residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will be getting a lot more power from the sun next summer. And residents near Eielson Air Force Base are skeptical of the chosen method to clean up …
Read More »Midday Report November 25, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The board that oversees the Alaska Marine Highway System continues working on short and long-range plans. Quyana means thank you in Yup’ik and has deeper layers of meaning. Three elementary students in Dillingham have been pushing to change a local creek’s name, and now the federal government has, along with 650 other …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 24 November 2022
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLG’s Izzy Ross on the designation of Nushagak Kings as a stock of concern, Kirsten Dobroth of KMXT reports about slow money for fast fish disasters, plus Washington State bans salmon pen farming, and the NPFMC wonders about crew data. (Photo by Allison Mollenkamp/KDLG)
Read More »Midday Report November 23, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More Alaskans have been voting against letting state judges keep their jobs. A euthanized Alaska black bear cub is the first in the country to test positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu. And the Bureau of Indian Affairs will give more than $45 million to US tribes to address …
Read More »ABL Space Systems’ next rocket launch set for early December
ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket on the launchpad at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex, November 2022. (ABL Space Systems) California-based aerospace company ABL Space Systems has pushed back its launch window to early December from the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex. ABL Space Systems, which is based out of El Segundo, California, scrubbed its third launch attempt in less than a week …
Read More »Midday Report November 22, 2022
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A contentious battle over books is playing out in Homer. More than a fifth of the high school population reports having used e-cigarettes in the last month. The Food Bank of Alaska has handed out about 10,000 free frozen turkeys and holiday meal kits over the last few days in Anchorage and …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Mayors Edition
On this week’s episode, KMXT’s news director Kirsten Dobroth fills in, and sits down with Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson and Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Aimee Williams to talk about what’s on the horizon for the city and borough, infrastructure money, fisheries and more.
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