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Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens was in Dillingham last week for a hearing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on its Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment concerning the potential effects of large scale mining in Bristol Bay. He said the testimony there was different than that heard in Anchorage the day before. The public comment period on the EPA’s …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak commercial salmon season kicked off on Saturday. Fish and Game’s Kodiak Area Management Biologist James Jackson says it’s still too early to tell what’s hot and what’s not, and he describes a lot of the fishing at this point in the season as "average."

Jay Barrett/KMXT There was a huge effort by commercial and charter fishermen from one end of the Gulf of Alaska to another to convince the North Pacific Fishery Management Council that bycatch of halibut needed to be reduced. Alaska Marine Conservation Council Kodiak Outreach Coordinator Theresa Peterson – who is also a commercial fisherman with halibut quota – says the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has revised downward the amount of diesel fuel spilled from the U.S. Army Reserve landing craft Monterrey, which was intentionally grounded late Friday night after hitting a charted rock, just off shore of downtown Kodiak. Steven Russel, the ADEC’s on-scene coordinator for Central Alaska, says at least 8,000 gallons were spilled from …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s going to be a quiet primary season in the newly re-platted Senate District R, but there will be a challenger to incumbent Republican Gary Stevens come the general election. Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Henrich, a life-long Cordova fisherman, has filed to run as a Democrat. Henrich was between fishing periods when KMXT caught up to him at his home …

The crew of the US Army Reserve landing craft Monterrey grounded the vessel after it reportedly struck a submerged rock late Friday night, which led to significant hull damage and spilling of about 15,000 gallons of fuel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg. Jay Barrett/KMXT Oil spill specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Department …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Friday to reduce halibut bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska by 15 percent, the maximum amount under consideration during its meeting here in Kodiak. The cuts to the trawl and longline fleets will be phased in over three years. The reduction passed on a 10-1 vote, with Dave Benson of Washington …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s Trevor Dunbar, a sophomore at the University of Oregon, has been named an All-American after placing sixth in the 5,000 meter run at the NCAA Division 1 national championships Friday night. The race, held in Des Moines, Iowa, was won by Southern Utah’s Cameron Levins in 13 minutes, 40 seconds. Dunbar’s time was 13:44.16. Dunbar was previously …