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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Kodiak Sen. Gary Stevens will host a one-day gathering this month aimed at exploring additional opportunities for the aerospace industry in Alaska. The Alaska Rocket and Space Summit will be June 21 in Anchorage. Stevens says Senate representatives have been working closely with the Alaska Aerospace Corp. to invite experts and key industry players to inform …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak chef Joel Chenet has made a tradition of turning the first salmon of the season into a five-course seafood feast. This year the event will be on Sunday and benefit the Kodiak Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers. The dinner is at the VFW hall on Monashka Bay Road. Doors open for hors d’oeuvres …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT One hundred years ago, the largest explosive volcanic eruption of the 20th century happened right here in Alaska. The Katmai-Novarupta explosion was 30 times bigger than the Mt. Saint Helens eruption in 1980 and bigger than all historic eruptions in Alaska combined.

Jay Barrett/KMXT With help from $9,000 across two grants, the Baranov Museum is presenting several events as part of Filipino American Heritage Month. Tonight at 7 p.m.there will be a lecture and discussion with E.J. David (DA’-vid), an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the author of the book "Filipino-American Postcolonial Psychology." Filipino-American Heritage Month …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Reduction to halibut bycatch in the trawl and hook-and-line Pacific cod fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska will be a hot topic at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting this week in Kodiak. Currently, there are approximately 5-million pounds of inadvertently-caught halibut tossed overboard each year. The options before the council are cuts to that number of …

Jay Barrett/KMXT After a long, hard and record-setting winter, the Emerald Isle is finally taking on its signature hue. And if the forecast for the next week pans out, a blast of sunshine headed our way should put the greenery over the top. But as master gardener Marion Owen cautions, don’t wait until the sun is shining to get those …

Coming up this week, outlook, outlook, outlook, recap. Also, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is headed towards Kodiak, and a Fairbanks professor wants to know what fishermen think of their careers and community. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, and KNOM’s Ben Matheson in Nome. Here’s the outlook for the NPFMC’s upcoming meetings: npfmc_three_meeting_outlook

Jay Barrett/KMXT Scientists in Seward working on techniques for hatchery rearing king crab have developed a method to boost survival rates among blue kings. Ben Daly, an Alaska Sea Grant research biologist, says he wasn’t entirely surprised that micro algae worked so well.