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Maggie Wall/KMXT The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman from the Seattle-based vessel Arctic Storm 63 miles west of Cold Bay Wednesday night. An Air Station Kodiak helicopter rescued the man who was reportedly suffering from cardiac distress. The aircraft is assigned to the Cutter Healy which was on patrol in the Bering Sea. Coast Guard District 17 watchstanders requested that …

Joaqlin Estus/KNBA Kodiak brown bear photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Former Katmai National Park bear biologist Dr. Tom Smith, now of Brigham Young University in Utah, and the co-authors of a recent study analyzed 269 incidents in Alaska involving guns, people and bears – most of them grizzly, or brown bears. He says in 15 percent of …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up this week, potential changes to the foreign student work program could mean big trouble for Alaska’s canneries this summer; longliners and the charter fleet reach a rare compromise in Southeast; and the Fish Board chairman said there was nothing improper with his accepting room and board for a meeting in his own town. We had help …

Stephanie Joyce/KUCB The federal government is proposing at least a million dollar reduction in funding for tsunami programs in Alaska. The agency in charge says the cuts are necessary and won’t hurt the state’s tsunami preparedness, but some scientists and officials disagree. They say the reduction in funding will weaken Alaska’s tsunami programs and leave the state’s coastal communities at …

Maggie Wall/KMXT The Aurora Borealis makes an appearance over Monashka Mountain. Pam Foreman photo If skies are clear around Kodiak residents could be in for a real treat. A major auroral display is expected thanks to strong solar flare activity early Wednesday. The University of Alaska Geophysical Institute’s aurora forecast says debris from yesterday’s large solar activity should reach Earth …

Associated Press The Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy makes a path for the Russian tanker Renda to deliver fuel to Nome. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says the Coast Guard is including $860 million in its five-year budget plan for a new heavy polar icebreaker. The Alaska Democrat says in a release that news of …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Even though you’re listening to public radio KMXT right now, we understand if your radio dial strays once in a while. If it happens to stray up the dial one notch to KRXX, you’ll find a new music format. Gone is "Jack FM," which has been replaced by "Hot 101.1."

Ed Ronco/KCAW The U.S. Coast Guard dropped its charges against Lt. Lance Leone Monday. The Sitka-based Coast Guard aviator was facing charges of negligent homicide and destruction of government property in connection with a 2010 helicopter crash. More details here .