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Members of the state of Alaska’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention, or OSMAP will be in Kodiak on Thursday, Oct. 13 for a community discussion on addiction and opioid misuse. The state has seen a surge in the number of overdoses linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl since the pandemic. That’s the case in Kodiak, too. There was …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A logging operation owned by the Yakutat village corporation will be dissolved after shareholder complaints. Two thousand gallons of fuel has spilled at the new Vitus Terminal in Bethel. And the Commander of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball recalls an encounter with Chinese and Russian vessels. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Thomas D’Arcy …

For the first time ever, the Bering Sea snow crab fishery will not open for the upcoming season. Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Monday afternoon. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery will also be closed this year- for a second year in a row. Gabriel Prout co-owns the F/V Silver Spray with his dad and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Few answers are available for relatives are asking questions about the 15 inmates who have died in custody this year in Alaska. Alaskans are thinking harder than usual about a Constitutional Convention. And bear awards in Southeast Alaska are about more than who is fattest.

Kodiak’s waterfront, seen from Near Island, in September, 2022. (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office is seeking input from coastal Alaskans on a sweeping set of draft policy proposals to invest in the state’s ports and harbors.  The initiative is called the Working Waterfronts Framework – Murkowski said it’s in a crowd-sourcing phase.  “So, there’s not actual text and legislation, …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth and Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin report on two nights of fisheries debates in Kodiak. And KDLG’s Izzy Ross reports on declining permit ownership for locals in Bristol Bay.  

This post was updated Oct. 6, 2022. The commercial space industry could become a $1 trillion industry by 2040, according to some analysts. And companies that build rockets are looking for a place to launch. Some say Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex could be an opportunity for Alaska to get in on the ground floor, but if the industry is going …

Unofficial results are starting to take shape in Kodiak’s municipal elections that were held Tuesday, Oct. 4. Three candidates were running for two seats on Kodiak’s City Council; current council member John Whiddon will retain his seat on the council, according to the early vote tally. As of Wednesday afternoon, 331 votes had been cast for Whiddon. But the race …