KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is feeling many of the same challenges to its economy as other parts of the United States, including high housing prices and a need for workers. The Kodiak Economic Development Corporation was set up during the pandemic to evaluate COVID-19’s impact on local businesses and distribute funds. Today, KEDC examines long term challenges to Kodiak’s economy and considers solutions. …

On today’s Midday Report with host  Terry Haines: Investors are trying to sell the Donlin Mine project to local residents. A Bristol Bay school principal makes a hair raising bet with a student.  And the Kenai School District is struggling to transition away from universal free lunches for students.

Isle Bells during a performance. Listen to this story; Kodiak’s handbell choir, the Isle Bells, is about to begin their fall practice. It’s their first regularly scheduled concert season since the pandemic. The group’s first performance is just around the corner. Ella Katelnikov is the director of Isle Bells. She says the seeds for the Isle Bells group were sown …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Mud Run is back in Dillingham. Alaska’s Farm Family of the Year is from Soldotna. And a new Fast Response Cutter has arrived in Ketchikan.

On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: A Kodiak man has been sentenced on charges of producing child pornography. A landslide app is available for Sitka residents. And the Inflation Reduction Act may encourage new mining projects in Alaska.

The Kodiak landfill. Listen to this story; Contractors will be boring holes into some areas around the landfill and filling them with powerful explosives, which will be detonated electronically. The goal is to free up an enormous amount of gravel to be used by the landfill. The borough has two options for acquiring gravel. It can either spend millions of …

On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: Preliminary election results have been posted. Kuskokwim fishermen are asking the state to reopen the upper river to silver fishing. And a long distance arctic road rally was all electric.  

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report: Robert Woolsey reports from KCAW on a ruling against the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding troll caught chinook salmon. And KDLL’s Sabine Poux adds to the saga of Cook Inlet setnetters.