On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Breakup has wrapped up on the Kuskokwim River, now the cleanup starts. Families around the state are waiting to find out whether they’ll get correspondence school allotments next school year. And injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements. Home school students Isaac …
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Kodiak Police Department moving away from 24/7 patrols due to continued staffing shortages
By the end of this month on May 27, the Kodiak Police Department will no longer be able to sustain patrols 24 hours a day, every day [24/7], due to steadily declining staffing levels. Police Chief Tim Putney told KMXT in January, this will be the first time in decades, since the 1980s, the department has not been able to …
Read More »Midday Report – May 13, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Weather Service says the end of breakup is in sight for the Kuskokwim. The Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska is running out of ore. And key state lawmakers are throwing cold water on the idea of cutting state royalties on oil and natural gas to spur production in Cook …
Read More »Kodiak wraps busiest cruise week on schedule
Kodiak doesn’t get as many cruise ships as panhandle communities like Juneau or Ketchikan, so it’s kind of a big deal when one stops by. And this week was the busiest stretch on the schedule for the 2024 season, with four boats passing through town. The Viking Orion brought 930 passengers on May 5, Westerdam brought 1916 passengers on May …
Read More »Midday Report – May 10, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaskans who sued the state over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing. Ice jams from breakup on the Kuskokwim River are causing high water to inundate many lower river communities. And a bill to regulate community solar projects is …
Read More »Ouzinkie’s Spruce Island Farms testing kelp farming as a way to provide revenue and restore the environment
Spruce Island Farms with the City of Ouzinkie is planning to test the feasibility of growing kelp in Narrow Strait, just offshore from the eastern part of Kodiak Island, between the southern end of Spruce Island and Nelson Island. Based on the permit application with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the two entities are looking at farming sugar kelp, …
Read More »Sun’aq Tribe staff get scuba certified to improve search efforts for invasive crayfish
Crayfish are an invasive species that have been threatening a Kodiak Island lake for over two decades. Eradication efforts have been underway for years. But now the Sun’aq Tribe staff recently got a scuba certification to search for the freshwater shellfish in deeper water than ever before. Both Buskin Lake and River of the same name have been found with …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 09 May 2024
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Robert Woolsey reports on new management for the Little Port Walter chinook hatchery for KCAW, Dan Bross files a report on federal management of Yukon River salmon, and a Kodiak forecast for the commercial salmon season from KMXT’s Davis Hovey. NOAA’s Little Port Walter Research Station (LPW). Credit: Heather Fulton-Bennett/NOAA …
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