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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A recent report describes transboundary Canadian gold mines as Ponzi schemes. NANA Regional Corporation announced on Wednesday that it plans to withdraw from the Ambler Road Project. And the state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks. Bjorn …