On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas that were hauled up by groundfish trawlers in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Fat Bear Week kicks off this week with its junior bear competition. And a group of U.S. Forest Service personnel traveled to Kake late last month to help …
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Alaska Fisheries Report 28 September 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game kicks off its traveling bycatch roadshow, story from Brian Venua of KMXT (plus audio postcard!), and Kavitha George delves into the Yukon salmon collapse for Alaska Public Media. The Kodiak bycatch meeting was standing-room only. September 19, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT)
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 21 September 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A Bristol Bay two-way with KDLG’s Christina McDermot and economist Gunnar Knapp. Not to be outdone, CoastAlaska’s Angela Denning sits down with biologist Bo Meredith to break down SE salmon. F/V Sounder gillnetting in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska. Photo: Joe McCabe
Read More »Midday Report September 27, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Senator Lisa Murkowski is not optimistic Congress can avoid a shutdown. Physician Assistants, or PAs, are not happy about how the state medical board is rewriting their regulations. And Golden Valley Electric Association and Westinghouse are teaming up on a power storage project near Healy. Westinghouse long-duration energy storage system.
Read More »Local Candidate Forums 2023
Local candidates for City Council, City Mayor, Borough Assembly, and School Board met in a forum sponsored by Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, Kodiak Daily Mirror, and KMXT. The City Council and mayor forum was held Monday, September 25, 2023 and the Borough Assembly and School Board forums were Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Both were broadcast live on KMXT 100.1FM. Hear …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Dementia care and music with John Campbell
On this week’s episode of Talk of Rock, host Jared Griffin caps off World Dementia Month as he speaks with author and lyricist John Campbell about his book Beyond the Fading Memories: Guiding Words for Dementia Caregivers, and his song based off the book, “Beyond Fading Memories.” Listen here:
Read More »Midday Report September 26, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Garage and estate sale season is still in full swing. Fatal crashes have been notably high on Kenai Peninsula highways this fall. And a lack of affordable housing continues to plague Alaska. Rhonda Johnson works with owner-builders in RurAL Cap’s mutual self-help housing program at a site in Soldotna on Aug. 31, …
Read More »Fish and Game hosts meeting to hear fishers’ perspective about bycatch
Tension was high as fishers were eager to share their questions, stories, and even demands for controlling bycatch, which is the incidental harvest of a non-targeted species. Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang said the goal is to hear fishers’ ideas about what regulations could help curb bycatch. “People are passionate about bycatch, they want tools to address bycatch,” he …
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