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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: This week dual Area M stories, from KUAC’s Dan Bross and KUCB’s Theo Greenly, and KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth reports on a field trip by Alaska mariculture folk to South Korea, where kelp is king. Katie Basile/KYUK

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is primed to select a new mayor next Thursday, May 4, after current Borough Mayor Aimee Williams steps into her new role as borough manager. Williams was selected after several months without consistent leadership from the position. The next  mayor will serve until the next municipal election in October to fill the position in the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reconsider the Pebble Partnership’s permit proposal to build a mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. The Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs have agreed to support the Ambler Road Project. And the Alaska Senate is set to propose a one-time boost to the amount of …

Alaska’s mariculture industry was awarded $49 million in federal funding last year to develop the state’s burgeoning kelp market. Now, industry leaders are looking across the Pacific Ocean for inspiration on how to keep the state’s kelp scene growing. Nick Mangini is a kelp farmer and mariculture director for the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference, which is also known as SWAMC …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Not Invisible Commission, advocates working to prevent violence against Indigenous people in Alaska, met in Anchorage this week. Alaska’s Army National Guard recently sent a Black Hawk helicopter to a permanent station in Bethel. And Alaska Native language experts shared their personal stories at the State Capitol on Friday. Alaska Air …

Kodiak Kindness, a local nonprofit, hosted its biggest trash cleanup yet for Earth Day on Saturday. Heather Preece is the executive director of Kodiak Kindness. She said 66 folks came to pick up trash along the road between Mill Bay and White Sands beaches. The group of volunteers who came to clean as much garbage as possible for the event, …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with KMXT News Director Kirsten Dobroth and KMXT reporter Bryan Venua about their awards at the Alaska Press Club conference and their recent significant news coverage. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: For the first time in recent history, Alaska legislators in both parties and the governor are talking about implementing a broad-based tax. School districts are waiting anxiously to see if the Alaska Legislature will increase school funding after years of stagnant state support. And the Sitka School District has crossed its fingers …