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Today on the midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: the Alaska Marine Highway System has a new director, new data shows an rise in homicides in the state over the last decade, and a collective approach to healing after a fatal polar bear attack in the village of Wales.  

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Comfish Alaska is featured, with reports from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth on presentations from Alaska’s Congressional Delegation.  

The salmon shark dissection was a fan favorite event at Kodiak’s commercial fishing trade show, ComFish. It started before that at Kodiak’s Whale Fest when it was led by longtime Kodiak resident Gil Bane. This year, the dissection returned after a pandemic-induced hiatus. No sharks were available for last weekend’s event, so organizers used an inky alternative instead. The crowd …

This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: There will be no sac roe herring fishery in Togiak this year. As Southeast Alaska otter populations have grown, so have calls to loosen the strict federal rules protecting them. And after losing half their population, humpback whales in Glacier Bay are rebounding. Whales in Glacier Bay (Wikimedia Commons)  

Petro Marine Services, the parent company of the gas station chain Petro Express, has released more information on issues with contaminated fuel that was reported over this past month at its Kodiak location near Safeway.  The Petro Express near Safeway in Kodiak. This was the location affected by the strange liquid. March 21, 2023. Brian Venua/KMXT The company’s general manager, …

Kodiak residents will rally in support of healthy relationships and against domestic abuse on Thursday, March 23, as part of the Choose Respect March. It’s the first march since before the pandemic; it starts at 12 p.m. at the Sun’aq Tribal Hall in downtown Kodiak.  The Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center is one of the organizers of this year’s …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock: KMXT’s news director Kirsten Dobroth is joined by Rep. Louise Stutes during her visit to Kodiak for ComFish to discuss progress with the budget, the Alaska Marine Highway System, and what a state Bycatch Board might look like in the future.

This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new article examines coastal communities that are losing land to erosion. The Choose Respect March is tomorrow. And Senator Sullivan speaks at Comfish. Erosion carries trees over the edge of a cliff and into the sea in Dillingham, Alaska, a coastal city about 350 miles west of Anchorage. Grist …