On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Pharmacy giant Walgreens is going back on a decision to offer the abortion pill mifepristone in Alaska. Crews in Craig are still working to restore service after a water outage that began Sunday. And the Alaska Marine Highway System has announced significant changes to this year’s summer ferry schedule. Water pours from …
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Kodiak’s Island Trails Network manages several trail systems and organizes marine debris cleanup around the archipelago. The organization recently named a new executive director for the first time since the nonprofit’s inception. Travis Cooper (right) and his daughter (left) on March 2, 2023. Brian Venua/KMXT Travis Cooper previously served as the non-profit’s trails program coordinator. His former position was more …
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On this week’s Talk of the Rock, join host Jared Griffin as he talks with Stephanie Mason and Rob Stauffer of the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op about supporting locally-grown and farmed food in Kodiak. The Co-op store is located at 1410 Selig St, and is open T-F 3-7pm, and Saturday 12-3pm. Listen here:
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: School bus service in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District resumed Monday after a month long bus strike ended. Brown bear baiting will not be allowed in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, after all. And the latest Iditarod update! A brown bear cub looks for fish in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Kenai …
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Grocery store shelves in Kodiak were bare this weekend after rough weather delayed food deliveries to the island, and an emergency cargo flight filled with provisions landed in Kodiak Sunday morning to help fill the gap. Kodiak depends on barges to bring in everything from milk and meat to cereal and bread. The last barge delivery was nearly two weeks …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new bill introduced in the state Senate last week aims to revamp the public retirement system. The Iditarod trail sled dog race got underway this weekend. And an international meeting on arctic policy will host 13 countries for three days in Anchorage. Attentive sled dogs await the start of the Iditarod …
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Construction plans for the state’s oldest building are moving along, and it’s the first step in a bigger plan to preserve a piece of history on Kodiak Island. Members of Kodiak’s Historic Preservation Commission unanimously approved a service agreement for a new roof design for the Russian-American Magazin at a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28. It now goes to Kodiak’s …
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On today’s midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: the Kodiak Island Borough School District plans for another year of flat funding, the Board of Fisheries passes some restrictions on fishing in Area M, but it’s far short of what Y-K Delta residents were hoping for, and Alaska Airline’s iconic “Salmon Thirty Salmon” will soon be a memory.
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