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Kodiak’s annual commercial fishing trade show ComFish kicks off in-person and virtually on Thursday, March 16. The event brings together fishermen, lawmakers, scientists and vendors to discuss and celebrate Alaska’s fisheries, but this year’s event also highlights public health. Daily forums aimed at identifying and reversing an opioid overdose are new to this year’s ComFish schedule. Each forum will include …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ryan Redington has won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The only Cook Inlet beluga whale in captivity is celebrating five years at his aquarium home. And Southeast weather nerds try to predict the future. Tyonek the beluga at Seaworld San Antonio    

Hurricane-force winds that hit Kodiak earlier this month delayed food deliveries and disrupted travel to the island. The windstorm also ripped out pieces of the city’s biggest boat harbor, and city officials say the damage highlights the need for repairs.  An overhaul of Kodiak’s St. Herman Harbor, seen here in January, 2023, has been identified as a top priority for …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two Aleutian volcanoes are showing signs of unrest, signaling the potential for an eruption. The University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team won the NCAA championship over the weekend. Plus Iditarod leaders are tightly bunched. Tanaga, in November 2012. Photograph courtesy of Roger Clifford

The results from environmental testing at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex are back following January’s fiery rocket crash at the facility. Officials with Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation say overall, any contamination was largely contained to the immediate area, and cleanup is moving quickly. Testing at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex after January’s rocket crash shows most contaminants were contained to the …

Two long-term substitutes have finally arrived in the village of Ouzinkie, on the Kodiak Archipelago, after staffing shortages left the school there without a consistent teacher all year. It’s another chance for students to get the consistency they need as hiring struggles ripple to rural areas of the state.  The school in the village of Ouzinkie, seen here from the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Kotzebue and the Northwest Arctic Borough have declared a disaster after a series of massive snow storms. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District  is considering cuts to pools and theaters in the face of a large deficit. And a new brewery is opening in Sterling. A Kotzebue home’s front is covered in …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai is already closed for kings, story by Sabine Poux of KDLL, kids go icefishing, as reported by KBBI’s Corinne Smith, and a halibut preview from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth. Six-year-old Solo Sky Frost ice fishes for the first time with his kindergarten class on the Homer reservoir. (Corinne Smith/KBBI)