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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be in town this week to hold public meetings about what to do with cattle on remote islands south of Kodiak. Chirikof and Wosnesenski islands have been uninhabited for years, unless you count the herds of cattle that have been roaming the combined 36,500 acres since the 1880s. The islands are …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The holidays are often a chance for Kodiak High School Alumni to make their way back to Kodiak from wherever life took them in the years since graduation. This year one alumna in particular had to travel a bit farther then most. Alysa Horn is currently in the midst of her first season of professional women’s basketball in …

In 1943, Karluk villagers were transferred thousands of acres of land and water to create the only Indian reservation in Kodiak’s history. In this episode, discover how a US Supreme Court case, local canners, village fishermen, and federal agencies responded to the creation of the controversial Karluk Reservation.

{audio}/stories/mp3/stories-2-mp3/140102.Alaska Fisheries Report 2-4 Jan.mp3″] Coming up on this first show of the New Year, we get a projection for this year’s king run on the Nushagak, and just how many people are employed in the seafood industry in Alaska? Big thanks to KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham and KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal in Unalaska.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The 47th annual Joe Floyd Winter Classic Basketball Tournament kicks off Thursday afternoon at the Kodiak High School gym. Six teams from out of town will be on the island to play against the Kodiak High School Bears in the round-robin tournament. On the girls’ side, Dimond, West Vally and Sitka are visiting, while Soldotna, Bristol Bay and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will hold its first meeting of the New Year, and a busy one at that. Tonight’s agenda is especially full and includes items from the assembly’s December meeting that was cancelled due to lack of a quorum. On the list tonight is a series of contract approvals, including construction administration services for …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Even though New Year’s Eve conditions were less than ideal for fireworks, there won’t be a rain check for usage any time soon. Fireworks were only legal in the Kodiak Island Borough until January 1, meaning any pyrotechnics leftover today will have to be saved until this summer. Borough code bans the use of fireworks without a permit …

Coming up this week, a familiar face takes on the science advising for a group of Aleutian crabbers, and a look at one of the last salmon cultures on earth. And that’s another year in the tote for the Alaska Fisheries Report. As usual, it couldn’t be done without help from the dozens of fishy contributors near and far. So, …