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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 2023 Arctic Winter Games got underway in Wood Buffalo, Alberta Canada on Sunday night. A trial is set for late summer in the criminal case involving the deaths of two teenagers in a crash on Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo nearly four years ago. And environmental protesters against the Willow Project seem few …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Fairbanks Native Association and Tanana Chiefs Conference hosted a gathering to raise awareness about cases of missing and murdered Alaska Native people. A sentencing hearing for admitted arsonist Jamison Gallion concluded Wednesday in Fairbanks. And Bethel musher Pete Kaiser has won the Kuskokwim 300. Pete Kaiser wins his seventh Kuskokwim 300 …

After two weeks of staying at the dock, Kodiak’s Tanner crab fleet is finally going fishing. Crabbers agreed to a price with the island’s processors on Saturday, Jan. 28.   Boats tied up in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor (Brian Venua/KMXT) Each of Kodiak’s four canneries offered slightly different deals – Alaska Pacific Seafoods agreed to $3.35 per pound plus a retro …

Crabbers in Kodiak are still standing down almost two weeks after the opening of the area’s largest Tanner crab fishery in nearly 40 years. Fishermen say they won’t go fishing for the prices offered by local seafood processors, and the impasse comes as both the Bering Sea snow crab and king crab fisheries were closed this year. KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth …

Kodiak’s St. Herman’s Harbor at sunset (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) The City of Kodiak has outlined a list of capital improvement projects it hopes to fund this year. Among the city’s top priorities – and biggest expenses – are $40 million worth of repairs for its biggest harbor. St. Herman Harbor – right by Near Island –  is the larger of Kodiak’s …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A nationwide outbreak of avian influenza is having impacts far beyond the grocery store. The Sitka Assembly will donate $25,000 to support a fight against a legal decision that could shut down SE king salmon trolling. And state officials say they have no authority to investigate a behavioral health facility where two …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Oceana’s Jon Warrenchuk makes a case for a freezing the footprint of bottom trawling in the Gulf of Alaska, plus KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth with a tanner crab stand down update. Alberto Lindner/NOAA  

Discover Kodiak is planning to use funds from the art auction for a new “Kodiak” sign near St. Paul Harbor (Brian Venua/KMXT) The visitor’s bureau Discover Kodiak and the Kodiak Maritime Museum are bringing back their Chocolate Lover’s Fling and Art Auction. The annual event has chocolatiers and art enthusiasts gather to taste some of the best cocoa confections around, …