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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Bureau of Land Management is inclined to allow the development of  the Willow project, to drill for oil on federal land in the Arctic. Sitka chef Renee Trafton is a finalist for a James Beard Award. And the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education has upheld the firing of a Soldotna physical …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Kodiak’s tanner crab fleet goes fishing, story by KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth, KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports on the lawsuit that would halt king salmon trolling, and Izzy Ross of KDLG tells of the governor’s vow to fight the Pebble veto. Pebble Mine site.  

 Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum is now the sole owner of a rare kayak from the 19th century that had previously been on loan from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum. The exterior of the kayak, or qayaq, is made from seal or sea lion skin that was stitched together by hand and pulled tight over a wooden frame. Tufts of human hair were also …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy repeated his goal to make Alaska the “most pro-life state in the country” yesterday. Gas supply from proven fields in Cook Inlet will only satisfy demand from Alaska’s main population center for about four more years. The Bristol Bay Native Corporation has cheered the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision …

Nate Svoboda and Bill Dunker from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Kodiak office stop by the station to discuss what Kodiak bears are up to in the middle of winter, bear education programs for school kids, and this summer’s busy bear season in town.  

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 …