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Jay Barrett/KMXT We’ve talked a lot about the excellent sockeye salmon run since the season started just over a week ago – but while the reds are running strong, the pinks are the real money fish in these parts. So what’s their outlook? “The pink salmon forecast overall, is about 17-milllion,” says James Jackson, the Fish and Game salmon management …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT June is Filipino American Heritage Month in Kodiak. During last night’s city council meeting Councilman Rich Walker read a proclamation recognizing the vital role Filipino Americans play in Kodiak’s community. Mary Guiles Hawver is the president of the Filipino American Association and accepted the proclamation. “On behalf of the entire Filipino American community I would like to thank …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Synthetic turf in the baseball outfield at Baranof Park will soon be a reality. During last night’s city council meeting the council authorized a change order for the Baranof Park improvements project, which included the track, football field and baseball infield replacements. The change order will now include the replacement of the baseball outfield. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Sixty-years ago this month, a young Kodiak man, just a few years out of the Navy, graduated from law school. Now, after 22 years as an attorney and prosecutor followed by 15 years as a Superior Court Judge, that young man, now a respected Kodiak elder, will see the courthouse here named in his honor. After a ceremony …

Coming up this week, news of chinook and coral gardens from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, both sides are far apart in Togiak herring prices, and listen up, mariners, some of your Marine Forecast Zones will be changing this fall. We couldn’t have done it without the help of Seafood.com’s John Sackton in Lexington, Massachusetts, APRN’s Alexandra Gutierrez …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Another 40,000 sockeye salmon were harvested in the Kodiak Management Area yesterday (Wednesday), and the very first coho of the season was reported caught as well. The total through June 12th is now 244,439 sockeye caught, with just more than half – 124,633 – in the Karluk, Northwest Kodiak and Southwest Afognak area. Over 93,000 have been hauled …

The crew of Air Station Kodiak and assembled guests congratulate the crew of the 109-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Tuxedni on their award of the Gold Life Saving Medal presented by the Coast Guard at the Billiken Theater on Coast Guard Base Kodiak June 12, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The Gold Life Saving Medal was created by an act of Congress …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Medicare and Medicaid are two frequently used federal programs, and they are the ones Congress most likes to fiddle with. As a result, lots of people have questions. Enter Judith Bendersky, a Health Manager 2 with the State of Alaska, who is in town to answer some of those questions. “The rules change. And then with the affordable …