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Coming up this week, free salmon nets proved controversial on the Kuskokwim, they’re incubating salmon eggs in Norton Sound while two Southeast communities would like to see more fish hatcheries in their region. All that and setnetters on the Kenai want their fair share of Cook Inlet salmon. We had help this week from KYUK’s Sophie Evan in Bethel, KDLL’s …

Daria Safronova, archivist at St. Herman Russian Orthodox Seminary, examines a religious text handwritten in Alutiiq, which dates from the early 1900s. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photos Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The recent rediscovery of a book, handwritten in Alutiiq and containing numerous gospels of the Bible, could play an important role in the on-going Alutiiq language revival on Kodiak Island. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs …

Briannna Gibbs/KMXT Humpback and fin whale populations are increasing in the Kodiak archipelago, says Bree Witteveen, a marine mammal specialist and research assistant professor for the Marine Advisory Program. On Tuesday Witteveen gave a teleconferenced talk with students at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, but opened the talk to Kodiak residents at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Sunday is the deadline to register to vote for the primary election on August 28. Gail Fenumiai is the director of division of elections for the state and said those who need to register, or update their status, should do so as soon as possible. "July 29 is the 30th day before the election and that is the …

(BARROW) Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Tom Combs, Lt. Mike Groncki and Petty Officer 2nd Class Zach Painter, members of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, give Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell a tour of the helicopter hanger at Coast Guard Forward Operating Location Barrow July 23, 2012. Two helicopters with supporting air, ground and …

Metropolitan Christopher, left, with Bishop (now Archbishop) Benjamin in the Czech Republic in 2011. Jay Barrett/KMXT For only the second time, the head of an overseas branch of the Orthodox Church will be visiting Alaska. The Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovak, Metropolitan Christopher, the Archbishop of Prague, will spend two weeks in Alaska, attending …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak man will spend 41 months in prison after his conviction on charges of dealing methamphetamines. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Anchorage says in a release that 40-year-old David Ramirez was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Fairbanks for his conviction on one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Judge Sharon Gleason also …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A 33-year-old Kodiak man was arrested early yesterday (Monday) morning after a short stand-off with Kodiak police. The man had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the 1200 block of Mission Road after a domestic disturbance reported at about 3 a.m. The intoxicated man initially refused orders from the police to throw out his semi-automatic rifle and demanded …