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Coming up this week, two boats go down in Southeast in separate incidents just hours apart this week; Skagway is seeing a good king run, but that doesn’t help the Canadians, and pink salmon just keep rolling in. We aired stories this week from KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau, KUAC’s Dan Bross in Fairbanks, KHNS’ Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, KFSK’s …

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Jay Barrett talk with Don Hartsell, the originator and promoter behind the World Sky Race, a stage-stop race around the world by various kinds of airships that he hopes to have off the ground by 2015.

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Jay Barrett talk with Don Hartsell, the originator and promoter behind the World Sky Race, a stage-stop race around the world by various kinds of airships that he hopes to have off the ground by 2015.

Coming up this week, another example of how sunshine and salmon don’t mix, Fritz Johnson has been appointed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries to replace Vince Webber, and then there’s this: “No one’s coming up with a world-changing idea over halibut. No way.” Why does Dominoes hate halibut? We had stories this week from KDLG in Dillingham, thanks to …

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs talks with local youth who’ve spent the summer largely in the wilderness working for the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge through the Youth Conservation Corps.

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs talks with local youth who’ve spent the summer largely in the wilderness working for the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge through the Youth Conservation Corps.

FPV Galaxy on fire in the Bering Sea, Oct. 20, 2002. Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Coming up this week, the disappointing Bristol Bay sockeye run is boosting roe prices in Japan; there’s a gripping new documentary about a terrifying night on the Bering Sea; and, did you ever think you’d hear anyone say Kodiak Island needed more rain? We had …

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs finds out what a summer in a salmon hatchery was like for college interns from Outside.

Today on Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs finds out what a summer in a salmon hatchery was like for college interns from Outside.

Coming up this week, the 9th Circuit says NOAA Fisheries was right to restrict fishing to protect Steller Sea Lions; and as if king salmon didn’t have enough challenges, over a thousand of them are killed by the hot summer. All that, plus the governor pleads with Walmart to take Alaska salmon. We had reports contributed by KUCB’s Stephanie Joyce …