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Four years ago a hot, rapidly spreading fire burned much of the Chiniak area. On this week’s Talk of the Rock several of the residents share their memories of that frightening event. Our guests: John and Moe Butler Dave and Betty Odell Joan Brodie   The Aug. 27, 2015 Twin Creeks fire in Chiniak as seen from town. Photo courtesy …

A new family event takes place this weekend. The Venture-Thru-Vehicles will be held at Oscar’s Dock on the spit downtown from 11-5 on Saturday. The basic premise is exactly as it sounds — get a bunch of cool, giant trucks, boats, and a helicopter together in a parking lot and let boys and girls of all ages explore them and …

The pink salmon harvest in Southeast Alaska is expected to end up hitting its target numbers after all. Despite poor returns in the northern part of the region, fishermen farther south are doing fine. A fisheries scientist based working in NOAA’s Auke Bay lab in Juneau is given the U.S. government’s highest honor available to scientists in the early part …

  Statewide fishing is all over the place – both literally and figuratively – salmon catches range from terrific in Bristol Bay while others, such as in Chignik are tragic. But salmon aren’t the only species Alaskans are fishing right now. We have an update on who’s catching what, where, and how it’s going. Despite some of the hottest temperatures …

  Statewide, salmon fishermen are pushing the 100-million mark, half of those fish come from Bristol Bay. We have a report of catches and prices. What happens when the salmon don’t show up? The residents of Chignik on the Alaska Peninsula are suffering the second year of no fish. We look at how a fish-dependent community copes with the loss. …

  Traditional Knowledge will now be included in management plans by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Record breaking temperatures around Alaska are hard on a lot of Alaskans not used to the high temps. But it’s even worse for Kuskokwim salmon which suffered heart attacks from warm water temps. Apparently salmon don’t function well in water temps past 70 …

  Today we spoke with Curt Waters and Borghy Holm with About My Father’s Business about their plans to raise money this weekend to purchase food cards for low-income seniors. The Seniors Benefit Program  was vetoed by the governor. For more information, go to AMFB.love.   Borghy Holm and Curt Waters from About My Father’s Business spoke on Friday’s Talk …

A lot of Kodiak residents are feeling the pain of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s line-item vetoes. One group is low income senior citizens. The Senior Benefits Program was cut entirely effective July 1. A local non-profit group is sponsoring a special fundraising effort this weekend to raise money to buy food cards to distribute to seniors in need.   Borghy Holm …

    There’s been a lot of big cuts to Alaska state government, but the Department of Fish & Game fared better than most.  A new boat registration law went into effect in January. Unfortunately, the state didn’t do a good job of letting fishermen and boat owners know. If you’ve got a motorized vessel that’s 24-feet or longer, you …

Slugs. The bane of Kodiak gardeners. There are those who think the only thing worse than finding a slug in their garden or flower bed is to find one in a salmonberry they just bit into. Yuck! You may have thought they dried up and died during that recent stretch of dry, sunny weather. Wrong. Kodiak master gardener Marion Owen …