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Five years after a Pacific cod fishery disaster in the Gulf of Alaska, 2020, federal financial relief is finally being distributed to some of the affected municipalities, like Kodiak. The Kodiak City Council formally accepted $156,158.40 on Thursday, Dec. 4.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTIn this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, the City of Kodiak has a new manager, an entangled humpback died near the island, Port Lions got a special delivery of salmon fillets, Kodiak residents are trying to grow fruit trees, a Kodiak farm is providing some of its milk to local families, and the Chamber of Commerce is bringing a home show back to the island after an over 30 year hiatus.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with the production team of Kodiak Arts Council's JOY, a community holiday music production. Performances are Dec. 6 at 7pm and Dec. 7 at 2pm.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Alaska Public Media's Casey Grove talks to fisheries reporter Hal Bernton about warm oceans and flawed models in the halibut fishery, and Maggie Nelson reports that harvestable pollock was left in the ocean in the Bering Sea "B" season, courtesy of KUCB.
Alaska News
- Murkowski tries again to change mountain's name to Denali
- What was on Alaska state lawmakers’ playlists this year?
- Federal fisheries managers hold Bering Sea pollock catch steady
- Southcentral Alaska mining prospect in national park presents familiar conflict, with a twist
- Alaska adventure 'grandfather,' Dick Griffith, passes at 98
- Murkowski says a military strike on shipwreck survivors would be a war crime
- Alaska leads the nation in seasonal employment swings, by a lot
- 5 simple (and cheap) ways to feel better on dark winter days in Alaska
- Congress overturns Biden restrictions on leasing in Arctic Refuge
- Johnson will lead Alaska House minority after a shakeup that has conservatives crying foul
NPR National News
- 1 student dead, 1 critically injured in shooting at Kentucky State University
- Millions of borrowers in Biden's SAVE plan would start paying under new settlement
- Rising temperatures could have a chilling impact on young children
- 'Pluribus' star Rhea Seehorn says no thanks to a world dictated by group think
- Who is Danny Ocean, the pop star playing at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony?
- Believe it or not, this book makes taxes fascinating
- Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, has died at 60
- Jazz, joy and one ragged Christmas tree: 60 years of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
- Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas
- Are we in a recession? Maybe professional Santas can tell us