Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.
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Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about an annual joint-military exercise in the Arctic with some training taking place in Kodiak this week, Alaska Aerospace Corporation receives federal funding to update its facilities at the Kodiak Island spaceport, KUCB reports on the Board of Fisheries recent decision on Area M salmon fishing, Alaska Public Media reports on the state House's version of the budget bill, and Port Lions is replacing its water system.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, some cast members from the Kodiak Arts Council's production of Romeo and Juliet provide a teaser of the upcoming show. Performances are March 7th at 7 p.m., March 8th at 2 p.m., March 13th at 7 p.m., March 14th at 7 p.m., March 15th at 2 p.m.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alix Soliman reports on the perils and promise of mariculture in SE, Colette Czarnecki on a Wrangell fisherman roundtable, and severe restrictions on Cook Inlet sport king fishing, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara.
Alaska News
- Skijoring is an exhilarating way to spend time with your dog. Here are 4 tips to get started.
- Board of Fisheries cuts to Area M June salmon fishery prompt backlash
- Sullivan is steadfast in support of the war, saying Iran started it long ago
- Alaska legislators view Iran war-induced oil price spike with caution
- Lawmakers question Alaska’s decision to turn over confidential voter data to DOJ
- State lawmakers introduce bills to fight water pollution from cruise ships
- Sen. Sullivan says he supports attack on Iran
- Alaska House passes bill limiting AI sexual imagery and child social media use
- Mat-Su looks to close schools amid budget shortfall with more proposed cuts coming
- Psychedelic medicine task force recommends ways to make future care in Alaska accessible
NPR National News
- Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
- Mundane, magic, maybe both — a new book explores 'The Writer's Room'
- GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales heads to a runoff in Texas amid a new ethics probe in the House
- Satellite images show Iran school strike hit more buildings than earlier reported
- As live music becomes more inaccessible, most fans stay watching through screens
- Paul McCartney's decade of transformation: From Beatles breakup to John Lennon's murder
- A Biden-era rule sought to stabilize child care. Why Trump wants it gone
- Greetings from Southwest Papua, which has some of the world's richest marine biodiversity
- Families remember U.S. reservists killed in Kuwait, members of an Iowa logistics unit
- Why supporting a shelter for women is now 'kind of radioactive'