Five kelp farmers from around Kodiak Island have started the Kodiak Ocean Growers Co-op. It’s a member owned and operated organization that hopes to benefit all of the archipelago’s kelp farmers in the growing, local industry.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Kodiak brown bears waking up in town, the Board of Game is hosting its Southcentral Region meeting in Kodiak, where snow gets dumped when the local snow dump is full, how this snowy winter in Kodiak compares to previous ones, and the Kodiak Island Borough School District is not recruiting international teachers for next school year.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss Kodiak Island's two salmon hatcheries and some of the nuances of hatching fish with Tina Fairbanks and Kyle Woolever of Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, KRAA.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that pollock fishermen chose to stop fishing to attend this week's Board of Fisheries meeting, plus a blast of preseason announcements from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Alaska News
- Avalanche death near Haines sparks warnings about unstable snowpack
- Long-sought compromise election reform bill heads to Gov. Dunleavy's desk
- Several historic oil spill sites in Alaska's Prince William Sound are now deemed safe
- Port of Alaska to see major rebuild, as work gets underway on critical cargo terminal
- Alaska accepts ballots that arrive after Election Day. This case could end that.
- Dunleavy proposes property tax breaks for Alaska LNG pipeline
- No health insurance? Here are other ways to access affordable health care in Alaska
- Alaska lawmakers look to resolve standoff over fast-track budget bill
- NOAA funds Aleutian seismic stations under new agreement
- Why Alaska school districts are still facing deep cuts after last year’s funding increase
NPR National News
- Doctors worry about FDA scrutiny of RSV shots to protect babies
- Travelers are facing the longest TSA wait times in history
- Stephen Colbert's next epic quest? Writing a new 'Lord of the Rings' movie
- Greetings from Turkey's border with Iran, where Iranians let loose on the dance floor
- Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial
- For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader
- Savannah Guthrie's first interview since mother Nancy vanished: 'I imagine her terror'
- At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment
- A leadership vacuum adds to strains on the CDC
- DHS funding deal on shaky ground as Trump and Democrats both decline to embrace it