Katherine Irving
ReporterKatherine Irving was born and raised in Oakland, California. After graduating from Macalester College, where she dissected sharks, excavated dinosaur bones, and assisted with wolf vaccinations, Katherine dove into a career in journalism with positions at Science Magazine, Sierra Magazine, and more. Katherine loves reporting about the intersection of people and the planet, with a focus on research, wildlife, and the ocean. She is excited to call Kodiak home and delve into the stories that make this place special.
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the effects of the prolonged shutdown at Kodiak's Coast Guard base, a resolution supporting the continued federal ban on Russian seafood, Old Harbor Native Corporation's new tourism business, the potential sale of the historic Orpheum Theatre, and a salmon dissection at Main Elementary. -
The dissection is part of a program called Salmon in the Classroom, which gives kids hands-on experience with the salmon life cycle. -
According to a schedule published by Discover Kodiak, over 31,000 cruise ship passengers could be arriving to the island this year. -
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is taking public comments on the proposed mineral lease sale, which covers swaths of Alaska waters, until the end of the day April 1. -
The Alaska Board of Game reduced the number of sea ducks nonresidents can harvest and rejected increases for deer bag limits during its meeting in Kodiak from March 19-25. -
On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the upcoming KEA elections, upcoming renovations to the Fort Abercrombie ranger station, a new kelp farmers co-op in Kodiak, the fate of hatchery proposals at the Board of Fisheries meeting on March 21, a new major election reform bill, and price changes to fuel on Kodiak.
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Although none of the proposals asking for limits on pink and chum hatchery salmon passed, Board members discussed enacting similar limits, like putting a moratorium on pink and chum egg takes, in the future. -
Four candidates are running for three seats in the Kodiak Electric Association election. -
The station was built in the 1960s and hasn't been renovated since the early 2000s. -
The meeting will weigh proposals for the entire Southcentral region of Alaska, including the entire Kodiak archipelago.
