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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The Buskin River sockeye salmon weir is operating at reduced capacity this summer because of a loss of federal funding. -
On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Ben Daly, the supervisor for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Commercial Fisheries Westward region, to talk about his first summer season in his new role at the Kodiak office. -
On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak, KMXT sits down with Ben Daly, the new supervisor for ADF&G's Division of Commercial Fisheries Westward region, Coast Guard Base Kodiak plans the final phase of its member housing expansion, NOAA hydrographic surveys are underway around Kodiak, and Kodiak's waters could be offering gray whales a lifeline in a difficult season. -
The first of the vessels will arrive in Kodiak in 2028. -
As the whales' usual food source in the Arctic crashes, they're turning to places like Kodiak to get enough prey. -
NOAA's Alaska Navigation Manager said these surveys aim to make the waters around the archipelago safer. -
On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Sun'aq Tribe researchers Matt Van Daele and Daniel Smith to discuss their work with invasive crayfish, gray whales, Aleutian terns, and more.
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The high cost of diesel, fueled by the war in Iran, coincides with a projected weak salmon harvest for this summer. -
The fourth graders at Kodiak’s Main Elementary School released the salmon fry they’ve been raising since October into Island Lake on May 21. The release is part of a year-round “Salmon in the Classroom” program hosted by the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, where fourth graders across the archipelago learn about the salmon life cycle in a hands-on way.Students got to name their fry, release them into the lake using a paper cup, and wish them well on their journey to the ocean. -
On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, a Kodiak teenager was found dead in the Pasagshak area, the M/V Tustumena cancels sailings, Alaska vets recommend dogs get the leptospirosis vaccine, a landing craft capsized off of the coast of Narrow Cape, gubernatorial candidates Shelley Hughes and Click Bishop visit KMXT during their visits to Kodiak for Crabfest, and KMXT's Davis Hovey visits an outgoing professor at Kodiak College.
