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On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey previews the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, Dan Bross from KUAC previews the Yukon salmon run, KYUK’s Anna Rose MacArthur reports of a letter from the north asking Area M fishermen to stand down in June, and Kirsten Dobroth of KMXT tells …

Listen to this story; For invasive species week, KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Matt Van Daele, natural resources director for the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, and Blythe Brown, programs coordinator and district manager for the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District to discuss invasive species and the damage they cause to the ecosystem. Simard …

On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: It is fire season in Alaska. Foster children are suing the state for applying for, and keeping, their Social Security benefits. And candidates who loan money to their own campaigns can get it back later from constituents.

On today’s Midday Report with host Dylan Simard: Kenai athletes gear up for the Special Olympics in Florida. And Wrangell’s 4th of July King will earn his crown.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Weather patterns are driving Alaska’s hot fire season. Elizabeth Peratrovich is remembered with a monument on her 111th birthday. And Monday’s Mount Marathon race was one for the record books.

KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Dr. Cyndy Mika, new superintendent for the Kodiak Island Borough School District, to discuss the district’s challenges and opportunities, as well as her personal calling to teaching.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Lightning continues to cause new blazes in Alaska, as firefighters choose their battles. Proponents of the Alaska Long Trail project remain optimistic despite losing some funding to the veto pen. And Nushagak fishermen smash the daily harvest record for sockeye salmon.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Red Flag Warning, burn ban, and fireworks ban are in effect in much of Alaska due to high fire risk. Sealaska Corporation has removed its blood quantum requirement for enrollment. And Alaska’s biggest homeless shelter has closed.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is now at fire preparedness level 5- its highest. Rejected ballots in the mail-in election were twice the statewide number in 2020, and highest in rural districts. And Alaska icon Dennis Egan is remembered.

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KNOM’s Miriam Trujillo has bycatch reaction from Salmon Central, and ADF&G’s Sabrina Garcia wants to know more about salmon sharks. Alaska Fish and Game’s Sabrina Garcia wants to know more about salmon sharks. It’s a piece of a bigger puzzle Fish and Game is piecing …