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The snow crabs’ population in the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska has fluctuated for decades. An increase in young crabs back in 2018 gave way to optimism that fishing would be good for years to come, but the hope was short-lived. Gabriel Prout and his family own the fishing vessel Silver Spray …

The search is ongoing for a new chief executive officer for Alaska Aerospace Corporation, which oversees the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape. That’s after the state-owned company’s last CEO, Milton Keeter, abruptly left the position back in March. Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape, November 2022 (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe …

The Kodiak Island Borough is one of the only places in the state that doesn’t automatically re-enroll senior citizens and disabled veterans for property tax exemption. At least eight seniors and veterans filed late for property tax exemptions this year. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly heard cases one at a time at its meeting Thursday. …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly appointed Scott Arndt as mayor Thursday night. The Assembly received three applications for borough mayor: from current Assembly members Scott Arndt and Joseph Delgado, and former Assembly member Rebecca Skinner. Scott Arndt swearing in to be borough mayor, May 4, 2023. (Via the borough’s YouTube channel) Community members from all …

Alaska’s mariculture industry was awarded $49 million in federal funding last year to develop the state’s burgeoning kelp market. Now, industry leaders are looking across the Pacific Ocean for inspiration on how to keep the state’s kelp scene growing. Nick Mangini is a kelp farmer and mariculture director for the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference, which …

The United States Coast Guard Band is touring Alaska this month and will even do a show in Kodiak. Their visit will include a saxophone quartet performance. The full Coast Guard Band has 55 musicians. The full group will have shows in Juneau and Anchorage, but they’re splitting up to also visit Kodiak and Fairbanks. …

Kodiak Island is home to a burgeoning local food movement – one that could get a whole lot bigger this summer, thanks to one gardener’s ambitious plan to plant half a million carrots across the archipelago. You could say Dave Jackson is Kodiak’s carrot kingpin. Dave Jackson in his greenhouse at his home in Bell’s …

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared this year’s climate to be an El Niño year based on conditions in the Pacific Ocean. El Niño and La Niña are Spanish for “the boy” and “the girl,” respectively. But when it comes to climate, they’re part of an irregular cycle of sea surface temperatures in the …

A day after Homeland Security Investigations officials descended on Sean Combs' Miami and Los Angeles residences, his lawyers are calling it an "unprecedented ambush."

Someone in New Jersey overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.12 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December.