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Alaska’s first and most lucrative herring fishery at Sitka Sound is not likely to open for the second year in a row, and for only the second time in the fishery’s nearly 45-year history. Small fish and a weak market are to blame. Meanwhile, farther north, the Norton Sound winter crab fishery opened last …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kodiak Police Department says reports of a firearm at Kodiak High School this morning were found to be not credible. Though he won't be born for another 300 years -- and he's a fictitious character -- William Riker just might be the most famous person born in Valdez. And Northern Right Whales are set to get expanded critical habitat.

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Senator Lisa Murkowski addressed the Alaska Legislature yesterday. The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank has seen an increase in need as the state continues to struggle distributing SNAP benefits. Seafood Processors are feeling a historic squeeze. And a Fairbanks-born inventor promoted his work on a popular reality TV show.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Thia Falcone and Jill Wallace about a series of workshops on addiction and recovery hosted by Kodiak Reentry and Kodiak Area Mentor Program.

Part 1: Part 2: On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we speak with Dr. Laura Platt, an infectious disease doctor based in Boston. In a conversation with Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center’s chief of staff Dr. Steve Smith and Kodiak Area Native Association’s Dr. Evan Jones, Platt breaks down how the coronavirus is transmitted and …

On this edition of The Lowdown, we check in with health professionals from Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center and Kodiak Area Native Association to learn how the medical community is preparing for COVID-19 cases in Kodiak. They provide updates on hospital capacity and ventilators, debunk myths about masks and remind the community about best practices …

On today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Trident seeks a temporary exception to the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Alaska House is seeing a snag in the state's education bill. The Alaska Senate is working to nix several of the Gov. Mike Dunleavy's executive orders. And old fishing line could be used to make handwoven rugs.

On today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Kodiak scientists dissected and studied a Cuvier's Beaked whale on Fossil Beach over the weekend. New ways to survey pollock populations will soon be under way. Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer during the pandemic, will leave her position in April. And Alaska Public Media's Wesley Early and Tim Rockey talk about Alaska's charter schools.