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Today on the Lowdown, we speak with Bud Cassidy, President of the Kodiak Community Foundation and Dana Myers, Interim Directer of the Brother Francis Shelter. Join us while we talk about nonprofits’ role in Kodiak for providing services to meet crucial needs in the community amidst Covid-19.

On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we check in with Kodiak’s fishing community to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the industry and the upcoming start to the summer fishing season. We talk to Dave Kubiak, who seins out of Kodiak on the F/V Laura Lee, and Mike Friccero, owner of the F/V …

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowly begun to spread into rural Alaska, and it’s forcing fishermen and processors to take a hard look at the summer fishing season. Three tribes in Bristol Bay have joined Dillingham in asking the governor to consider closing the fishery. Meanwhile processors have presented a plan to address local concerns …

On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we check in with Kodiak’s fishing community to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the industry and the upcoming start to the summer fishing season. We talk to Matt Moier from Alaska Pacific Seafood, Paul Lumsden at Trident Seafoods, Julie Bonney at the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank, …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal investigators say the cargo plane that crashed and burned near Fairbanks late last month lost a burning engine in the moments before impact. In a Ketchikan School Board meeting that focused on a massive budget shortfall, the Board also voted to keep a book in the high school library. And Anchorage mayoral candidates Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance faced off in a debate last night.

Join KMXT’s Talk of the Rock host, Maggie Wall as she speaks with Larry Ledoux, KIBSD Superintendent of Schools, Beth Cole, Assistant Superintendent, Neil Hecht, Kodiak Highschool Principal, and Damon Hargraves, Director of Federal Programs as they discuss equity, RCT programs and the creativity of the Kodiak Island Borough School District in adjusting to these …

This week, host Jared Griffin talks with Deb Rohrer, Activities Director for KIBSD, and Amy Willis, KHS and KMS volleyball coach, about reopening school sports.

Our guests on today’s Lowdown were Elsa DeHart, DNP; Dr. Curtis Mortenson; Dr. Steve Smith; Dr. Evan Jones; and Dr. Shana Theobald. They talked about a wide range of topics including new virology studies and their concerns about the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the state.

Jared Griffin speaks with Dehrich Chya, Alutiiq Language and Living Culture Manager, and Amy Steffian, Chief Curator, with the Alutiiq museum about new developments in Alutiiq language preservation and revitalization.

Did you hear that sigh of relief? Alaska fishermen are indeed able to apply for the recently extended Payroll Protection Plan, the PPP. The new deadline is August 8. But some are getting caught up in paper processing trap because they applied under the original PPP before the rules were adjusted to allow fishermen to …