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Cook Inlet beluga whales are continuing to decline in number, according to a NOAA abundance estimate released last month. From Alaska’s Energy Desk, Kavitha George has the story of how the decline in belugas is both controversial and largely unexplained. Cook Inlet beluga. (Photo by Paul Wade/NOAA) The decline of the white whales in the …

Kodiak City Council has appointed a temporary city manager to take over for outgoing manager, Mike Tvenge, starting on May 1. All five present Council members during last week’s city council meeting unanimously selected current Deputy City Manager Josie Bahnke to fill that role for the next few months.

In this newscast: Residents voice concerns about town bears at last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting, Kodiak Chamber of Commerce to hold annual Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner tonight, Dean Gribble recounts what happened the events of the F/V Scandies Rose sinking on New Year’s Eve (Note: this story includes intense descriptions of the sinking …

This story comes to us from Hope McKenney at KUCB in Unalaska. (KUCB.org) A note to listeners … This story includes intense descriptions of the sinking and may be upsetting to some. It’s been just over a month since the F/V Scandies Rose sunk west of Kodiak. Two fishermen were rescued wearing gumby survival …

Kodiak area sport fishing enthusiasts will find a few new additions to the sport fishing regulations that are expected to make for a better experience. That comes after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved several sport fish proposals at last month’s finfish meeting here in Kodiak. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. Click arrow to listen …

The Kodiak Island Sportsman’s Association wants to establish a new lease with the borough to operate the island’s main outdoor firing range. The KISA also operates an indoor shooting range off of Monashka Bay Road, north of city limits. But last week on April 4 the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted no on a five-year …

Kodiak’s annual commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish, is April 10-13. Ellen Simeonoff is the executive director of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the trade show. It’s her first year lining up the booths and contacting presenters but she said she was grateful for help from the ComFish Committee. “They help determine the blueprint …

Federally qualified subsistence deer hunters in the Kodiak Archipelago will be able to take four black-tailed deer annually. Hunters are currently only allowed three deer between August and the end of January. That was part of the proposal passed by the Federal Subsistence Board at its meeting in Anchorage this week, April 2-5. Thursday, April …

Over 100 Kodiak High School students walked out of classes April 4 as part of a statewide protest over Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoing SB 140, a bill that would have permanently increased education funding. Students walked from the front entrance of the high school, down Mill Bay Road, and between Main Elementary and …

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oscar Dyson left its homeport in Kodiak on April 1. The boat mostly provides insight into Alaska’s fish populations, from the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea. The Oscar Dyson docked at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on March 31. Most of the day was foggy and misty …