Crab Fest is a multi-day festival for the Kodiak community to celebrate the island's arts, history, and fisheries. KMXT Photojournalist Brian Venua attended several events and prepared this visual essay from the festivities.
Midday Report
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A project in the Bering Straits backed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will measure sea ice and phytoplankton. Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration in Juneau. And two middle schoolers from White Mountain are headed to the National Civics Bee.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey fills in for Jared Griffin and discusses the upcoming Port Tariff changes as proposed by the Ports and Harbors Advisory Board.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Andy Lusk of KUCB tells of Aleutian mayors and their appeal to the federal government for help during a fish market crisis, Katherine Rose reports on the Sitka Assembly backing halibut bycatch caps for KCAW, KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara on yet another lawsuit over the Cook Inlet EEZ, and rusting rivers are the focus of a story by KOTZ's Deseree Hagen.
Alaska News
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- Ketchikan man behind ‘Anything Goes’ child sexual abuse material ring gets 13 years
- In Juneau, years can pass without a thunderstorm. Why are they so rare?
- Eielson looking into cause of F-16’s in-flight emergency
- Toddlers strut their Southeast Alaska regalia at Celebration
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NPR National News
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- House Republicans prepare to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt
- Why G7 leaders are turning to a special guest — Pope Francis — for advice on AI
- African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders
- Biden administration announces a plan for removing medical debt from credit reports
- The top songs of the week take a nostalgia trip, courtesy of Eminem
- This prison newspaper has been publishing for more than a century
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus goes from 'Veep' to weep in new tearjerker film 'Tuesday'
- Hawaii's birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of mosquitoes
- French singer Françoise Hardy has died at 80