KMXT-FM (Kodiak, AK)

1 week ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

Amid proposed budget cuts, mass firings and incentives to resign, signals are mixed from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, about its plans to complete its usual fisheries surveys and research in the Gulf of Alaska this summer. The data collected during these surveys inform fisheries management decisions, and ultimately, how much commercial fishermen are allowed to catch. “So what are we doing this year?

1 week ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

This year’s election packets from the Kodiak Electric Association include a question about whether the association’s bylaws should be changed. If local energy consumers vote yes, then the association will be able to choose to allocate all earnings to its members, or not. Based on the current bylaws, all earnings which encompasses revenue from all sources, are given back to utility members as capital credits each year. Dan Menth is the CEO and president of the Kodiak Electric Association.

1 week ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

Kodiak’s annual commercial fisheries trade show, the longest running of its kind in the state, is set for this week. KMXT’s news staff have a breakdown of the three-day schedule for this year’s Comfish:Davis Hovey, KMXT: So Brian, this will be your third Comfish. What presentations or people stand out to you on this year’s schedule? Brian Venua, KMXT: One of the first things to stand out to me is that we have two thirds of our federal delegation in Kodiak for their presentations this week. Sen.

1 week ago | kmxt.org | Brian Venua

The store used to be twice as big as it is now. “My sister and I opened Flying Geese in 2002,” Dutt said. But after 23 years, she said she’s just ready to retire. “Well, for one thing, I’m 90,” she said. “You have to stop sometime.”Dutt’s not selling the business, though – she doesn’t think anyone would want to buy it. The nonagenarian said business has been declining for a while now. That’s why all of the fabric in the store is half off until she runs out of stock.

1 week ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

Southcentral and Kodiak Island residents are preparing for a likely eruption of Mount Spurr, a volcano about 80 miles west of Anchorage. But the potential impacts of that will pale in comparison to the largest volcanic eruption in the twentieth century, the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption. Ash from that event over a century ago still affects residents on Kodiak Island to this day.