The Valdez terminal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is at “risk of a serious accident or incident in the near future.” That’s a main takeaway of a sweeping 180-page report that was published in April, detailing wide-ranging safety concerns at the Valdez Marine Terminal, where North Slope crude is loaded onto ocean tankers. Listen to […]
Read More…A local food hub has spouted in Port Lions on Kodiak Island, bringing with it increased food security. The archipelago is now home to six community and tribally owned farms. The idea is to connect the island through locally grown food, and it could be a model of food security for other parts of rural […]
Read More…The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled after billions of crabs disappeared, devastating Alaska’s fishing industry and the livelihoods of those who depend on it. Now, researchers are working to figure out what happened. This story was produced with NOVA with major support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org Last week was Bat Week at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge – more than 30 people gathered at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge’s headquarters near the Buskin River on a recent Saturday night. Just as the sun slipped behind the mountains, a hush fell over the group, and the […]
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org Two Alaska Native girls who died more than 100 years ago at a boarding school in Pennsylvania – including one from Kodiak Island – will return home. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Army began the process of returning the remains of eight Indigenous children from the school to their […]
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org Servers and kitchen staff are in short supply and high demand on Kodiak Island. It’s led some restaurants to delay their summer openings, take out tables – and even close on weekends, and it’s a statewide problem that’s hitting restaurants right as peak tourist season begins. Mary Barber and […]
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org The Kodiak community of Old Harbor received $1.5 million for a new tsunami evacuation and community center last month through the omnibus spending bill and is working on applying for more. Most of Old Harbor lies along the water’s edge, and that means it’s in an inundation zone should a […]
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org The city of Kodiak is getting closer to replacing its current firehouse. City officials have picked a location for the new station and an architecture firm to design the building, but with a price tag that’s expected to be somewhere around $18 million, finding the funding is still a […]
Read More…Listen to the story at kmxt.org Jennifer Fogle Smith is a wildlife photographer in Kodiak. She’s been documenting the island’s bears for over 20 years – and she has some stories. “This last year I had a beautiful sub adult, female, who was very athletic, was an acrobat,” she said. “And she had a beautiful, […]
Read More…Listen to the interview at aspenpublicradio.org In some of the world’s wildest, remotest places, silence can be pin-drop quiet. It can also be incredibly noisy, according to local filmmaker, author and National Geographic photographer Pete McBride. “I define silence as not void of sound, but void of mechanical sound,” said McBride. “If you’re immersed in […]
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