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Good morning to you Kodiak! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Thinking about salmon fishing here? One visitor's Kodiak playbook explained
  • What did candidates promise at Kodiak's high‑stakes fisheries debates?
  • What did Sullivan and Peltola promise Kodiak's fishermen on bycatch and fuel?

Also on today's calendar: Welcome Fridtjof Nansen to Kodiak! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 57, low: 44.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• BOB MAINDELLE: Self-guided salmon fishing in Alaska (kdhnews.com) — A visiting fishing guide spent several days exploring Kodiak Island, sharing practical tips on flights, lodging, costs, and where to find salmon near town. He highlights local spots like Big Ray's, Buskin River, and Salonie Creek, plus a close encounter with a Kodiak brown bear family, giving would-be visitors a vivid sense of the island's fishing and everyday realities.
   

• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, September 14, 2026 (alaskapublic.org) — Kodiak residents are at the center of this Alaska News Nightly episode, which highlights recent fisheries debates in town featuring candidates for state and federal office. The show also covers an Anchorage police shooting and how families displaced by ex‑Typhoon Halong are preserving traditions, with multiple reporters filing from Kodiak and across the state.
   

• Sullivan, Peltola trade barbs over high fuel costs and wasteful bycatch at Kodiak fisheries debate (adn.com) — Kodiak hosted a closely watched U.S. Senate fisheries debate where Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola sparred over bycatch, salmon declines, and soaring diesel costs that hit local boats and processors. Both courted Kodiak's fleet by touting disaster relief work, research funding, and competing plans to cut bycatch and protect subsistence and commercial fishing for island communities.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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