Kirsten Dobroth
Alaska Desk Managing EditorKirsten Dobroth is the managing editor of the Alaska Desk. She previously covered Alaska's fisheries for the seafood industry trade publication Undercurrent News. Before that she was the news director at KMXT in Kodiak, where she still lives. She got her public radio start at Aspen Public Radio in Colorado.
Reach Kirsten at kdobroth@alaskapublic.org.
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The Navy SEALs have a video of the shooting, but they have stonewalled the family’s requests to see it. -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy sought expedited disaster designations to compensate fishermen in the closed 2022 Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries. -
For the first time ever, the Bering Sea snow crab fishery will not open for the upcoming season. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery will also be closed for a second year in a row. -
Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex could be a chance for Alaska to get in on the commercial space industry's ground floor — but it has to overcome some local opposition. -
St. Paul Preschool administrators say they can’t find a new director to keep the school open. -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy didn't attend Monday's debate. The two gubernatorial candidates who did attend, Les Gara and former Gov. Bill Walker, took aim at his policies. -
Two people were arrested in Kodiak, with 11,457 blue fentanyl pills, 3.15 pounds of crystal meth, 89 grams of tar heroin, five handguns and $58,722 in cash confiscated. -
Kodiak public health and law enforcement officials are sounding the alarm over a recently arrived wave of fentanyl — including a new form called rainbow fentanyl. -
Sen. Sullivan announces legislation targeting illegal foreign fishing operations during Kodiak visitThe FISH Act directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to compile a list of foreign vessels that have engaged in unsanctioned fishing and ban them from U.S. ports. -
According to NOAA, 82 kelp farms – and additional 24 permits pending approval – are currently in operation in the state, mostly in Southeast Alaska and in the waters off Kodiak Island.
