Brian Venua is a Senior Reporter at KMXT. With a focus on fisheries, sustainable agriculture, and community storytelling, he excels in breaking down complex topics to strengthen the Kodiak Archipelago community. Venua's work has been featured in notable outlets such as the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Public Media, and KTOO.
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Brian Venua's coverage is locally focused on Kodiak Island, Alaska. His articles cover a wide range of topics including local government and politics, transportation and logistics, education, and the fishing industry.
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On this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, Fire Chiefs Scott Ellis, Rich Gonzalez, and Aaron Griffin share fire safety tips for National Fire Safety and Prevention Week.
By: Brian Venua
Signal crayfish, an invasive species, are showing signs of stress on the population. Biologists from the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak share updates on their efforts and guesses what's going on.
In this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, Old Harbor has water again, Kodiak's Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards dinner, the State of Alaska is looking into an agriculture cooperative and recently published its preliminary salmon numbers statewide, and the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank was raided by state troopers.
By: Brian Venua, Pink Salmon
This summer’s salmon season was the 12th largest harvest in the last 40 years. It was also the 13th lowest in value when accounting for inflation. That’s according to preliminary numbers from the state.
Cheryl Siemers (left) and Jacelyn Keys (right) in Keys' office, Nov. 18, 2025.
Matt Van Daele examines some of the gear they removed from the whale, Nov. 24, 2025.
By: Brian Venua
Kodiak's Visitor Information building houses its ferry terminal as well as its Chamber of Commerce and tourism bureau, Discover Kodiak, Oct. 11, 2025.
In this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, the City of Kodiak has a new manager, an entangled humpback died near the island, Port Lions got a special delivery of salmon fillets, Kodiak residents are trying to grow fruit trees, a Kodiak farm is providing some of its milk to local families, and the Chamber of Commerce is bringing a home show back to the island after an over 30 year hiatus.
On this week's episode, with host Davis Hovey, KMXT's former news reporter Brian Venua breaks down some of the top stories he and Hovey reported on during this year. Venua's last day working at KMXT was earlier in December and KMXT is hiring for a news reporter. More information about the position can be found on our homepage - https://www.kmxt.org/about/employment.
Dan Sullivan smiles for a photo at Petersburg’s Airport Bypass Road on June 2, 2026.
