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The Kodiak Island Borough School District’s Board of Education is waiting at least another week before it decides how it will cover a looming budget deficit for next school year.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the IPHC passing a decision on daily halibut bag limits to the NPFMC, Alaska Public Media reports on a bill in the Alaska Legislature to update requirements for resident hunting and fishing licenses, Alaska Public Media also has details on a new way to bring groceries to rural Alaska, and the KIBSD Board of Education puts off a decision on its FY'2027 budget until next week.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the director of the Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative discusses the coop's upcoming move from its current location on Selig Street to the Kodiak Marketplace downtown. The grand reopening is scheduled for March 7. More information can be found on the coop's Facebook page.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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NOAA FishwatchThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Theo Greenly reports on possible chum salmon bycatch measures for Bering Sea pollock, Davis Hovey on a subdued assessment for Gulf of Alaska cod, and no revised bag limits for sport halibut, for now.
Alaska News
- Alaska well-represented on US Olympic cross-country ski team, as games begin
- Southeast ferry riders call proposed Cascade Point terminal a ‘boondoggle’ in public comments
- U.S. Senate confirms a new judge for Alaska
- Kipnuk confronts hard choice on relocation after last year’s devastating storm
- Dunleavy vetoes have Alaska’s construction industry urging lawmakers to pass quick fix
- Race for cash is well underway for Alaska’s U.S. Senate and House campaigns
- Alaska man jailed on charges he helped Honduran mother and daughter enter US illegally
- A look at Siberian Yupik dance long ago, through a teacher’s stories
- Alaska House passes bill tightening residency requirements for hunting and fishing licenses
- Yes, it's another government shutdown, but Alaska impacts might be minimal
NPR National News
- Japan's Takaichi to pursue conservative agenda after election landslide
- Olympic COVID restrictions are gone, but some athletes are still self-quarantining
- Mikaela Shiffrin has battled grief, PTSD and freak injury. Now come the Olympic Games
- As US Olympians call for tolerance and LGBTQ rights, some face Trump attacks and online hate
- 4 top U.S. speedskaters to watch at the Olympics
- U.S. skater Connor McDermott-Mostowy joins record number of out LGBTQ Winter Olympians
- Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
- A 'Shark Tank' alum needed cash to pay tariffs. This shadowy lending world was ready
- 5 glaring warning signs for Republicans in this year's midterm elections
- Iran's crackdown on dissent widens to ensnare reformist figures