Dave Kubiak
Various species of birds rarely seen in Kodiak were observed during the 2025 Christmas bird count on Dec. 14. According to Bill Pyle, the coordinator for the local Audubon Society count, those species included snow goose and trumpeter swans.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a nearly two-day power outage in Chiniak, an update on the bear issues at the Kodiak landfill, the longtime owner of the 60-year-old Shelikof Lodge is selling, a Kodiak man originally from the Philippines had his toe amputated while in ICE custody, and KRBD in Ketchikan tells us about the upcoming first tribally-led addiction healing center in the state.
Talk of the Rock
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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.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Its Lookback Episode #2, with reporting from KUCB's Maggie Nelson on the FISH Act, from KMXT's Davis Hovey on a new herring fishery, plus a grim assessment of the state of halibut.
Alaska News
- Alaska flu cases spike, causing at least 3 deaths and high numbers of hospitalizations
- Western Alaska evacuees in Anchorage slowly moving to temporary housing
- Alaska sticks with universal hepatitis B vaccine despite federal update
- Alaska set to receive $272M to overhaul its rural health care system
- Anchorage man tests positive for mpox, the first case in a year
- What some Alaska lawmakers want out of next year's legislative session
- 'We’re really breaking new ground': Hybrid fishing boat prepares for maiden voyage in Sitka
- Haines writer nabs Rasmuson award for book about hope amid environmental collapse
- Alaska Air Cargo delays could mean later Christmas packages for many rural communities
- Alaska Gov. Dunleavy says he'll propose a property tax break for planned gas pipeline
NPR National News
- Wellness trends worth taking into the new year (and some that aren't)
- Sunday Puzzle: New newsmakers of 2025
- Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know
- Trump tried to bury evidence of the Jan. 6 riot. NPR's archive preserves the facts
- Venezuela opposition in limbo as the world wonders who is in charge
- Maduro arrives in New York. What to know about the U.S. operation in Venezuela
- Six questions about the capture of Maduro
- Maduro faces drug charges in U.S. even as Trump freed others convicted of trafficking
- Photos: Aftermath of strikes in Venezuela
- Top Republicans praise Venezuela operation as some lawmakers question legal authority