Kodiak is set to have a new Borough and City Mayor, as well as two new Borough Assembly members and two City Council members now that the election results from the 2025 municipal election are all in and counted.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode, we hear about a house fire on Carolyn St., two foreclosed properties that will be auctioned off by the Kodiak Island Borough in the near future, how federal grant cuts affect University of Alaska campuses like Kodiak College, a recap of Koniag's annual meeting, and unofficial election results from Kodiak's municipal election.
Talk of the Rock
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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.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Davis Hovey reports that an advisory on shellfish around Kodiak has been lifted, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council got some work done at its latest meeting despite the federal shutdown, but according to the Alaska Beacon the shutdown is creating uncertainty for some major Alaska fisheries.
Alaska News
- Western Alaska storm evacuees take stock of damage, with fate of villages up in the air
- ‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from Western Alaska villages
- Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from Western Alaska
- Anchorage cab driver arrested in June fatal collision with pedestrian
- Mental health providers look to streamline Alaska regulations as part of Dunleavy order
- Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska villages following storm
- A traveling exhibit sheds light on Alaska baseball history
- 'No one is giving up': Local search continues for 2 missing in Western Alaska
- Grubby, a stowaway possum turned Alaska celebrity, has died
- Alaska education department publishes guidelines on developing AI policies in schools
NPR National News
- Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74
- Ex-national security adviser John Bolton indicted in classified documents case
- Adelita Grijalva can force a vote on the Epstein files, but she's still not sworn in
- NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
- President Trump envisions D.C. arch to mark 250th anniversary of U.S.
- Trump says he plans to meet Putin again as Ukraine war drags
- You know Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' — but she also wrote these terrifying tales
- Julian Brave NoiseCat's survival story is both personal and ancestral
- At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA
- A study found lead in popular protein powders. Here's why you shouldn't panic