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An "unidentified attendee" got on stage and interrupted a performer in Des Moines, Iowa, which led to the crowd evacuating. No major injuries were reported by the National Speech and Debate Association, however at least two Alaska teens were bruised in the rush.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTThis week we hear about Alaska students being part of a mass panic at the National Speech and Debate Association's tournament, Harbormaster Dave Johnson's charges were dismissed by the state, a Kodiak dog has parvovirus, the Griffin Memorial Hospital could be used for museum storage, state land is for sale on Kupreanof Strait for the first time, and Kodiak was part of the "No Kings Day" protests on June 14.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, Kodiak's state legislators Sen. Gary Stevens and Rep. Louise Stutes talk about how this session went and the various challenges they faced passing legislation, crafting the budget and working with Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Brian Venua peers through his monocle to chronicle one crabber's journey to DC for KMXT, the Fishery Management Council of the North Pacific still won't be specific about a chum collar for Bering Sea pollock trawlers, according to reporting from KYUK's Evan Erickson, and Samantha Watson's relation of her participation in a Kuskokwim salmon celebration, with the story creation and audio preparation at KYUK.
Alaska News
- The making of a moderate: Murkowski’s new book tells her story
- A trio of brown bears crashes coops in Anchorage Hillside neighborhoods
- U.S. Senate bill would require BLM and Forest Service to sell off public land for housing
- Anchorage clears its 2 largest homeless encampments
- The man behind a North Slope oil renaissance says he’s found another hot prospect
- Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries joins 2026 governor's race
- Gov. Dunleavy vetoes bill strengthening oversight of oil tax collection
- It's getting harder and more costly for Alaska fishermen to get insurance. Will new legislation help?
- Alaska protesters call for ‘No Kings,’ unless it’s seafood
- Dunleavy's education veto is a threat to Alaska's future, local leaders say
NPR National News
- As Israel recovers the bodies of three more hostages, how many are still in Gaza?
- Iran's top officials condemn U.S. strikes and assert their right to self-defense
- FedEx founder Fred Smith, who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80
- In this rural Colorado valley, cuts to Medicaid would have vast ripple effects
- What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht.
- LA Dodgers pledge $1 million in support of immigrants amid ICE raids
- This abortion method doesn't involve doctors — and many of them consider it safe
- Pentagon says Iranian nuclear capabilities are 'devastated' after U.S. strikes
- U.S. strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran, in major regional conflict escalation
- At least three people dead from a tornado in North Dakota