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The Kodiak Island Borough is negotiating with the Tribe for the former North Star Elementary building after it pitched using North Star to expand its daycare services.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTThis week, with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the most recent shellfish toxin results in Kodiak, the interim chancellor of the University of Alaska visits the local college, Nick Mangini was appointed to the city council, the borough lands committee pushes more land to the borough assembly for sale and the North Star Elementary school building will be used at least in part for daycare.
Talk of the Rock
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This week with host Davis Hovey, the executive director of the Brother Francis Shelter, Susan Smith, joins us to discuss the services the homeless shelter provides in Kodiak along with the challenges and needs it's facing this winter. To learn more about how to donate items or volunteer with the Brother Francis Shelter, call 907 486 5610.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Image by NOAA MESA Project, via the NOAA Photo Library.This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that the Alaska State Troopers seized all electronics from the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank in Kodiak, and then he throws cold water on an old wives tale.
Alaska News
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- New offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off Alaska
- The ‘Into the Wild’ bus exhibit is still under wraps as museum searches for funding
- 3 tips for embracing winter in Alaska, even if you hate the cold
- Do you ever hear whale sounds? This biologist wants you to tell him about them
- Judge denies Southeast Alaska tribes' effort to dismiss Metlakatla fishing rights case
- Alaska nominee for federal judgeship has smooth confirmation hearing
NPR National News
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