At least 16 candidates are vying to be the next governor of Alaska in this year’s primary election. One of those, Republican candidate Adam Crum, came through Kodiak earlier this month. Listen to KMXT's conversation from April 14 with the former state revenue and department of health commissioner:
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode, an unidentified boy is rescued after falling into Island Lake, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation partners with an Israeli startup, the Kodiak school board approves the FY'28 school calendar, the M/V Kennicott makes its return to Kodiak after several years, three Kodiak teenagers participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards in Soldotna, and Kodiak canines get a taste of the popular sport called flyball.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a suicide intervention training program hosted by the Kodiak Island Borough School District in collaboration with several local organizations. The next safeTALK training is coming up on May 27; to register contact Tania Silva-Johnson via email.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(NSRAA)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.
Alaska News
- Alaska is getting more than 100 new weather stations, but it's not clear yet where they will be
- Alaska Legislature passes bill offering public pensions with fate at Dunleavy’s desk uncertain
- From sick care to healthcare: one way rural health funding could change Alaska
- 7 things to know about money in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Four Dunleavy appointees to boards and commissions resign ahead of confirmation vote
- Bill returning Alaska to pension plan nears state Senate vote amid concerns over cost
- In Anchorage, many factors behind high number of pedestrian deaths
- This Alaska musician is likely UAA's youngest-ever graduate. But she says it's not all about her.
- 6 months after Halong, evacuees in Anchorage move into temporary housing
- Alaska Lt. Gov. faces lawsuit for sharing confidential voter data with Trump DOJ
NPR National News
- 'Baby Reindeer' creator Richard Gadd on his new show 'Half Man' and toxic masculinity
- 3 spring novels star trad wives, grown-up boy band fans, and a pregnant septuagenarian
- Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
- 'Fool me once…' Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing
- U.K. calls antisemitism an emergency after arson and stabbing attacks on Jewish people
- How South Asian representation in gaming is growing
- To catch colorectal cancer early, advocates push to make 'poop talk' OK
- These fans are boycotting the World Cup. Will they make it a bust?
- After lackluster tour turnout, Turning Point wraps things up with excited crowd in Idaho
- The Iraq vet redefining mindfulness, one bourbon at a time