The scene on Kodiak may be small, but racers say the tight-knit community is part of the appeal.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this weeks' episode with host Katherine Irving, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska will see more government launches, Alaska Public Media reports on Alaskans who had their voter status deactivated, Saltery Creek sees restrictions on its sockeye run, Kodiak College receives funding for the third year of its CAMP program, KFSK reports that the summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season ended three weeks early, and Kodiak's stock car racing scene picks up speed.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, Island Trails Network's Executive Director Natura Richardson discusses all things trails like summer trail maintenance, the moa with the City of Kodiak for Near Island trails, and ITN's upcoming fall film festival on Sept. 18.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Katherine Irving (filling in for Terry Haines), KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that state lawmakers have ordered an audit of the Board of Fisheries, KDLG's Jessie Sheldon reports on the decline of women set netters in Bristol Bay, and Alaska Public Media's Mikayla Finnerty reports on fishing conditions at Anchorage's Ship Creek.
Alaska News
- Alaskans face August vote on ending unlimited campaign donations
- Deadly 2025 Bering Air crash caused by ‘a series of preventable breakdowns,’ NTSB chief says
- 23 Alaska legislators ask state to restore voters wrongfully removed from the rolls
- The science of straying: How climate change is driving the northward expansion of salmon range
- Evidence of measles virus found in Anchorage wastewater
- Anchorage police pair with recovery peers to get people off the street and into treatment
- Lawmakers say third Alaska LNG session is Dunleavy’s last chance to make a deal
- Enstar appeals RCA decision, saying natural gas storage can’t wait
- New Skipper Science App program to fill data gaps in Bristol Bay sport fishery
- An alternative newspaper, the Anchorage Press, gets a reboot
NPR National News
- 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe' is a fun and familiar 'Big Bang' spin-off
- Washington wildfires destroy homes, force thousands to evacuate
- U.S. men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino will stay through 2030 World Cup
- What would it take to get peptides on the shelf?
- For those with criminal records, AI is breaking down barriers to employment
- Rare photos of ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi give her family hope
- How long will the Grateful Dead's songs survive?
- Bedbugs, bad Wi-Fi: Federal workers say forced summer relocations have been chaos
- She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
- Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP