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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is working with the City and Native Village of Port Lions to replace the water distribution system, parts of which date back to 1964 when the community was first established in its current location.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about high winds on Kodiak Island that caused several power outages and a roof to blow off a house, Alaska entities including Alaska Aerospace are tapped to receive Missile Defense Agency contracts, the sixth Coast Guard fast response cutter in Alaska is commissioned in Kodiak, Coast Alaska reports the summer ferry schedule is out for bookings, KUAC reports on a bill in the Legislature to continue allowing SNAP beneficiaries to use their benefits at farmers markets, and the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op is closing for two weeks before moving into the marketplace downtown.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, Deb Rohrer and Derek Clarkston join us at KMXT for the latest installment of Jock of the Rock, where we discuss Kodiak high school and club sports.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(National Marine Fishery Service)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has voted to adopt chum salmon bycatch measures on Bering Sea pollock, as reported by the Alaska Desk's Alena Naiden, and KUCB's Theo Greenly looks at the CDQ groups in the middle. Plus KMXT's Davis Hovey has some good news for Kodiak's cod fishermen.
Alaska News
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- Alaskans trying to repeal ranked choice voting sue over ballot wording
- Alaska doctor identifies first ‘seal finger’ infection linked to brown bear
- 2025 was Alaska’s 8th hottest year on record
- Alaska legislator's chief of staff arrested on child sex crime charges
- Some Alaskans bike to work every day, even in winter. Here’s how you can, too.
- A new Bering Sea bycatch limit for chum salmon aims to protect subsistence in Western Alaska
- Farmers, advocates push for renewal of program that doubles SNAP’s buying power at farmers markets
- Sullivan laces annual address to Legislature with partisan complaint
NPR National News
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- Trump's many tariff tools mean consumer prices won't go down, analysts say
- 5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
- China restricts exports to 40 Japanese entities with ties to military
- Signs, silence, and skipping: How Democrats protested Trump's State of the Union
- Trump honors gold medal-winning men's hockey team at State of the Union amid controversy
- Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union
- Trump cheered himself and Republicans while scolding Democrats in State of the Union
- U.S. House rejects aviation safety bill after Pentagon abruptly withdraws support
- China and the U.S. alter foreign aid strategies