According to Kodiak College's Interim Director Jackie Cason, the amount of enrolled students went up by around 27% this year.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Old Harbor hosts its first commercial cruise ship, and KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with Alaska Senate District C candidates Carrie Harris, Heath Smith, and Louise Stutes.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the new superintendent for the Kodiak Island Borough School District discusses his transition to the island, his past work experience in the lower48, and the start to this upcoming school year next week.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: A late surge of pink salmon in Southeast Alaska reported by CoastAlaska's Angela Denning, KYUK's Evan Erickson tells of a coho closure on the Kuskokwim, Sitka salmon seiners had a record breaking month, according to KCAW's Katherine Rose, and a fisherman's bar in Sitka has acted as a gallery for an award winning artist, story by Lauren Salemo of KCAW.
Alaska News
- Democratic withdrawals leave some Alaskans questioning the point of ranked choice voting
- Where Alaska races stand after a chaotic end to primary election season
- November ballot in Alaska governor’s race set after chaotic last-day scramble
- First to complete 500-mile Alaska Long Trail, a veteran, traded machine gun for lightweight pack
- Sullivan and Peltola, lead candidates in Alaska U.S. Senate race, trade barbs at industry forum
- Troopers identify pilot and 3 passengers killed in Seldovia plane crash
- Despite calls to change Alaska cannabis taxes, lawmakers have been slow to act
- Primary standings largely unchanged as Alaska elections officials update ballot count
- Thousands of Alaskans to see health insurance costs rise sharply, after years of increases
- The Mukluk Fire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok
NPR National News
- NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
- Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, dies at 70
- The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected
- A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Olivia Rodrigo's women-led Daisy Chain Fields festival put the power in fans' hands
- New Jersey asks Supreme Court to resolve fight over Kalshi's future
- New immigration court tactic leads to huge lines and chaos in Miami
- Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for U.S. strikes after a monthlong lull
- Greetings from the Royal Pavilion, a stunning reminder of India in southern England
- Chevron to expand in Venezuela, days after the U.S. and Venezuela strike oil deal