This morning on Aug. 22, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation confirmed in a press release that a successful government rocket launch occurred from the spaceport on Kodiak Island Thursday night.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about Alaska State Troopers putting down a Kodiak brown bear, Aleutian terns rebounding, we have a list of candidates for municipal elections this fall, construction on the island by the U.S. Navy, and Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicle.
Talk of the Rock
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This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear from members of KMXT's Community Advisory Board and about a new, local show that is set to air called Talks Around the Farm Table hosted by Ian Zacher with the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Theo Greenly reports on Bryce Edgmon's dire warning for fishing communities, Avery Ellfeldt tells of an outcry to control Southeast sea otters, from the studio of KHNS, and sport fishing for sockeye was stellar on the Kenai River, according to KDLL"s Hunter Morrison.
Alaska News
- Rockslides have battered Skagway’s biggest cruise ship dock. What else is at risk?
- This Anchorage box turtle has outlasted a dozen jobs, 8 homes and 3 Saabs
- Alaska medical board moves to restrict gender-affirming care for minors in the state
- Alaska historian Stephen Haycox remembered for fair-minded, analytical approach
- Looking for kittens and coffee in Wasilla? There's a cafe for that.
- Trump administration announces offshore lease sales in Alaska's Cook Inlet
- Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicles due to fire risk
- Tom Begich steps into race for Alaska governor
- From simmering rage to psilocybin, Alaskans share thoughts on Trump-Putin visit
- After Alaska meeting, Trump and Putin say little about Ukraine deal
NPR National News
- Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
- Fans across the country raise their voices at 'KPop Demon Hunters' singalongs
- Boxed in by shifting tariff rules, European shippers pause some U.S.-bound parcels
- Evacuations ordered as wildfire blazes California's famed Napa County
- Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm
- US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again and shoots lava for 31st time since December
- Opinion: Wardrobe diplomacy
- 'That Wasn't A Dream': Palladino, Mills team up for another album of instrumental craftwork
- Tinted sunscreen does something regular sun protection can't