The Kodiak Island Borough is negotiating with the Tribe for the former North Star Elementary building after it pitched using North Star to expand its daycare services.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week, with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the most recent shellfish toxin results in Kodiak, the interim chancellor of the University of Alaska visits the local college, Nick Mangini was appointed to the city council, the borough lands committee pushes more land to the borough assembly for sale and the North Star Elementary school building will be used at least in part for daycare.
Talk of the Rock
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Signal crayfish, an invasive species, are showing signs of stress on the population. Biologists from the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak share updates on their efforts and guesses what's going on.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Image by NOAA MESA Project, via the NOAA Photo Library.This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that the Alaska State Troopers seized all electronics from the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank in Kodiak, and then he throws cold water on an old wives tale.
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- Judge denies Southeast Alaska tribes' effort to dismiss Metlakatla fishing rights case
- Alaska nominee for federal judgeship has smooth confirmation hearing
- Congress deletes Biden's limits on development in NPR-A
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