Kodiak College is joining a list of educational institutions left scrambling after the White House froze billions in grants on Monday. Campus staff say the future of some programs is uncertain.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about more than half a million dollars in federal grant money slated for Kodiak College is frozen, the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology team has pieced together a historical timeline for Shuyak Island, the City approved its FY26 budget, the borough is on the hook for a quarter million dollars for school bond debt, and another dead whale washed up on Surfer's Beach.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses this weekend's Renaissance Faire with organizers.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KUCB's Theo Greenly reports that Unalaska has finally started to see some crab disaster money, KDLG's Kendra Hannah on a prediction of bigger fish in the Bay this year, from KBBI Simon Lopez reports that Alaskans will be able to harvest dungies in Cook Inlet, and efforts to map the Pacific herring genome are underway, according to Desiree Hagen of KOTZ.
Alaska News
- Alaskans divided on bargain Murkowski struck on GOP megabill
- Alaska's iconic Mount Marathon race features talent-packed field
- To stymie veto overrides, Dunleavy asks Republicans to skip beginning of special session
- Anchorage Assembly gives go-ahead for RV Resort in east downtown
- State seizes 39 animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines
- Ahead of high school, some Anchorage teens earn early credits through cosmetology
- New monument recognizes Dena’ina name for Anchorage peak
- Gov. Dunleavy calls for August special legislative session in Juneau
- These Anchorage residents are capturing the secret lives of the city’s wildlife on camera
- Murkowski helps win Senate passage of Republican megabill
NPR National News
- Tropical Storm Chantal strengthens slightly as it nears landfall in South Carolina
- Dalai Lama, a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance, turns 90
- Iran's supreme leader makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel war started
- More than 50 dead in catastrophic Texas flooding and dozens missing from girls camp
- How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
- North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists
- Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line in 'My Mom Jayne'
- Ukraine says it struck a Russian airbase as Russia sent drones into Ukraine
- 'Buy now, pay later' purchases can now affect your credit score. Here's what that means
- Will Trump's megabill help Democrats win the House?