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The Pacific Space Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island has expanded its footprint by 139.5 acres after the spaceport’s owner, Alaska Aerospace Corporation, recently bought property from a local family on Narrow Cape.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the upcoming KEA elections, upcoming renovations to the Fort Abercrombie ranger station, a new kelp farmers co-op in Kodiak, the fate of hatchery proposals at the Board of Fisheries meeting on March 21, a new major election reform bill, and price changes to fuel on Kodiak.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, we discuss the upcoming "Choose Respect March" happening in Kodiak on April 15. Ellamy Tiller from the Kodiak Women's Resource and Crisis Center joins us to talk about sexual assault awareness and the importance of respect before the start of sexual assault awareness month in April.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Lila Hobbs/The Pew Charitable Trusts)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on Alaska's newest kelp hatchery, KCAW's Katherine Rose on the herring opener in Sitka Sound, and KCAW's Ryan Cotter on a convergence of fishermen and librarians.
Alaska News
- Alaskans want to stop changing their clocks. But what time should it be?
- A cloud hangs over legal Alaska walrus ivory. Advocates hope Congress will help.
- Alaska House passes new version of vetoed corporate tax change
- Anchorage boy's deportation hinges on proving a US citizen is his father
- Murkowski asks Alaska Legislature to up its game
- For months, Carnival Corp. has withheld water pollution data from Alaska regulators
- Borough mayors urge changes to Dunleavy’s Alaska LNG tax break bill
- GOP group complains Peltola spent campaign money while mum about running for office
- Independent attorney Gregg Brelsford is 18th candidate in Alaska governor’s race
- Alaska governor's aide arrested and charged with drunk driving in Juneau
NPR National News
- After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests?
- Evacuation of U.S. troops from Mideast base sends community groups scrambling to help
- Takeaways from Trump's tough week, as war and gas prices take a toll
- The surprising feminist history of baseball's biggest anthem
- As DOJ prepares to share state voter data with DHS, a key privacy officer resigns
- NPR wants your big question about reducing your climate impact and saving money
- Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?
- NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon
- Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system
- Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni tossed out but robust case remains