Bayside Fire Department
Monday morning, April 13, the Bayside and Kodiak Fire Departments put out a fire that started inside the Kodiak Island Borough landfill. No injuries or damage to infrastructure were reported.
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 effects of the prolonged shutdown at Kodiak's Coast Guard base, a resolution supporting the continued federal ban on Russian seafood, Old Harbor Native Corporation's new tourism business, the potential sale of the historic Orpheum Theatre, and a salmon dissection at Main Elementary.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, two guests from the pollock industry share details about how the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Island pollock fisheries operate, the technology some of the fleets use and recent changes to the fisheries.Chelsae Radell is a fisheries policy specialist with Pacific Seafood and Hunter Berns is the director of Bering North LLC.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara reports that driftnet fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet will be using a new rulebook this season, sport fishermen in Southeast Alaska will have more kings to catch, according to Olivia Rose of KFSK, and Katherine Irving tells of salmon dissection from the studios of KMXT.
Alaska News
- Alaska’s only dedicated queer health care clinic is closing
- $248 million draft of Senate capital budget would shore up schools and state facilities
- Alaska House rejects Senate effort to impose corporate taxes on Hilcorp
- Alaska House passes budget with $1,500 Permanent Fund dividend and boosts to education funding
- After last year’s historic tsunami, some cruise lines say they’ll avoid Tracy Arm this year
- Gov. Dunleavy signs closely watched $450 million fast-track budget bill
- Bishop taps Greta Schuerch as running mate in crowded governor’s race
- Alaska Airlines increases baggage fees
- Alaska Senate leaders still aiming for $1,000 dividend despite high oil prices
- House committee OKs $3,800 dividend that would spend half of state savings
NPR National News
- Whiting Foundation names its 10 emerging authors of 2026
- Jury finds that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers
- Middle East conflict causes a fluoride shortage for US drinking water
- Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it's different
- Exploring the green side of Rio de Janeiro: a vast urban rain forest
- Actor Amanda Peet says she's 'cancer-free and extremely lucky'
- Visionary NPR leader Kevin Klose, who led network to new heights, has died
- Once again, Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
- Greetings from Nairobi, where taking a matatu is no ordinary bus ride
- Trump administration moves to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracy