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Superintendent Daniel Brigman said during a Sept. 8 work session that the district continues to face financial troubles following the closure of North Star elementary.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Senate and Congressional candidates will participate in the 2026 Alaska Fisheries Debate in Kodiak this weekend, Borough Assembly candidates discussed their positions at a candidate forum, the Sun'aq Tribe's leader was ousted last week, black bears invaded Juneau's dump this summer, scientists research chum salmon bycatch in Dutch Harbor, and a California-based company generated rainfall over the Kenai Peninsula.
Talk of the Rock
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Ellen Carty-Seccomb/Kodiak CollegeOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we sit down with Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak as he wraps up 26 years in the state Legislature and career-long service to the community.Stevens will officially remain a state senator until the next legislative session starts in January of 2027.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Angela Denning/Coast Alaska)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: A boom in the population of Southeast sea otters is bad news for dive fishermen, according to KFSK's Baiz Hoen, there will be a season for red king crab in Southeast Alaska for the second year in a row, story from KFSK's Olivia Rose, and a better than expected salmon season in Kodiak, as reported by KMXT's Katherine Irving.
Alaska News
- Republican Treg Taylor leans on experience as attorney general in gubernatorial pitch
- Thousands of gallons of water used to extinguish Whittier dock fire, officials say
- Peltola and Sullivan confront trawl bycatch, and each other, at Kodiak fisheries debate
- Alaska sees 10-year high in youth suicide deaths
- Democrats urge judge to disqualify state House candidate over incomplete financial form
- A lot of Alaskans are 'bullet voters.' Sometimes that's not the best strategy.
- Skagway’s ferry terminal is set to reopen weeks after sudden closure
- New campaign complaint alleges Petersburg Dan Sullivan is getting undue help
- Appeals court tosses indictment of Whittier woman charged with voter misconduct
- Federal government transfers ANMC to tribal ownership after decades-long advocacy
NPR National News
- Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81
- Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?
- How are rising prices affecting you? NPR wants to know
- Russia seizes Ukrainian POWs, then it demands favors from their relatives
- EU's Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become an associate member
- Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods'
- Senators question Trump's picks for top health positions, including surgeon general
- Kosovo's ex-President Thaci convicted of war crimes, sentenced to 25 years in prison
- Saudi Arabia calls an attempted Mecca attack a 'red line' as Houthis deny they did it
- As campaign season gears up, AI-generated ads are everywhere