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Hundreds of military members are descending on Kodiak Archipelago communities this week to provide no-cost healthcare services to local residents.
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, the results are in from annual election for KEA's Board of Directors, a bill aims to relax conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with gubernatorial candidates Adam Crum and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, and a new study finds that harvested Kodiak bears are getting bigger.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss the spring recruitment campaign and the staffing challenges some of Kodiak's fire departments are going through at this point in 2026. Rich Gonzalez, the Fire Chief with Kodiak Fire Department, and Scott Ellis, the Fire Chief at Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, are our guests for this Talk of the Rock.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Ashlyn O'Hara)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Katherine Irving reports on Aquaculture Opportunity Areas, eastside setnetters in Cook Inlet bear the brunt of king salmon conservation efforts, story by KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara, and Fish and Game has announced its salmon harvest estimates for this year, according to CoastAlaska's Angela Denning.
Alaska News
- Alaskans have low confidence in state economy, survey says
- ‘Enough to feed everybody’: a Siberian Yupik whaler reflects on the hunt
- House panel boosts maintenance, pulls West Su and Cascade Point projects from budget
- Anchorage ‘Scoops the Poop’ to protect waterways from dog waste
- Dunleavy pushes skeptical senators to move forward with Alaska LNG tax cuts
- Alaskans rocked by Halong plead with feds for help relocating: ‘Our land is no longer safe’
- Veto override vote on elections bill fails as two Southeast Alaska lawmakers flip
- Senators grill Dunleavy AG pick Stephen Cox in contentious confirmation hearings
- Young Alaskans have highest rate of ATV crash injuries, according to state data
- Nonprofit will appeal dismissal of federal lawsuit against Alaska foster care system
NPR National News
- Prices are up, but Mother's Day still means brunch
- Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
- What video got Kash Patel in the headlines this week? The quiz knows
- European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes
- With Spirit in liquidation, here's what happens next to its planes
- David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
- Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president
- March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season
- North Korea says it will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul
- Trade court strikes down a second round of Trump tariffs