In Ouzinkie, a new solar array and battery system is coming together that’s expected to slash diesel use, lower energy bills and make the local microgrid that serves roughly 150 residents more reliable.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Kodiak College announces its next director, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stops in Kodiak, KMXT staff sit down with House District 5 candidate Kathy Simpler and gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, shellfish around Kodiak test positive for toxins responsible for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly fails to pass a new sales tax on cannabis, and beavers cause havoc on Saltery Cove Road.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, a longtime bear biologist and the Executive Director of the Kodiak Brown Bear Trust, Larry Van Daele, weighs in on the latest challenges from bears accessing the landfill.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KFSK's Olivia Rose reports on a dramatic rescue on a Southeast seiner, and KMXT's Katherine Irving on beavers building a dam a lake in the road to the fishing hole.
Alaska News
- Billions in military spending expected to boost Anchorage economy, strain housing supply
- 4 takeaways from Alaska's primary election
- ‘How do you buy time?’ Scientists look to slow an Alaska glacier’s march to the sea
- Night sweats and rage: Alaskans navigate gaps in menopause care
- Alaska Rep. Nick Begich leads 3 challengers in U.S. House primary
- U.S. Senate race will have two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola
- Campaign finance ballot measure passing by wide margin
- Kreiss-Tomkins, Begich, Wilson and Bronson lead in governor primary results
- Independent Meda DeWitt says Alaska needs a governor who thinks long-term
- Republican governor candidate Bernadette Wilson says she’s frustrated Alaska is ‘stagnant’
NPR National News
- Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
- 'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms
- Beatty files emergency request to stop Trump's name from returning to Kennedy Center
- Top Iran official says U.S. focus on economic warfare shows it has failed militarily
- What to know about this weekend's IndyCar race on the National Mall
- Amid intense backlash, people are vandalizing Flock surveillance cameras
- As Trump courts Kim, Pyongyang ups the price, while Seoul fears being sidelined
- Federal government thins the herds of wild horses in Colorado
- As USS Lincoln heads home, mental health experts tally the stressors of life at sea
- Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says