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Kodiak’s police chief has thrown his name into the ring to be the next city manager. He is one of now 19 applicants being considered by the City Council for the job.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Arctic Care 2026 visiting Kodiak Archipelago communities this month, a public comment period is open on aquaculture opportunity areas in Alaska, a conversation with U.S. House of Representatives candidate Bill Hill, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson, and the City of Kodiak temporarily paused the hiring process for its next permanent city manager.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, two coaches from Kodiak's Native Youth Olympics team recap their season and highlight some of their favorite NYO events.
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
- Alaska’s famously massive cabbages should be the official state vegetable, state House says
- Three Anchorage schools could stay open if lawmakers pass unlikely funding formula increase
- Democratic group plans to spend $10M on TV ads in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- It’s bill-passing season. Here’s what to expect in the final days of the Alaska Legislature’s session.
- U.S. Marine Corps expands Alaska footprint
- Alaska Senate-passed bill seeks to assert ‘right to repair’ for consumer electronics
- Alaska Legislature asks federal government for more flexibility on rural health funding
- ‘We should be acting more quickly’: Tracy Arm tsunami highlights unseen hazards in busy Alaska fjords
- Alaskans have low confidence in state economy, survey says
- ‘Enough to feed everybody’: a Siberian Yupik whaler reflects on the hunt
NPR National News
- Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies
- Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses
- The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
- Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera
- UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
- Russia hits Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, killing 1 and injuring 31
- Denise Powell wins Democratic primary for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
- Remains of 2nd U.S. soldier who went missing in Morocco have been recovered
- Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.
- Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains