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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
- U.S. acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space
- Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
- 3 people killed when news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus accident
- Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
- Turkish habit of stashing gold "under the pillow' hurts economy, government says
- New to the U.S., he struggled to find belonging. A fellow student changed that
- State of U.S. democracy reaches new low, report finds
- Family income rose and poverty fell in 2025 — but safety net cuts could erase gains
- Kennedy Center board votes to close it, as judge again keeps Trump's name off
- Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner