Last week, the state-owned Alaska Aerospace Corporation formally committed to work with an Israeli start-up. The agreement aims to send more payloads into space using a unique launch system at a cheaper cost.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a trash fire at the Kodiak Island landfill, Kodiak KINDNESS gets a surprise check from Credit Union 1, Alaska Public Media reports on the state House passing it's budget with a $1,500 PFD, KHNS reports on shipping companies like Matson increasing their rates this month, and the USDA has created an Office of Seafood to treat fishermen like farmers of the sea.
Talk of the Rock
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Join host Jared Griffin as he talks with the cast and crew of "You Can't Take It With You", a spring production of the Kodiak Shakesbears and Drama Club. Featuring: Lydia Dagen, Delaney Glenn, Holly Olsen, and Ivan Wellner.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist reports the state is short on funds for a Fairbanks hatchery, the Alaska Beacon on a lawsuit on behalf of St. Paul fur seals challenging Bering Sea pollock management and on a state bill that would allow setnet cooperatives, Maggie Nelson of KUCB on a lawsuit challenging recent changes to Area M management, plus Ryan Cotter's story of a new hybrid fishing boat, courtesy of KCAW.
Alaska News
- Senate committee eyes smaller tax break for Alaska LNG project
- Raising Alaska’s age of consent headlines 10-bill package of crime legislation
- Energy secretary says Alaska LNG is his No. 1 infrastructure priority
- Metlakatla's commercial fishing rights represent 'alternate reality' that tribe hopes to expand
- Alaskans flock to U.S. Capitol to pitch economic development
- Rural Alaska students can now apply for weekly summer meal boxes
- An emergency food program served thousands of Alaskans. A gap will remain when it ends.
- Coast Guard says two new icebreakers will be homeported somewhere in Alaska
- Trump appoints Alaska governor to a seat on U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- Alaska’s only dedicated queer health care clinic is closing
NPR National News
- Sycophantic AI flatters and suggests you are not to blame
- Senate GOP is kickstarting budget reconciliation to fund ICE. Here's how that works
- Democrats dominate midterm fundraising, but Republicans have a huge cash advantage
- How TikTok is driving American expats to Southeast Asia
- World Press Photo announces Photo of the Year 2026
- Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight
- Chemical leak at a W.Va. plant kills 2 people, sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
- Pentagon says Navy secretary is leaving, the latest departure of a top defense leader
- Tesla's making money. But it's planning to spend an awful lot more
- More immigrants are being held in detention for over a year. NPR followed one family's ordeal.