At least 16 candidates are vying to be the next Governor of Alaska in this year’s primary election. One of those candidates is Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator from Sitka. Listen to KMXT's full interview with Kreiss-Tomkins during his visit to Kodiak for ComFish on April 16:
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode, an unidentified boy is rescued after falling into Island Lake, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation partners with an Israeli startup, the Kodiak school board approves the FY'28 school calendar, the M/V Kennicott makes its return to Kodiak after several years, three Kodiak teenagers participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards in Soldotna, and Kodiak canines get a taste of the popular sport called flyball.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a suicide intervention training program hosted by the Kodiak Island Borough School District in collaboration with several local organizations. The next safeTALK training is coming up on May 27; to register contact Tania Silva-Johnson via email.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(NSRAA)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.
Alaska News
- Gov. Dunleavy vetoes election reform bill, citing concerns over timeline ahead of 2026 election
- Murkowski asserts Congress's role in war, diverging from her Alaska colleague
- Alaska House shrinks governor’s proposed tax break for LNG project
- Anchorage mobile home park residents to be displaced by townhouse development
- Alaska is getting more than 100 new weather stations, but it's not clear yet where they will be
- Alaska Legislature passes bill offering public pensions with fate at Dunleavy’s desk uncertain
- From sick care to healthcare: one way rural health funding could change Alaska
- 7 things to know about money in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Four Dunleavy appointees to boards and commissions resign ahead of confirmation vote
- Bill returning Alaska to pension plan nears state Senate vote amid concerns over cost
NPR National News
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- 'Decimate' means much more today than it did in ancient Rome
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- Trump announces new pick for surgeon general nomination
- Man charged with attempted murder after stabbings of Jewish men in London
- Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of deadline