Chris Hladick’s stint as Kodiak’s interim city manager ended last week. The Kodiak City Council picked a longtime city employee as the new interim manager as it continues searching for a permanent one.
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, a Kodiak teenager was found dead in the Pasagshak area, the M/V Tustumena cancels sailings, Alaska vets recommend dogs get the leptospirosis vaccine, a landing craft capsized off of the coast of Narrow Cape, gubernatorial candidates Shelley Hughes and Click Bishop visit KMXT during their visits to Kodiak for Crabfest, and KMXT's Davis Hovey visits an outgoing professor at Kodiak College.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a brand new unified effort of commercial fishermen, seafood processors, and marine trade businesses called Dock the Vote.Commercial fishermen and local business owners Julianne Curry, Nate Rose and Darren Platt talk about why this election cycle is so important and how more fishermen can make a plan to vote in the August primary.Some key dates for the upcoming election include:Voter Registration Deadline: Sunday, July 19, 2026Early & Absentee In-Person Voting, August 3 – August 17, 2026Absentee By-Mail Request Deadline: Saturday, August 8, 2026Absentee by Electronic Transmission Request Deadline: Monday, August 17, 2026More information can be found online at the Division of Election's website.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Maggie Nelson reports on missing buoys in False Pass, Theo Greenly, also of KUCB, on the voiding of Area M restrictions, and KTOO's Yvonne Krumrey on both false emergency alerts and on the passing of a beloved advocate for Alaska Native fishing rights.
Alaska News
- Nearly 70 candidates filed on deadline for Alaska’s August primary ballot
- Glacier Bay’s humpbacks are recovering, slowly, from 2014-16 marine heatwave
- Election updates: Dahlstrom drops out, Kreiss-Tomkins picks running mate, Myers retires
- With new details in recent police shooting, Anchorage police chief renews call for broader talks
- 3 things to watch as Alaska’s election filing deadline approaches
- Alaskans seeking Sen. Sullivan, Rep. Begich stance on Trump compensation fund get silence
- This Alaska pilot has been flying kids to school for the last four decades
- Former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker considers fifth run for governor as deadline approaches
- Denali rangers trying to reach 4 fallen climbers
- Legislation would prevent state from using psychiatric hospitals as makeshift foster placements
NPR National News
- Greetings from Porto, whose lanes are lined with colorful textiles
- President Trump seeks control of science funding
- Ukrainian drones strike a St. Petersburg oil terminal ahead of Putin visit
- The White House's new site about 'aliens' has nothing to do with UFOs
- Thieves are targeting the world's copper. This phone company is fighting back
- 'They went through my vocal cords': Barry Manilow recovers after lung cancer surgery
- We finally know enough about how the brain breaks to focus on fixing it, experts say
- Sen. Warner warns of risks from Pulte's intelligence appointment
- California's primary for governor is undecided as candidates vie to be in the top two
- Iran and the U.S. trade strikes in the Persian Gulf, further testing the ceasefire