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An education professor in Kodiak who has spent years developing homegrown teachers across Alaska and building the pipeline to drive more into the high-demand profession is retiring.
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, details about a delay in construction at the Seward dock rerouting cruise ships to Whittier, summer salmon fishing restrictions in Kodiak Island rivers, a reversal of the Alaska Board of Fisheries rules by the state attorney general, KIBSD is paying for up to 20 of its international teachers to receive their green cards, and a special remembrance of Alaskan veterans ahead of Memorial Day on Monday from the Alaska Desk at Alaska Public Media.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's show with host Davis Hovey, we go over the schedule, some of the vendors and the new features at this year's Crabfest with staff from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. Opening day is Thursday, May 21, at noon. More information and the full schedule of events can be found online at kodiakcrabfest.com.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Katherine Irving reports on a new hatchery and ongoing restrictions for fishermen meant to help the rehabilitation of Kodiak king salmon, and KTOO's Alix Soliman on a mine in British Columbia that has Southeast Alaskans worried about their salmon.
Alaska News
- Healthcare bills spurred by $50B federal program await Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s signature
- Alaska's North Slope proposed as home for massive AI data center
- State voids Area M restrictions after Aleutians East argues ethics violation
- Oil industry has an idea to speed permitting on western Arctic leases. BLM likes it.
- Anchorage air travelers caught in long TSA lines
- Alaska lawmakers adjourn one session and begin another to mull tax breaks for LNG project
- In Alaska House and U.S. Senate, impassioned pleas to help two storm-ravaged villages in limbo
- Alaska Legislature passes sweeping crime bill raising age of consent to 18 on last day of session
- Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse will soon open to the public for the first time
- Snag with Seward cruise dock reroutes ships to Whittier
NPR National News
- NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs
- More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic
- Greetings from Cape Verde, where the sounds of samba, jazz and morna fill the air
- Palestinians use recycling as Israel's restrictions trigger a trash crisis
- Inside the effort to save one of America's most imperiled salamanders
- The movie 'Pressure' leans into the drama of high-stakes weather forecasts
- Clyburn's district stays intact as South Carolina Republicans scrap redistricting
- Texas general election matchups are finally set. Here's what you need to know
- ICE is spending millions of dollars on iris scanners, expanding its arsenal of tech tools
- For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women