Brian Venua

This week we hear about Mayor Branson not running for reelection, the federal government released education funds for both Kodiak College and the archipelago's public schools, the Alutiiq Museum found its oldest artifacts from the island yet, and the inaugural adult sobriety camp on Afognak Island.

It's the oldest artifacts found on Kodiak yet, meaning human settlement dates back hundreds of years earlier than previously known.

The Trump administration froze billions of dollars in education funding last month, and put Kodiak’s sole General Educational Development, or GED, program in limbo. Then, in late July, the administration said it was releasing most, but not all, of that money.

The Alaska Legislature overturned yet another attempt to slash education funding by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The federal government also is set to release previously frozen education grants.

A 110-foot tug boat called the Sea Ranger started taking on water, according to a Coast Guard press release. Rescue crews brought the sinking boat's crew to Cordova, no injuries were reported.

Alaska Republican Congressman Nick Begich III proposed a U.S. House subcommittee rollback parts of the landmark legislation to “modernize” it. Conservation groups warn that it’s a gutting that endangers already struggling whale populations around the state.

President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill that passed earlier this month included reducing Medicaid spending in Alaska by up to half a billion dollars. Kodiak health care providers are still grappling with how they’ll be affected.

The 2.5 hours long outage affected users around the world, including in Kodiak and at least one business on the island.

In today's Midday Report with Host Brian Venua: The City of Kodiak's impoundment lot is full, several Alaska Airlines flights were delayed because of a tech outage, Pharmaceutical companies that profited on the opioid crisis will send Alaska about $14 million, the U.S. Department of Interior will transfer 28,000 acres to the NANA Regional Corporation, and the Department of Agriculture cut a program that supported farmers in Alaska.

In today's Midday Report with Host Brian Venua: 20,000 pounds of groceries finally arrived on St. Paul Island after more than a month of delays, the Environmental Protection Agency is sticking with its veto of the proposed Pebble Mine, Mike Sfraga, the former Ambassador to the Arctic is UAF's new interim chancellor, the state is being called to seize more animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines, a commercial contractor helping fight fires was vandalized, and the Doyon Foundation was awarded millions to focus on a language learning game.