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This week we hear about the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly's and potentially the City Council's protests of the Second Floor license renewal application to the state, a recently passed federal law called the FISHES Act and how it could speed up the fishery disaster process, and the KIBSD Board of Education's decision to close North Star Elementary school next year and consolidate its students with Main and East Elementary; along with some follow up information on which principals will lead those three remaining elementary schools.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks winter sports with Derek Clarkston, sports reporter for the Kodiak Daily Mirror, and Deb Rohrer, KIBSD Activities Director.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KCAW's Katherine Rose reports that the Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee is against herring fishing in Promisla Bay after all, The Aleut Community of St. Paul has signed a joint management agreement with the federal government, according to Theo Greenly of KUCB, and Davis Hovey tells of a sped-up fishery disaster system from the studios of KMXT.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:The Alaska Board of Education and Early Development released a draft statewide cell phone policy for students. Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday praised a series of executive orders President Donald Trump issued shortly after taking office. And powerful winter storm systems are set to impact most of western, northern and interior Alaska from Thursday evening through the weekend.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:State lawmakers convened in Juneau yesterday to kick off the first session of the 34th Alaska Legislature. President Trump is in favor of a gas pipeline in Alaska, but state lawmakers remain skeptical. And a mini-protest in Soldotna.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Investigators are still determining what caused the Bering Air plane crash near Nome on Thursday that killed all 10 people on board. A lawsuit that clouded the future of homeschooling in Alaska for months last spring took on new life Thursday. And Bethel’s Pete Kaiser has won his 9th Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Bristol Bay Representative Bryce Edgmon was elected Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives last month, back in the role after a four-year break. President Trump has announced a partnership with Japan on the Alaska LNG project. And a fisher poet teams up with a percussive musician.

Host Jared Griffin speaks with KMXT's Senior Reporter Brian Venua about his recent trip to document KIBSD's teacher recruitment in the Philippines.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Lawmakers are pushing Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to release drafts of a statewide salary study. Alaska nonprofits face immense uncertainty due to the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans. And trail for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has been describes as "favorable' for mushers.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey chats with Nick Mangini, who is heavily involved in kelp and mariculture across Southeast Alaska, about the industry’s growth around Kodiak Island over the course of 2024.