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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.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Lawmakers are working to hammer out a compromise on an education bill that could avoid the governor’s veto. The Trump tariffs could dramatically impact the state if they go forward. And the City and Borough of Juneau will move forward with a controversial plan to mitigate glacial outburst floods in the Mendenhall Valley.

This week we hear about Pacific cod pot fishing opening, State Senator Gary Stevens is once again hoping to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes, a housing project in Kodiak is in limbo, and the City of Kodiak is reviewing its development plan for Near Island.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, a protest at the state capitol over state employees' salaries, the tsunami emergency system won't have its annual test this year, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation is suing its insurance group, updates on federal funding freezes and firings over employees around Alaska, and the Iditarod has moved the start of this year's race to Fairbanks (not the usual Willow restart).

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey catches up with Dianne Ibarra of Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak to talk about their upcoming events and trainings.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey we hear about statewide protests, including a local one hosted in Kodiak, of a myriad of actions from President Donald Trump and his administration; a recap of Monday's telephonic townhall with Congressman Nick Begich; the status of hiring ferry workers in Alaska, and the latest update from the Iron Dog Snowmachine Race.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:This week more action from the Board of Fisheries meeting in Ketchikan, as KCAW's Katherine Rose reports on a lower harvest level for Sitka's herring fishery, and Robert Woolsey tells of new options for Sitka's subsistence sockeye slingers, also from the studios of KCAW.