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On this week's episode, we hear about a house fire on Carolyn St., two foreclosed properties that will be auctioned off by the Kodiak Island Borough in the near future, how federal grant cuts affect University of Alaska campuses like Kodiak College, a recap of Koniag's annual meeting, and unofficial election results from Kodiak's municipal election.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dispatched U.S. aircraft Thursday to intercept four Russian military planes off Alaska. The Northwest Arctic community of Selawik hasn’t had consistent drinking water for over three weeks. And people from around the world are voting for their favorite to be the chubby champion of Fat Bear Week.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:It s been six years since Alaska State Troopers updated their list of cold case homicides. Communities across Southeast Alaska are tweaking their tax policies to rake in tourist dollars during the summer months. And President Trump yesterday approved the 211-mile Ambler road in Northwest Alaska.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss the facts and stigmas surrounding domestic violence for domestic violence awareness month. Elamy Tiller from the Kodiak Women's Resource & Crisis Center shares some helpful information and upcoming trainings for everyone to be aware of during the month of October.

On Oct. 5, 2025 Kodiak Kindness, KMXT and other organizations, hosted a film screening and panelist discussion at the Gerald C. Wilson Choral Pod focused around child care issues on the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. The film Growing the Kenai: Childcare Licensing can be viewed online here. And the transcript from the panelist discussion is below.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The K-12 school on the Aleutian Island of Akutan now has two local Unangax̂ teachers. Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for communities in western Alaska hit by a powerful storm. And former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum is defending his decision to invest $50 million from the state’s rainy-day account in an outside private equity fund.

A weekly update of local events and what's happening in the great outdoors on Kodiak Island - Alaska's Emerald Isle.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:One person has died, two are still missing, and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The Sitka Police Department has body cameras to equip its officers in its possession, but doesn’t yet have the funding to implement them. And health officials in Bristol Bay say the region is in the middle of a Tuberculosis outbreak.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Researchers have awakened microbes that were last active as far back as 40,000 years ago. Flood waters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities from a storm that hit earlier this week, but another one is coming. And the Alaska Board of Education sent a proposed regulation change that would have limited how much money local governments can give to schools back to the state education department.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown. The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. And Alaska's growing birch syrup industry.