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The number of cruise ship guests coming to Kodiak is expected to increase by more than 25% this summer.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the deadline is coming up to register to vote in the Alaska state primaries, ADF&G launches a new bycatch portal, new KIBSD superintendent Daniel Brigman attends his first regular Board of Education meeting, four whales wash up dead on the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska Public Media reports on ways to avoid getting cyclosporiasis, and the Borough Assembly swears in a new member.
Talk of the Rock
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Host Jared Griffin speaks with cast members of Kodiak Youth Theatre's production of "Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder" about theatre, acting, and this hilarious show coming to the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod this weekend.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Mikayla Finnerty/Alaska Public MediaOn this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Katherine Irving (filling in for Terry Haines), KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that state lawmakers have ordered an audit of the Board of Fisheries, KDLG's Jessie Sheldon reports on the decline of women set netters in Bristol Bay, and Alaska Public Media's Mikayla Finnerty reports on fishing conditions at Anchorage's Ship Creek.
Alaska News
- An alternative newspaper, the Anchorage Press, gets a reboot
- Alaska’s seismic network is now on the lookout for landslides, too
- Number of women set net permit holders in Bristol Bay in decline, new research shows
- State removes 3,500 Alaskans from voter rolls, based in part on ‘old data’
- Bycatch: What to know about the fish issue taking the spotlight in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Anchorage’s citified fishing spot, Ship Creek, reopens for silver salmon after king closure
- Matt Schultz suspends his campaign for U.S. House, endorses Bill Hill
- Michigan man arrested in Fairbanks cold case murder of former coworker
- Dunleavy, rejecting corporate tax change, calls third Alaska LNG special session
- Alaska state attorney arrested by ICE, held at Tacoma detention center
NPR National News
- What animal is the deformed-but-adorable Jimothy? The quiz knows — do you?
- Trump refuses to give up on tariffs - a pillar of his economic legacy
- Video: Scientists watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes
- West Virginia paid digital nomads to move there during COVID. Many are staying
- Netflix viewers the world over are binge-watching South African series 'The Polygamist.' Here's why
- Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike as 'Cockroach' protesters vow to press on
- Rubio says U.S. is ready to help end war in Ukraine but no quick deal ahead
- Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
- Trump to impose double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries
- How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? Make it a summer blockbuster