Poppy Benson with the Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges says without volunteers, the current staff at the refuge in Kodiak wouldn’t be able to keep the visitor center open during this busier part of the island’s cruise ship season.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about an oil spill near the Kitoi Bay Hatchery, a small earthquake near Kodiak, elevated levels of harmful algal blooms, Alaska Aerospace is looking to expand its presence along the Aleutian Chain, and Kodiak's landfill is filling up.
Talk of the Rock
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This week with host Davis Hovey, Laurie Murdock with the Senior Citizens of Kodiak joins us to breakdown the services and programs the Kodiak Senior Center offers and how they support locals who are 60-years-old or older.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: It's all salmon, with Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Carl Burnside talking about the big year for sockeye in Chignik, and KMXT's Brian Venua on the rush of pink salmon in Kodiak.
Alaska News
- Former Alaska AG Treg Taylor enters governor’s race
- Dueling Alaska narratives emerge at U.S. House hearing on ‘unleashing’ energy
- Alaska wants to make money by saving trees. So why is it trying to remove logging restrictions?
- Anchorage officials optimistic community events are driving down crime in Town Square Park
- Drone photos suggest a 2014 marine heat wave is still stunting orca growth, reproduction in Alaska
- For Alaska, La Niña prediction only a 'thumb on the scale'
- Alaska lawmakers move to sue Dunleavy over agriculture department order
- Trump admin aims to block funds for renewable energy in Alaska villages
- What does a North Slope ‘renaissance’ mean for Alaska’s state budget?
- Whether Alaska's wetter weather is a 'regime shift' is... up in the air
NPR National News
- CDC pauses remote work arrangements for employees with disabilities, union says
- Jimmy Kimmel show is pulled by ABC after comments about the Charlie Kirk killing
- U.S. Education Dept. unites conservative groups to create 'patriotic' civics content
- A shooting in Pennsylvania has left 3 officers dead and 2 injured
- Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigns over dispute with owner Unilever
- Bad Bunny leads the 2025 Latin Grammy nominations
- Trump moves to scrub national parks sites of signs that cast America in a "negative light"
- 'KPop Demon Hunters' finally tops the albums chart
- Vitamin B3 can help protect against skin cancer. Here's who may benefit
- Russia gives Ukrainian kids military training and reeducation, Yale researchers find