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The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly killed a proposed marijuana tax last week on Aug. 6. That means consumers will not have to pay a 3% sales tax on retail purchases of flower, concentrates, edibles and other related products for the foreseeable future.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Kodiak College announces its next director, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stops in Kodiak, KMXT staff sit down with House District 5 candidate Kathy Simpler and gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, shellfish around Kodiak test positive for toxins responsible for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly fails to pass a new sales tax on cannabis, and beavers cause havoc on Saltery Cove Road.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses the upcoming performing arts season with Molly Miller, executive director of the Kodiak Arts Council, and Pam Foreman and Kristina Van Hoogmoed with Fairwind Players.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(KCAW/McKenney)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: Katie Reuther of KUCB reports on the golden king crab season, KFSK's Taylor Heckart on the Southeast Dungeness crab season, KRBD's Sydney Dauphinais on improvements to the Metlakatla Indian Tribe's salmon hatchery, and KCAW's Hope McKenney on a popular source of sockeye salmon for Sitkans-Redoubt.
Alaska News
- Republican governor candidate Bernadette Wilson says she’s frustrated Alaska is ‘stagnant’
- Former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker wants to boost development, stabilize finances and pay a dividend
- Alaska woman in surrogacy dispute gives birth in Texas
- Super PACs try to game Alaska’s open primary for U.S. Senate by elevating political unknowns
- State announces $4.5M in funding for Alaska health projects
- Republican Matt Heilala, first-time candidate, says Alaska needs an outsider as governor
- State Senate candidate Louise Stutes agrees to settle campaign finance violations
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop says he's focused on Railbelt energy crunch
- Alaska’s delisting of voters may violate federal law, Legislature’s legal advisor says
- Republican Shelley Hughes leans on record as legislative bridge-builder in bid for governor
NPR National News
- Hayden Panettiere, who starred in 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' dies at 36
- Missed shifts were costly to this McDonald's. An app has fixed the problem
- Living with nuns: Priced out of D.C., young women found low rent with unlikely roommates
- Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction
- As wildfires get worse, some states are struggling to pass fire protection rules
- Elon Musk's Starbase wants to expand in south Texas
- Cialis is an erectile dysfunction drug. Could it also help you live longer?
- Advocates worry new bans on student IDs will trip up younger voters
- Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
- Multiple people dead as flooding continues in Indiana