USCG
The first of the vessels will arrive in Kodiak in 2028.
Photo courtesy of Lauren Wild, UAS Sitka Campus, taken under NMFS Permit #24378
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's cooler May in Kodiak and Southcentral, local fourth graders released their salmon fry into Island Lake, how high fuel costs will impact Kodiak's salmon fishermen, the City of Kodiak is back pedaling on two proposed parks projects, the city has a new interim city manager after Chris Hladick left, an interview with gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich, and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is budgeting $13.8 million for KIBSD for the upcoming fiscal year.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Sun'aq Tribe researchers Matt Van Daele and Daniel Smith to discuss their work with invasive crayfish, gray whales, Aleutian terns, and more.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Photos collected by Alaska Whale Foundation under NMFS permit no. 26663.)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Katherine Irving of KMXT tells of the dampening effect of high fuel prices on the fishing industry, plus KCAW's Hope McKenney reports on the intersection of spawning herring and grey whales in Sitka Sound.
Alaska News
- Alaska House passes tax cut for North Slope gas pipeline, sending bill to Senate
- Alaska Division of Elections intends to strike U.S. Senate challenger Dan Sullivan from the ballot
- Gasline tax bill heads for House vote as developer pledges to prioritize Alaska labor
- Alaska decline in childhood well-being is a dire warning, advocate says
- Federal judge sides with state in Alaskans’ lawsuit over SNAP delays
- Alaska’s minimum wage will increase next month
- $25M gift to bolster rural- and Indigenous-focused medical training in Alaska
- Candidates decry high energy prices while in Juneau for Celebration
- Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues
- ANWR lease sale draws $3.7M in winning bids, but major oil and gas players stay home
NPR National News
- COMIC: How excessive heat kills and how to stay safe
- Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid
- Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang
- Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100
- Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center
- Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
- A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
- What would it take to stop women from bleeding to death after childbirth?
- To read more this summer, stop waiting for the perfect moment
- China arrests a U.S. scholar with a history of Myanmar activism, suspected of spying