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Friday, Sept. 11 marked the 25th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. KMXT’s Davis Hovey attended a 9/11 ceremony in Kodiak on the country’s largest Coast Guard Base and has this report:
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Senate and Congressional candidates will participate in the 2026 Alaska Fisheries Debate in Kodiak this weekend, Borough Assembly candidates discussed their positions at a candidate forum, the Sun'aq Tribe's leader was ousted last week, black bears invaded Juneau's dump this summer, scientists research chum salmon bycatch in Dutch Harbor, and a California-based company generated rainfall over the Kenai Peninsula.
Talk of the Rock
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Ellen Carty-Seccomb/Kodiak CollegeOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we sit down with Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak as he wraps up 26 years in the state Legislature and career-long service to the community.Stevens will officially remain a state senator until the next legislative session starts in January of 2027.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Angela Denning/Coast Alaska)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: A boom in the population of Southeast sea otters is bad news for dive fishermen, according to KFSK's Baiz Hoen, there will be a season for red king crab in Southeast Alaska for the second year in a row, story from KFSK's Olivia Rose, and a better than expected salmon season in Kodiak, as reported by KMXT's Katherine Irving.
Alaska News
- Sullivan’s trawl bycatch bill clears a U.S. Senate committee
- Republican Treg Taylor leans on experience as attorney general in gubernatorial pitch
- Thousands of gallons of water used to extinguish Whittier dock fire, officials say
- Peltola and Sullivan confront trawl bycatch, and each other, at Kodiak fisheries debate
- Alaska sees 10-year high in youth suicide deaths
- Democrats urge judge to disqualify state House candidate over incomplete financial form
- A lot of Alaskans are 'bullet voters.' Sometimes that's not the best strategy.
- Skagway’s ferry terminal is set to reopen weeks after sudden closure
- New campaign complaint alleges Petersburg Dan Sullivan is getting undue help
- Appeals court tosses indictment of Whittier woman charged with voter misconduct
NPR National News
- U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran, including a school attack
- Pressure on global chokepoints drives Asia's increased use of Arctic Trade Routes
- Why reshaping memories may hold the key to raising self-esteem
- D.C. airspace is complicated. Experts say Trump's arch would add one more risk
- Big questions - and key logistical details - loom ahead of China-U.S. summit
- People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option
- Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids
- A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric
- Head Start got her out of homelessness. Trump proposal threatens that help for others
- Canada's Carney welcomes the EU's bid for closer ties amid pressure from Trump