The first of the vessels will arrive in Kodiak in 2028.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak, KMXT sits down with Ben Daly, the new supervisor for ADF&G's Division of Commercial Fisheries Westward region, Coast Guard Base Kodiak plans the final phase of its member housing expansion, NOAA hydrographic surveys are underway around Kodiak, and Kodiak's waters could be offering gray whales a lifeline in a difficult season.
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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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
- Crude oil futures drop after Trump promises an Iran deal will be signed Friday
- The U.S. and Iran announce a deal to end the war
- Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized
- 12 dead after skydiving plane crashes in Missouri, authorities say
- The U.S.-led war in Iran will dominate Trump's G7 trip to France
- Here's who's missing at the World Cup: Soccer-playing grannies!
- Primary care doctors raise alarm as telehealth companies get involved in obesity drugs
- Trump's UFC fights bring historic spectacle to White House
- Britain detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia's shadow fleet
- Trump condemns Israeli strike in Beirut, warning attacks threaten deal on U.S-Iran war