Kodiak has 13 potential areas: the most of anywhere else in the state.
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, the results are in from annual election for KEA's Board of Directors, a bill aims to relax conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with gubernatorial candidates Adam Crum and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, and a new study finds that harvested Kodiak bears are getting bigger.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss the spring recruitment campaign and the staffing challenges some of Kodiak's fire departments are going through at this point in 2026. Rich Gonzalez, the Fire Chief with Kodiak Fire Department, and Scott Ellis, the Fire Chief at Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, are our guests for this Talk of the Rock.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that seeks to change conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, pike get hungrier when they get warmer, according to KNBA's Rhonda McBride and the Alaska Beacon, and a conversation between the Northern Journal's Nat Herz and APM's Casey Grove about the alternate fisheries reality that is Metlakatla.
Alaska News
- Alaskans rocked by Halong plead with feds for help relocating: ‘Our land is no longer safe’
- Veto override vote on elections bill fails as two Southeast Alaska lawmakers flip
- Senators grill Dunleavy AG pick Stephen Cox in contentious confirmation hearings
- Young Alaskans have highest rate of ATV crash injuries, according to state data
- Nonprofit will appeal dismissal of federal lawsuit against Alaska foster care system
- 4 ways to avoid injury as Alaska summer approaches
- Gov. Dunleavy vetoes election reform bill, citing concerns over timeline ahead of 2026 election
- Murkowski asserts Congress's role in war, diverging from her Alaska colleague
- Alaska House shrinks governor’s proposed tax break for LNG project
- Anchorage mobile home park residents to be displaced by townhouse development
NPR National News
- Trump-backed Ramaswamy wins Ohio governor primary, setting up a competitive Nov. race
- Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over claims chatbot posed as doctor
- Scott Turow's latest real-life legal thriller: Suing Meta for copyright infringement
- Cruise ship with hantavirus may have seen a rare occurrence: humans infecting humans
- From ICE detention to center stage: The Texas mariachi brothers opening for Kacey Musgraves
- Midwives saved his mom's life -- and inspired him to pursue the profession
- NPR went looking for Polymarket's Panama headquarters. It's elusive
- A legal scholar and 'Backtalker' defends critical race theory -- a term she helped coin
- The Iran war sent jet fuel prices sky-high. Here's what air travelers should know
- A nearly year-long deployment at sea takes a toll on military families