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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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(Kodiak Chamber of Commerce)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines:Coverage of the Kodiak Fisheries Debates from Liz Ruskin of Alaska Public Media, and Davis Hovey of KMXT, plus its an otter disaster for crabbers in Southeast Alaska, story from KSTK's Leilani Combs.
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
- Ms. Rachel has entered her album era, and she is so happy about it
- Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman
- South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides
- True or false: Trump's name is now on the Kennedy Center. The quiz has the answer
- Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
- 'Scour Order' by metal band Krallice is worthy of symphony halls
- Google is helping write AI chatbot safety laws — while pushing for loopholes
- Republican 'cavalry' arrives with a Trump-backed $150 million ad blitz in key races
- A DHS email raises new questions about the Trump administration's election plans
- Poland's prime minister warns of Russian 'accidental' attacks on Ukraine's allies