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A public comment period for the draft plan is open until Oct. 29.
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, the owner of Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic is indicted for alleged tax evasion, the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews medevac a container ship captain more than 1,000 miles away near Adak, the United Fishermen of Alaska has hired a new leader, an update on KIBSD's efforts to pay for their 26 international teachers' green cards, and the superintendent of KIBSD abruptly resigned this week.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, KMXT's News Director Davis Hovey breaks down everything that's on the ballot for the Oct. 6 municipal election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Preliminary results will be shared on air on KMXT after 9 p.m. tonight.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Courtesy of Michael LivingstonOn this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines:A federal bill aimed at bycatch reduction has passed in a key Commerce committee, story by Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin, an effort to help reduce bycatch in the lab is underway, according to KUCB's Katie Reuther, and Unalaska wants the state to help ferry seafood processor workers into town, as reported by KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi.
Alaska News
- Alaska governor candidates spar over bipartisan cooperation, among other issues, in Debate for the State
- Alaska governor hopeful Bernadette Wilson's court record shows lawsuits over unpaid bills
- Trump to rally for Sullivan in Wasilla next week
- Flu cases are on the rise in Alaska. What you need to know.
- Alaska's industrial development corporation could see big changes depending on next governor
- Pollock trawlers feel cast as the villains of Alaska's U.S. Senate race
- Democrat JKT raises $2.1M in Alaska governor’s race, more than double Republicans' total
- Pollock industry, Senate race and culture collide in a fight over fish
- Outside groups pour millions into Alaska's governor, congressional races
- Trump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials say
NPR National News
- The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
- U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man's third-country deportation to Africa
- Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker's death?
- Five children are taken from their parents in 'Fjord,' which won top prize at Cannes
- How the oil industry is preparing for Hurricane Isaias
- 'Misty Green' squanders its potential
- Fill in the blank in the quiz: A plague research employee in Russia died from ____
- Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
- Republican congressman tries to outrun a potential blue wave in New York toss-up seat
- ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work