The Kodiak Island Borough is looking for eligible residents to fill a newly vacant seat on the borough assembly after former member Dave Johnson officially resigned last week.
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 Benny Benson State Airport will undergo renovations this summer, the Buskin river area closes to sockeye fishing, federal fisheries managers require a halibut stamp for charter tours for the first time this year, three finalists for director at Kodiak College visited from the Lower 48 this week, and a new study finds that Kodiak puffin numbers are dropping.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a new short film documentary about Filipino culture and life in Alaska called Bridging Our Stories with the filmmaker, Rafael Bitanga. Bitanga is from the Philippines and went to school in Kodiak.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra reports on salmon parasite allergies, Alix Soliman of KTOO adds that an ocean monitoring system has been spared the ax, The Alaska Beacon tells of a starfish lawsuit, and walking the beach looking for dead birds with Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB.
Alaska News
- Division of Elections delays saying how they'll list the two Dan Sullivans on the ballot
- Alaska school districts plead for guidance on oil surplus funding before students return
- Where to celebrate Independence Day in Alaska
- Back on the ballot, Petersburg Dan Sullivan says he’s ready to start campaigning
- Gas pipeline developer raises issues with LNG tax bill as lawmakers work out final draft
- Alaska Supreme Court orders a spot on the ballot for 2nd Dan Sullivan
- Judge puts 2nd Dan Sullivan back on ballot in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Dozens of Alaska bills meet their fate at Gov. Dunleavy’s desk
- Ahead of Pride, an Alaska couple reflects on five decades in and out of the closet
- Here’s what to know about road construction in Southcentral Alaska this summer
NPR National News
- Americans are showing up for the World Cup in record-breaking numbers
- Funerals held for 14 Pakistani children killed in tutoring center collapse
- Greetings from London, where Banksy's flag man is a warning cry
- Kids with autism are prone to drowning. Florida is trying to prevent that
- A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
- The majority of Americans are proud but worry about direction of the country
- 5 safety tips to keep you out of the emergency room this summer
- World Cup's knockout rounds collide with a massive heat wave
- How America has celebrated milestone birthdays, from world fairs to the World Cup
- Supreme Court deals some blows to Trump's agenda but leaves him with more expansive powers