Coastal residents in Gulf of Alaska communities have until the end of day to submit written comments on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s winter ferry schedule.
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 deadline is coming up to register to vote in the Alaska state primaries, ADF&G launches a new bycatch portal, new KIBSD superintendent Daniel Brigman attends his first regular Board of Education meeting, four whales wash up dead on the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska Public Media reports on ways to avoid getting cyclosporiasis, and the Borough Assembly swears in a new member.
Talk of the Rock
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Host Jared Griffin speaks with cast members of Kodiak Youth Theatre's production of "Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder" about theatre, acting, and this hilarious show coming to the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod this weekend.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Rivers are rusting across the Arctic, according to KOTZ's Desiree Hagen, Alix Soliman of KTOO reports that advocates are calling for ESA designation for grey whales, and a Ketchikan show about fish pirates is 60 years old as reported by KRBD's Hunter Morrison.
Alaska News
- Bycatch: What to know about the fish issue taking the spotlight in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Anchorage’s citified fishing spot, Ship Creek, reopens for silver salmon after king closure
- Matt Schultz suspends his campaign for U.S. House, endorses Bill Hill
- Michigan man arrested in Fairbanks cold case murder of former coworker
- Dunleavy, rejecting corporate tax change, calls third Alaska LNG special session
- Alaska state attorney arrested by ICE, held at Tacoma detention center
- Yes, Alaska, we're already in an El Niño, but it's likely to get stronger
- Bristol Bay fishermen express concerns over Northline, Silver Bay, and BBEDC's new arrangements
- Committee sets Alaska LNG tax cut bill, including expanded corporate tax, for final vote
- Peltola vastly outraises Sullivan in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
NPR National News
- FDA panel considers easing peptide restrictions
- The White House pushes healthy eating. It cut a landmark nutrition education program
- 'Lucky' is a crime series that starts mid-caper — and dares you to keep up
- 'New York Times' alleges White House abuses legal system to intimidate reporters
- After deadly shootings, police experts question how well ICE officers are vetted
- DOT cranks up its campaign to strip bike lane references from federal websites
- These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: helping clergy abuse survivors
- How predominantly Black areas in 6 states have been split up by redistricting
- A town renamed its festival 'AI Love Irondale Day.' Then came the comments
- OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know