NOAA's Alaska Navigation Manager said these surveys aim to make the waters around the archipelago safer.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's cooler May in Kodiak and Southcentral, local fourth graders released their salmon fry into Island Lake, how high fuel costs will impact Kodiak's salmon fishermen, the City of Kodiak is back pedaling on two proposed parks projects, the city has a new interim city manager after Chris Hladick left, an interview with gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich, and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is budgeting $13.8 million for KIBSD for the upcoming fiscal year.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we sit down with Sun'aq Tribe researchers Matt Van Daele and Daniel Smith to discuss their work with invasive crayfish, gray whales, Aleutian terns, and more.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KTOO"s Alix Soliman reports on transboundary mines above salmon streams, plus the opening of the hatchery king salmon season in Juneau, Simon Lopez adds a story on continued low numbers of razor clams in Ninilchik and Clam Gulch, plus an audio postcard of kids releasing salmon fry, courtesy of KMXT's Katherine Irving.
Alaska News
- Alaska’s minimum wage will increase next month
- $25M gift to bolster rural- and Indigenous-focused medical training in Alaska
- Candidates decry high energy prices while in Juneau for Celebration
- Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues
- ANWR lease sale draws $3.7M in winning bids, but major oil and gas players stay home
- Alaska blood bank sees worst shortage in years
- Sullivan votes against Trump’s ballroom and compensation fund
- Glenfarne releases Alaska LNG cost estimates, as skeptical legislators press for details
- Alaska one of only 2 states to see increase in SNAP participants in 2025
- Hey, Alaska: What do you want to ask the 2026 primary election candidates?
NPR National News
- Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction
- Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices
- July 1 brings big student loan changes. Here's what you need to know
- ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
- San Francisco immigration court shuts down, striking at heart of historic advocacy
- The World Cup is starting. Here's what to know and how to watch
- Bill Gates tells lawmakers he was not aware of Epstein's crimes
- Israeli leader who pulled out of Lebanon warns against getting stuck again
- After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
- Evette, backed by Trump, and Wilson, a Trump supporter, head to S.C. governor runoff