Although the calendar they approved is similar to last year's, the board also considered some more unconventional options, including a four-week winter break.
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 a trash fire at the Kodiak Island landfill, Kodiak KINDNESS gets a surprise check from Credit Union 1, Alaska Public Media reports on the state House passing it's budget with a $1,500 PFD, KHNS reports on shipping companies like Matson increasing their rates this month, and the USDA has created an Office of Seafood to treat fishermen like farmers of the sea.
Talk of the Rock
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Join host Jared Griffin as he talks with the cast and crew of "You Can't Take It With You", a spring production of the Kodiak Shakesbears and Drama Club. Featuring: Lydia Dagen, Delaney Glenn, Holly Olsen, and Ivan Wellner.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.
Alaska News
- In Anchorage, many factors behind high number of pedestrian deaths
- This Alaska musician is likely UAA's youngest-ever graduate. But she says it's not all about her.
- 6 months after Halong, evacuees in Anchorage move into temporary housing
- Alaska Lt. Gov. faces lawsuit for sharing confidential voter data with Trump DOJ
- Senators’ version of state budget includes $1,000 dividend and $150 energy relief
- Democratic U.S. House PAC has Alaska in its sights
- Senators condemn Trump administration's National Park Service cuts and $10B 'slush fund'
- Senate committee eyes smaller tax break for Alaska LNG project
- Raising Alaska’s age of consent headlines 10-bill package of crime legislation
- Energy secretary says Alaska LNG is his No. 1 infrastructure priority
NPR National News
- Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal
- A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous
- Justice Department drops probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
- Decades-old, newly restored Smithsonian carousel reopens — to children's delight
- How Pittsburgh — host of this year's NFL draft — became a sports mecca
- Kushner and U.S. envoy Witkoff will head to Pakistan for new Iran talks
- At a veteran-led protest on Capitol Hill, grief and dismay reverberate over Iran war
- 'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?
- After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers
- Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake