One small farm in Kodiak is embarking on a new mission – providing all the milk from one of its dairy cows to local families who are in need. Here's what the dairy farmer says about how it works and how it’s going to be funded:
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week, with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the most recent shellfish toxin results in Kodiak, the interim chancellor of the University of Alaska visits the local college, Nick Mangini was appointed to the city council, the borough lands committee pushes more land to the borough assembly for sale and the North Star Elementary school building will be used at least in part for daycare.
Talk of the Rock
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This week with host Davis Hovey, the executive director of the Brother Francis Shelter, Susan Smith, joins us to discuss the services the homeless shelter provides in Kodiak along with the challenges and needs it's facing this winter. To learn more about how to donate items or volunteer with the Brother Francis Shelter, call 907 486 5610.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KUCB's Theo Greenly reports that crabbers are finally starting to get relief money, Southeast Alaska's first red king crab fishery in eight years is underway, according to KFSK's Olivia Rose, and Cook Inlet had a good sockeye season, story by KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara.
Alaska News
- Alaska experts urge safe sleep practices to combat rise in infant deaths
- Murkowski defends Democrats Trump accuses of 'seditious behavior'
- Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake
- For many Alaskans seeking addiction treatment, help starts with someone who has been there
- State official sues Alaska Landmine over suggestion she stole state money
- Investigation underway over shots fired at ore-hauling trucks near Fairbanks
- Alaska state agencies are increasingly struggling to comply with the law, auditor warns
- Off Alaska's coast, halibut abundance and size pose challenges to fishermen and orcas
- New offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off Alaska
- The ‘Into the Wild’ bus exhibit is still under wraps as museum searches for funding
NPR National News
- Pope's visit to Lebanon sparks hope but also frustration
- As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
- Where things stand with the National Guard shooting in D.C.
- Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Airbus calls for 'immediate' software upgrade to A320 aircraft
- Trump administration pausing all asylum decisions after National Guard shooting
- Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns as Ukraine corruption investigations widen
- Pope Leo prays for unity at historic Nicaea site
- A 400-year-old kung fu-fighting monkey is finally having his American moment
- Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra rises to 164