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On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Hundreds of Kotzebue residents have been without running water since Monday. Kodiak’s City Council plans to use some sales tax revenue for capital improvement projects. And Ketchikan Police confiscated thousands of fentanyl pills and nearly two pounds of meth. Maj. Kimberly Westfall, director of the AKNG Counter Drug Support Task Force, and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of only four Republicans to vote for a national security bill that was rejected yesterday. Former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, accused of misconduct during the 2018 primary and general elections, will face trial starting July 22. And a fire broke out at Sand Point’s Peter Pan Seafood facility …

This week KDLG’s Christina Mc Dermott reports on seafood restaurant dynamics that drive low prices, Theo Greenly of KUCB on petition pushback from Unalaska, and hatchery salmon gets a hearing in the State House.

Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum has been awarded a $143,460 federal grant to expand its efforts to attract more tourists. The money is from the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) and the U.S. Forest Service. The Alutiiq Museum was one of six Native organizations across the country to receive over a hundred thousand dollars in grant funding. April Counceller is …

Updated 02.08.2024 Kodiak City Manager Mike Tvenge is stepping down from his role at the end of April after the end of his current three-year contract. Tvenge has held the position since 2017. The City Council is currently weighing its options to fill Tvenge’s seat. During a work session Tuesday night, the council discussed amending the future city manager’s residency …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A former firefighter who sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough last year settled out of court with the borough. A legislator from Big Lake has a vision of an Alaska Port Authority. And the Anchorage School Board presented a budget that would cut nearly 100 full-time positions. The seven-member Anchorage School Board is …

The Native Village of Afognak is one step closer to full ownership of the liquor store in Cost Savers, after purchasing the bulk grocery retailer last year. The package store license for the Liquor Cabinet, which is the liquor store owned by Cost Savers in Kodiak, will be transferred to the Native Village of Afognak under Back Bay LLC. The …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin takes a deeper dive into juvenile justice with guests Rebecca Luther, Division of Juvenile Justice; Darlene Turner, Executive Director of Kodiak Teen Court; Payton Callahan, Vice President and attorney for Kodiak Teen Court; and Maddox Diemer, attorney and board member with Kodiak Teen Court. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates call for more education funding locally, and state wide. Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom’s US House campaign is funded mostly by outside PACs. And Governor Dunleavy wants to eliminate the state board that oversees the nation’s biggest state park. Lake Kulik, in the Wood Tikchik State Park.  

Future funding for education dominated the first 30 minutes at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1. Although there has not been an official draft budget released yet by the Kodiak Island Borough School District, residents are already calling on the Assembly to provide more money to local schools in the upcoming fiscal year. “As I stated …