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On this week’s episode of Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for the Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, to talk about Domestic Violence Awareness Month and local resources for those seeking help. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Shareholders for Alaska Native Corporation NANA overwhelmingly voted in favor of creating a Permanent Fund last week. Unalaska-based internet provider OptimERA is offering faster internet speeds to customers by using Starlink. And Hospital Board candidates in Petersburg weighed in on everything from the new hospital project to… the “New World Order.” Unalaska. …

A Kodiak man, Jericho Samson, has been found after being reported missing over the weekend. A spokesperson from the Kodiak Police Department says Samson was found in town and in good health on Monday (Oct. 2).  The spokesperson said in a call that Samson was reported missing by his family after missing an appointment last week. The family was concerned …

Election day Oct. 3, with competitive races for City Council, City Mayor, Kodiak Island Borough School Board, Borough Assembly, and Borough Mayor.  KMXT held forums for the City Mayor, City Council, School Board, and Borough Assembly last week and recordings are available on our website. City of Kodiak Two candidates are running for City Mayor: Pat Branson (incumbent) and Alan …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A statewide program makes home ownership possible through “sweat equity.” The Anchorage Assembly heard testimony Friday from people it subpoenaed to discuss an election challenge filed earlier this year. And a project to re-establish wood bison in Alaska has suffered another setback. A wood bison (ADF&G photo)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A woman in Nome is using social media as a tool to teach the Inupiaq language. Students across the state logged on for the annual Teaching through Tech conference. And American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems. Lemon Creek prisoners.  

A humpback whale was found dead near Kodiak Island on Sept. 25. Federal and tribal workers brought the corpse to a nearby island the next day to try to determine the cause of death. It’s the first whale necropsy in Alaska this year and biologists hope it could help explain why local humpback populations seem to be shrinking.  Matt Van …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas that were hauled up by groundfish trawlers in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Fat Bear Week kicks off this week with its junior bear competition. And a group of U.S. Forest Service personnel traveled to Kake late last month to help …