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Although cases are rare in the state, researchers are worried it could become warmer as a result of warming temperatures.
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The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, details about a delay in construction at the Seward dock rerouting cruise ships to Whittier, summer salmon fishing restrictions in Kodiak Island rivers, a reversal of the Alaska Board of Fisheries rules by the state attorney general, KIBSD is paying for up to 20 of its international teachers to receive their green cards, and a special remembrance of Alaskan veterans ahead of Memorial Day on Monday from the Alaska Desk at Alaska Public Media.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's show with host Davis Hovey, we go over the schedule, some of the vendors and the new features at this year's Crabfest with staff from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. Opening day is Thursday, May 21, at noon. More information and the full schedule of events can be found online at kodiakcrabfest.com.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Katherine Irving reports on a new hatchery and ongoing restrictions for fishermen meant to help the rehabilitation of Kodiak king salmon, and KTOO's Alix Soliman on a mine in British Columbia that has Southeast Alaskans worried about their salmon.
Alaska News
- Alaska lawmakers seek first boost to unemployment benefits since 2009
- Healthcare bills spurred by $50B federal program await Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s signature
- Alaska's North Slope proposed as home for massive AI data center
- State voids Area M restrictions after Aleutians East argues ethics violation
- Oil industry has an idea to speed permitting on western Arctic leases. BLM likes it.
- Anchorage air travelers caught in long TSA lines
- Alaska lawmakers adjourn one session and begin another to mull tax breaks for LNG project
- In Alaska House and U.S. Senate, impassioned pleas to help two storm-ravaged villages in limbo
- Alaska Legislature passes sweeping crime bill raising age of consent to 18 on last day of session
- Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse will soon open to the public for the first time
NPR National News
- Iranians are back online after a monthslong shutdown but face heavy restrictions
- Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized
- Ex-CIA official charged with stealing millions of dollars in gold bars
- DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million
- NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs
- More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic
- Greetings from Cape Verde, where the sounds of samba, jazz and morna fill the air
- Palestinians use recycling as Israel's restrictions trigger a trash crisis
- Inside the effort to save one of America's most imperiled salamanders
- The movie 'Pressure' leans into the drama of high-stakes weather forecasts