Alaska’s public schools will receive $500 more per student next year. It's the first permanent education funding increase since Gov. Mike Dunleavy took office, but he cut it again after the state's Legislature overrode a previous veto.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about Alaska students being part of a mass panic at the National Speech and Debate Association's tournament, Harbormaster Dave Johnson's charges were dismissed by the state, a Kodiak dog has parvovirus, the Griffin Memorial Hospital could be used for museum storage, state land is for sale on Kupreanof Strait for the first time, and Kodiak was part of the "No Kings Day" protests on June 14.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, Kodiak's state legislators Sen. Gary Stevens and Rep. Louise Stutes talk about how this session went and the various challenges they faced passing legislation, crafting the budget and working with Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Brian Venua peers through his monocle to chronicle one crabber's journey to DC for KMXT, the Fishery Management Council of the North Pacific still won't be specific about a chum collar for Bering Sea pollock trawlers, according to reporting from KYUK's Evan Erickson, and Samantha Watson's relation of her participation in a Kuskokwim salmon celebration, with the story creation and audio preparation at KYUK.
Alaska News
- Homes lost, hundreds evacuated as wildfires explode across Interior Alaska
- Education nonprofit plans to sue state over governor’s BSA veto
- Alaska holds migrants in ‘punitive conditions,' violating ICE standards, lawyers say
- The making of a moderate: Murkowski’s new book tells her story
- A trio of brown bears crashes coops in Anchorage Hillside neighborhoods
- U.S. Senate bill would require BLM and Forest Service to sell off public land for housing
- Harmful algal blooms linked to die-off of fur seals in the Bering Sea
- Anchorage clears its 2 largest homeless encampments
- The man behind a North Slope oil renaissance says he’s found another hot prospect
- Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries joins 2026 governor's race
NPR National News
- Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US
- Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 14 civilians as Zelenskyy travels to UK
- Last body found after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe in storm, bringing death toll to 8
- Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' which protects 58 million acres of forest land
- Does Congress or the president hold war powers? Here's what to know
- U.S. Supreme Court allows -- for now -- third-country deportations
- Democratic senators rent space at the Kennedy Center to host a Pride event
- What to know about Jeff Bezos' upcoming Venice wedding — and the protests against it
- Emmy nominations voting ends tonight. Here's what our critic hopes will make the cut
- Hours after attack on U.S. base, Trump says Iran and Israel will begin a ceasefire