The State of Alaska plans to replace the deteriorating Sargent Creek and Russian River bridges on the main road near Bells Flat, south of Kodiak. But the state is just starting to put together a study of the bridges and surrounding area.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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In this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, near record winds in Kodiak, Caroline Roberts will remain on the borough assembly, Kodiak schools have fewer students, there will be no Tanner crab fishery for Kodiak, Highmark Marine Fabrication is taking more control over the City of Kodiak's shipyard, United Fishermen of Alaska held a meeting on the island — a first in over 20 years, and the Alaska Desk's Shelby Herbert talks about support for the military amid a government shutdown.
Talk of the Rock
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Signal crayfish, an invasive species, are showing signs of stress on the population. Biologists from the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak share updates on their efforts and guesses what's going on.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Davis Hovey and Brian Venua discuss the recent meeting of the United Fishermen of Alaska in Kodiak, Olivia Rose of KFSK reports on the first red king crab fishery in eight years in Southeast Alaska, and the sport fish survey is about to hit mailboxes.
Alaska News
- Anchorage International among 40 airports forced to cut flights due to government shutdown
- Kodiak-born Jerry Laktonen named 2025 Rasmuson Distinguished Artist
- Alaska's furloughed feds take on 'lemonade' projects amid stress and uncertainty
- Federal agency designates Alaska's Donlin gold mine for fast-track permitting
- Same name, different owners: AC opens new grocery store in Utqiaġvik
- University of Alaska unions ask regents not to sign federal higher ed compact
- Second body recovered from March avalanche near Girdwood
- Alaska will use state funds to fill SNAP cards and help food banks amid federal delays
- Alaska SNAP payments for November face delays and reductions, even after court rulings
- New poll shows Peltola neck-and-neck with Sullivan, if she were to run for U.S. Senate
NPR National News
- In 'Pluribus,' isolation is the price of a frictionless life
- What's happening with furniture prices? A tale of $399 couches and tariffs
- The shutdown continues, but politics persists. That gives this quiz a lot of fodder
- Want less screen-obsessed kids? Set better tech boundaries for yourself
- If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time
- An NPR reporter's journey into Gaza, for the first time since the war began
- Is the job market getting worse? As the shutdown continues, this is what we know
- Boeing won't face criminal charge over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people
- The FAA's order to cut flights due to the government shutdown is set to take effect
- Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords with Israel in symbolic boost to Trump initiative