The two-day conference organized by the Alaska Food Policy Council happens every year and a half and focuses on food security, with presentations about subsistence, mariculture and developing local agriculture around the state.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about the self-help housing project in Kodiak getting funds and land, an update on the city manager search, surveys of Kodiak Island's emperor geese show the population is doing well, a look into the salvage process for the Tanusha, a tour of the Coast Guard fast response cutter John Witherspoon, and Kodiak's Emergency Services are preparing for potential impacts of a likely Mt. Spurr eruption.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, the head of Kodiak Electric Association discusses the upcoming election, which features a potential bylaw change that will be in the packet for members to vote on next month.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week KCAW's Katherine Rose reports that harvest data for Sitka's herring fishery won't be released due to low participation, Cook Inlet's east side setnetters won't get a chance to use seines after all, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara, and from the Alaska Desk, Theo Greenly reports that Alaska's seafood industry is asking for federal push back against unfair international competition.
Alaska News
- Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- UAA students express concern over ‘reorganization’ of Native Student Services program
- Trump unveils 10% tariff on all imports, plus reciprocal tariffs on dozens of nations
- At Senate confirmation hearings, Sullivan asks to make a point
- Anchorage’s beloved Star the reindeer dies after possible poisoning
- Community Health Aides | Line One
- 'We are resilient': Unalaska tribe's leadership responds to federal funding pauses
- Bethel City Council votes to curb hours for alcohol sales and consumption
- Alaska Native advocates say new Trump election order would further disenfranchise rural voters
- Visitors to Alaska State Capitol will be screened under newly awarded contract
NPR National News
- Grilled by Senate, Boeing CEO admits to "serious missteps" on safety
- White House reviewing TikTok proposal to lease algorithm from China
- Parents sue Bucknell alleging hazing led to freshman football player's death
- Central U.S. braces for tornadoes and flash flooding as powerful storm approaches
- Supreme Court hears case that could see more Planned Parenthood clinics closed
- Sen. Cory Booker on his marathon, 25-hour speech on the Senate floor
- Senate Republicans move forward with their budget plan to promote Trump's agenda
- Appreciating the many onscreen moods of Val Kilmer
- 25 hours? Before Cory Booker, there was 'Mr. Smith'
- This art exhibition is 'divisive' or 'eye-opening' — it depends who you ask