The Oct. 11 fair drew about 150 visitors to meet recruiters from 18 local and statewide employers as well as 30 colleges and universities from around Alaska and the Lower 48.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode, we hear about a house fire on Carolyn St., two foreclosed properties that will be auctioned off by the Kodiak Island Borough in the near future, how federal grant cuts affect University of Alaska campuses like Kodiak College, a recap of Koniag's annual meeting, and unofficial election results from Kodiak's municipal election.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, Fire Chiefs Scott Ellis, Rich Gonzalez, and Aaron Griffin share fire safety tips for National Fire Safety and Prevention Week.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Davis Hovey reports that an advisory on shellfish around Kodiak has been lifted, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council got some work done at its latest meeting despite the federal shutdown, but according to the Alaska Beacon the shutdown is creating uncertainty for some major Alaska fisheries.
Alaska News
- Western Alaska residents from storm-ravaged villages arrive in Anchorage by the hundreds
- Western Alaska storm evacuees take stock of damage, with fate of villages up in the air
- ‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from Western Alaska villages
- Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from Western Alaska
- Anchorage cab driver arrested in June fatal collision with pedestrian
- Mental health providers look to streamline Alaska regulations as part of Dunleavy order
- Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska villages following storm
- A traveling exhibit sheds light on Alaska baseball history
- 'No one is giving up': Local search continues for 2 missing in Western Alaska
- Grubby, a stowaway possum turned Alaska celebrity, has died
NPR National News
- OpenAI blocks MLK Jr. videos on Sora after 'disrespectful depictions'
- Saxophonist Nicole Glover had to face herself to find her sound
- As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape
- A serial killer and a Broadway lyricist: two versions of Ethan Hawke in theaters now
- ROG Xbox Ally X sells out, despite disdain for shifts in Microsoft's gaming strategy
- Unions say White House plans mass layoff at Interior Department, despite court order
- 40 years ago, a woman made Harlem Globetrotters history
- Experimental cellist Clarice Jensen finds inspiration in Bach, and a few electronics
- As hundreds of millions of birds head south, the invisible danger is glass
- A once-in-a-'Blue Moon' Broadway breakup