This year, every school in the district is fully staffed with teachers. KIBSD acting superintendent Damon Hargraves says he can't remember this happening in the last fifteen years.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the owner of Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic is indicted for alleged tax evasion, the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews medevac a container ship captain more than 1,000 miles away near Adak, the United Fishermen of Alaska has hired a new leader, an update on KIBSD's efforts to pay for their 26 international teachers' green cards, and the superintendent of KIBSD abruptly resigned this week.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, cast members from "What the Constitution Means to Me" discuss the essence of this readers theatre show and why it's applicable to all people. More details can be found online on the FairWind Players Facebook page.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines:A federal bill aimed at bycatch reduction has passed in a key Commerce committee, story by Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin, an effort to help reduce bycatch in the lab is underway, according to KUCB's Katie Reuther, and Unalaska wants the state to help ferry seafood processor workers into town, as reported by KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi.
Alaska News
- Outside groups pour millions into Alaska's governor, congressional races
- Trump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials say
- Ferries, fish and tourism take center stage at Ketchikan governor forum
- Norwegian filmmakers debut full-length documentary on Anchorage homelessness
- This Alaska journalist interviewed an AI 'news reporter,' and he didn't run away screaming
- A dispute over the passenger Jones Act has Southeast Alaska yacht captains crying foul
- Proposed EPA rule would exempt most offshore seafood processing vessels from reporting their pollution discharge
- New York Times reports Peltola has repeatedly blown up at aides and campaign staff
- Poll shows Democrat with lead in Alaska governor’s race, but large swaths remain undecided
- Alaska hunting guide and teen employee named as victims in fatal plane crash east of Nabesna
NPR National News
- The record-breaking, genre-melting, career-redefining evolution of Miranda Lambert
- Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down
- All's fair in love and 'War' — a well-cast, classy-trashy divorce drama
- Theaster Gates bets on fine china
- The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy
- 4 ways to battle performance anxiety, according to a confidence coach
- No one expected Leo to be pope — except everyone who knew him as 'Bob'
- How the system failed us: Former foster youth tell their stories
- Brazil's big political rematch: What to know about the Brazilian election
- As Trump's proposed arch looms over D.C., protesters pin their hopes on the midterms