Ellen Carty-Seccomb/Kodiak College
Kodiak’s legislator in the Alaska Senate is wrapping up his 26th year in state politics, which he has said is his last. Gary Stevens’ last day is Jan. 15.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the Alaska Beacon reports on changes to advance reservations for public cabins, the Kodiak commercial salmon seiner Emily Rose gets some help from Good Samaritan vessels, Coast Guard Base Kodiak hosted a 9/11 25th anniversary ceremony, a recap of the gubernatorial fisheries debate in Kodiak, state Sen. Gary Stevens is retiring from the Legislature, and KIBSD's Board of Education is considering closing East Elementary school.
Talk of the Rock
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Ellen Carty-Seccomb/Kodiak CollegeOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we sit down with Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak as he wraps up 26 years in the state Legislature and career-long service to the community.Stevens will officially remain a state senator until the next legislative session starts in January of 2027.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Kodiak Chamber of Commerce)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines:Coverage of the Kodiak Fisheries Debates from Liz Ruskin of Alaska Public Media, and Davis Hovey of KMXT, plus its an otter disaster for crabbers in Southeast Alaska, story from KSTK's Leilani Combs.
Alaska News
- Plane crash near Nabesna kills 2
- Whittier’s new $80M dock considered total loss after fire
- Elder Alaskans increasingly vulnerable to dying by suicide, according to data
- Sullivan’s trawl bycatch bill clears a U.S. Senate committee
- Republican Treg Taylor leans on experience as attorney general in gubernatorial pitch
- Thousands of gallons of water used to extinguish Whittier dock fire, officials say
- Peltola and Sullivan confront trawl bycatch, and each other, at Kodiak fisheries debate
- Alaska sees 10-year high in youth suicide deaths
- Democrats urge judge to disqualify state House candidate over incomplete financial form
- A lot of Alaskans are 'bullet voters.' Sometimes that's not the best strategy.
NPR National News
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- Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
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