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Pacific cod fishermen in the Kodiak area and South Alaska Peninsula can now catch nearly 8 million pounds of fish during the current state-managed fishery. That’s after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an updated quota last week on Feb. 5 in the middle of the 2026 season.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the IPHC passing a decision on daily halibut bag limits to the NPFMC, Alaska Public Media reports on a bill in the Alaska Legislature to update requirements for resident hunting and fishing licenses, Alaska Public Media also has details on a new way to bring groceries to rural Alaska, and the KIBSD Board of Education puts off a decision on its FY'2027 budget until next week.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Jared Griffin, the director and a handful of actors from the upcoming FairWind Players production of Silent Sky discuss the themes of the play and their roles in it. Performances are this weekend, Feb. 13 - Feb. 15, at the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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NOAA FishwatchThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Theo Greenly reports on possible chum salmon bycatch measures for Bering Sea pollock, Davis Hovey on a subdued assessment for Gulf of Alaska cod, and no revised bag limits for sport halibut, for now.
Alaska News
- Facing opposition, Dunleavy says lawmakers should ‘take more time’ on his tax bill
- Murkowski tries to reassure Greenlanders still shaken by Trump's threats
- Alaska's ferry system could run out of funding this summer due to 'federal chaos problem'
- Alaska well-represented on US Olympic cross-country ski team, as games begin
- Southeast ferry riders call proposed Cascade Point terminal a ‘boondoggle’ in public comments
- U.S. Senate confirms a new judge for Alaska
- Kipnuk confronts hard choice on relocation after last year’s devastating storm
- Dunleavy vetoes have Alaska’s construction industry urging lawmakers to pass quick fix
- Race for cash is well underway for Alaska’s U.S. Senate and House campaigns
- Alaska man jailed on charges he helped Honduran mother and daughter enter US illegally
NPR National News
- 'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek has died at 48
- A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
- A country-pop newcomer's debut is your reinvention album of 2026
- U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025
- Greetings from Mexico City's iconic boulevard, where a dog on a bike steals the show
- February may be short on days -- but it boasts a long list of new books
- Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead
- Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight
- The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means
- From gifting a hat to tossing them onto the rink, a history of hat tricks in sports