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The state of Alaska is moving forward with a multi-year project to repave and improve the only road connecting the city of Kodiak to Benny Benson State Airport.
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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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(Theo Greenly/KUCB)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The North Pacific Management Council finally takes final action on measures to curtail chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.
Alaska News
- Alaska lawmakers grill transportation officials over controversial ferry project
- Friday Feb. 13 is deadline for comment on the Federal Subsistence Board's future
- Alaska's chief justice highlights progress on court delays in speech to Legislature
- 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
NPR National News
- Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
- Have astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole?
- Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon action against Mark Kelly over illegal orders video
- Olympic athletes push their bodies to the limit. Should we?
- Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending
- At the Olympics, skier Breezy Johnson won a gold medal — and an engagement ring, too
- Gothic lust, chair lust and big-league dreams are in theaters this weekend
- Don Toliver and Ella Langley top the Billboard charts
- U.S. cross-country star Jessie Diggins claims bronze, medaling in third straight Olympics
- Court rebuffs plea from domestic workers for better pay and respect