The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the changes in administration across schools in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, the new superintendent's contract details have been released, our partners at Alaska Public Media report on the Alaska Senate passing its version of the state supplemental budget, Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak's civics education bill for high schoolers could pass into law this session, and an update on the 2026 Iditarod sled dog race as mushers have completed their 24-hour layovers.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, Andy Smith with the Anchorage FBI office discusses the most recent internet crime report and how Alaskans can protect themselves from scammers.To report a internet scam or crime, go online to https://www.ic3.gov/.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that pollock fishermen chose to stop fishing to attend this week's Board of Fisheries meeting, plus a blast of preseason announcements from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Alaska News
- Iditarod’s top 10 stream into Nome after Holmes’ historic win
- $164M: Auction for drilling rights in Alaska's Arctic sets new records
- Iditarod’s new champ, same as the old champ: Jessie Holmes notches rare repeat win
- Murkowski is sole Republican to vote to block the SAVE Act
- Senate bill seeks ‘transparency and accountability’ for Alaska LNG project
- Iditarod's defending champ poised to repeat as team races out of White Mountain
- Iditarod dog, Charley, dies outside Elim
- Iditarod mushes onto sea ice and final stretches with defending champ Holmes still in front
- Defending Iditarod champ Holmes holds lead as race reaches coast at Unalakleet
- Supplemental budget bill stalls as Alaska House mulls war-fueled oil price forecast
NPR National News
- Singer Jill Scott is doing what she wants: 'Everything has led me to this place'
- Harry Styles' new album is a massive chart success
- 'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance Company
- The SAVE Act faces long odds in the Senate. GOP-led states are picking up the cause
- Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment
- As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war
- Japan's prime minister visits the White House under shadow of Iran war
- New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'
- Cursive is back. But should students be learning the skill?
- It's called 'private credit' — and it could lead to big trouble on Wall Street