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The bears sighted around town are likely all the same pair of juvenile bears, according to ADF&G biologists.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn 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 episode with host Davis Hovey, some cast members from the Kodiak Arts Council's production of Romeo and Juliet provide a teaser of the upcoming show. Performances are March 7th at 7 p.m., March 8th at 2 p.m., March 13th at 7 p.m., March 14th at 7 p.m., March 15th at 2 p.m.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW's Hope McKinney reports on a trio of allegedly intentional boat sinkings, the Aleutians East Borough has filed a complaint against a Board of Fisheries member, story from Theo Greenly of KUCB, a crabber has died after falling overboard, as reported by KUCB's Maggie Nelson, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is restricting sport fishing for king salmon and rockfish. Rockfish identification guide: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/SpeciesID/rockfish_id.pdf
Alaska News
- 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
- After contentious debate, Legislature again extends Halong disaster declaration
- Alaska could see outsized impact from SAVE Act voting bill
- A bill to simplify nurse licensing is tangled in Alaska politics, putting rural health funding at risk
- Alaska Senate deal sends high-stakes budget bill to House for final vote
- Iditarod teams contend with whipping wind, watery overflow and wild bison in race’s first third
- Relaxed rules have Iditarod mushers wary of new Expedition Class
- Iditarod teams are racing for Nome. These kids are reading to get there, too.
NPR National News
- Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
- A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness
- Cuba hit by island wide blackout as energy crisis deepens
- Vaccine critics keep the pressure on, even as RFK Jr. shifts focus
- Gasoline prices are still rising as the Iran war stretches into its third week
- Team USA won the second-most medals at these Paralympics. See the standout moments
- There's room for everyone in 'Now I Surrender,' an epic American Western
- Trump demands NATO and China police the Strait of Hormuz. So far they aren't joining
- As parents clamor for a treatment touted for autism, doctors hesitate to prescribe it
- Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs