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According to the study, the number of tufted puffins counted on the archipelago's breeding colonies have dropped by 88% since 1975.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the Benny Benson State Airport will undergo renovations this summer, the Buskin river area closes to sockeye fishing, federal fisheries managers require a halibut stamp for charter tours for the first time this year, three finalists for director at Kodiak College visited from the Lower 48 this week, and a new study finds that Kodiak puffin numbers are dropping.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a new short film documentary about Filipino culture and life in Alaska called Bridging Our Stories with the filmmaker, Rafael Bitanga. Bitanga is from the Philippines and went to school in Kodiak.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(KUCB)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra reports on salmon parasite allergies, Alix Soliman of KTOO adds that an ocean monitoring system has been spared the ax, The Alaska Beacon tells of a starfish lawsuit, and walking the beach looking for dead birds with Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB.
Alaska News
- Judge puts 2nd Dan Sullivan back on ballot in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Dozens of Alaska bills meet their fate at Gov. Dunleavy’s desk
- Ahead of Pride, an Alaska couple reflects on five decades in and out of the closet
- Here’s what to know about road construction in Southcentral Alaska this summer
- UAA journalism professor Elizabeth Arnold, former NPR reporter, dies at 66
- State could differentiate 2 Dan Sullivans on the ballot but doesn't have to, its attorney says
- Dunleavy vetoes bill naming ISER and marine park after Vic Fischer
- Trump lashes out at Murkowski and other Republicans at fiery luncheon
- Gov. Dunleavy vetoes $89.5M from Alaska budget but leaves school funding intact
- Bill to protect youth in psychiatric hospitals dies after Dunleavy veto
NPR National News
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- Three firefighters killed on Colorado-Utah border as wildfires intensify
- These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt
- Win the family cookout with perfectly cooked hot dogs
- July 4th fireworks in Washington: What's different for America's 250th?
- Will the new student loan limits actually drive down tuition? Economists weigh in
- Food defined social hierarchy in 1776. Here's what was on the table
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