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The number of cruise ship guests coming to Kodiak is expected to increase by more than 25% this summer.
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, the deadline is coming up to register to vote in the Alaska state primaries, ADF&G launches a new bycatch portal, new KIBSD superintendent Daniel Brigman attends his first regular Board of Education meeting, four whales wash up dead on the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska Public Media reports on ways to avoid getting cyclosporiasis, and the Borough Assembly swears in a new member.
Talk of the Rock
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Host Jared Griffin speaks with cast members of Kodiak Youth Theatre's production of "Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder" about theatre, acting, and this hilarious show coming to the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod this weekend.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Mikayla Finnerty/Alaska Public MediaOn this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Katherine Irving (filling in for Terry Haines), KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that state lawmakers have ordered an audit of the Board of Fisheries, KDLG's Jessie Sheldon reports on the decline of women set netters in Bristol Bay, and Alaska Public Media's Mikayla Finnerty reports on fishing conditions at Anchorage's Ship Creek.
Alaska News
- An alternative newspaper, the Anchorage Press, gets a reboot
- Alaska’s seismic network is now on the lookout for landslides, too
- Number of women set net permit holders in Bristol Bay in decline, new research shows
- State removes 3,500 Alaskans from voter rolls, based in part on ‘old data’
- Bycatch: What to know about the fish issue taking the spotlight in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Anchorage’s citified fishing spot, Ship Creek, reopens for silver salmon after king closure
- Matt Schultz suspends his campaign for U.S. House, endorses Bill Hill
- Michigan man arrested in Fairbanks cold case murder of former coworker
- Dunleavy, rejecting corporate tax change, calls third Alaska LNG special session
- Alaska state attorney arrested by ICE, held at Tacoma detention center
NPR National News
- Trump allies are poised to weaken protections for historic sites — not just in D.C.
- For a 2nd time, House approves resolution to end the war in Iran in a rebuke to Trump
- In a first, Chinese woman wins the prestigious Fields Medal
- Republicans urge Justice Department to investigate former prosecutor Jack Smith
- Get into med school in the graphic memoir 'See One, Do One, Teach One'
- This AI tool promises a 'second pair of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
- Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak
- Trump says Saudi Arabia's nuclear deal hinges on the kingdom normalizing Israel ties
- Amid a big hiring push, police experts question ICE officer vetting
- The White House pushes healthy eating. It cut a landmark nutrition education program