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Elected candidate Jeremy Williamson has outstanding contracts with the borough, disqualifying him as an assembly member unless he cuts those contracts.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode of host Katherine Irving, only three of the four new Borough Assembly members were sworn in at a meeting yesterday, a Kodiak corrections officer is convicted of sexual assault, the Tustumena replacement project clears another hurdle, the Kodiak Bears head to the 9-man high school football state championships, and the Commissioner of ADF&G considers a hatchery cap in the first of a 2-part series.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, KMXT's News Director Davis Hovey breaks down everything that's on the ballot for the Oct. 6 municipal election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Preliminary results will be shared on air on KMXT after 9 p.m. tonight.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KTOO intern Ella Kelly reports on the risk of toxic algal blooms to oyster farmers, plus Art Schultz with marine electrical tips.
Alaska News
- Sullivan, Peltola trade barbs, accuse each other of lying during 'Debate for the State'
- Early voting opens in Alaska’s midterm elections
- Republican Treg Taylor refuses Trump’s call to exit Alaska governor’s race
- The risk from landslide tsunamis is intensifying in busy Alaska fjords, with no plan in place
- DNR commissioner will appear at hearing on land transfer after state Senate subpoena
- Bronson will keep campaigning despite Trump’s call to drop out
- Trump rally brings pardons, promises and endorsements to Wasilla
- 'Their wintering range spans thousands of miles': what Kodiak and Shemya tell us about emperor geese
- This Haines woman educates tourists about bears on her own time
- Passenger numbers on track for record at major Alaska airports
NPR National News
- Cardi B: Tiny Desk Concert
- Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident'
- The real reason it's going to take a while to know who won in some midterm races
- A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming
- Alberta voters weigh future in Canada
- Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection
- Trump to close and renovate D.C. golf course, despite legal battle
- What does a White House press secretary do?
- Ukraine and the U.S. are at odds over Starshield. Here's what to know
- Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died