27-year-old Fredrick Fangonilo worked as a corrections officer at the Kodiak Jail, housed inside the police department, from 2019 to 2023.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On 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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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
- 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
- Bering Sea crabbers buoyed by increased catch limits this season
- 3 takeaways from Alaska’s gubernatorial Debate for the State
NPR National News
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- Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital days after lung cancer surgery
- Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold
- Decades after apartheid, South Africans seek justice for crimes of the past
- Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital
- Trump promised a swing district blitz. He's going to a lot of very red states
- No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we know
- Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store cake?
- Coastal homes burn as hot winds fuel California fires
- How a retired Navajo Nation doctor earned a MacArthur genius grant for public art