The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a trash fire at the Kodiak Island landfill, Kodiak KINDNESS gets a surprise check from Credit Union 1, Alaska Public Media reports on the state House passing it's budget with a $1,500 PFD, KHNS reports on shipping companies like Matson increasing their rates this month, and the USDA has created an Office of Seafood to treat fishermen like farmers of the sea.
Talk of the Rock
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Join host Jared Griffin as he talks with the cast and crew of "You Can't Take It With You", a spring production of the Kodiak Shakesbears and Drama Club. Featuring: Lydia Dagen, Delaney Glenn, Holly Olsen, and Ivan Wellner.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.
Alaska News
- Alaska Lt. Gov. faces lawsuit for sharing confidential voter data with Trump DOJ
- Senators’ version of state budget includes $1,000 dividend and $150 energy relief
- Democratic U.S. House PAC has Alaska in its sights
- Senators condemn Trump administration's National Park Service cuts and $10B 'slush fund'
- Senate committee eyes smaller tax break for Alaska LNG project
- Raising Alaska’s age of consent headlines 10-bill package of crime legislation
- Energy secretary says Alaska LNG is his No. 1 infrastructure priority
- Metlakatla's commercial fishing rights represent 'alternate reality' that tribe hopes to expand
- Alaskans flock to U.S. Capitol to pitch economic development
- Rural Alaska students can now apply for weekly summer meal boxes
NPR National News
- 2 young people arrested in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue
- Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese firms 'exploiting' U.S. AI models
- EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto
- U.S. soldier charged with using classified information to bet on Maduro's removal
- French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet
- The FDA gives the green light to the first gene therapy for deafness
- Meta will lay off 10% of its staff
- Airlines in Europe slash thousands of flights as Iran war cuts jet fuel supplies
- Can a mentalist trick Trump? Oz Pearlman will try in a room full of journalists
- Ella Langley tops the charts — and Coachella gives Bieber a boost