Old Harbor hosted its first commercial cruise ship earlier this month on Aug. 2. Prior to that, the Alutiiq community, roughly 40 miles southeast of Kodiak, hadn’t hosted any cruise ships since a Marine Expeditions vessel with 40 passengers visited in 1997 according to the Anchorage Daily News.
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, a suspect was arrested in connection to a string of break-ins this week, a woman suffers non-lethal injuries after a bear attack, what to do about bears in the Kodiak Island Borough landfill, nine candidates file for open seats on the Borough Assembly, and Ouzinkie is installing a new solar array.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, a longtime bear biologist and the Executive Director of the Kodiak Brown Bear Trust, Larry Van Daele, weighs in on the latest challenges from bears accessing the landfill.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KFSK's Olivia Rose reports on a dramatic rescue on a Southeast seiner, and KMXT's Katherine Irving on beavers building a dam a lake in the road to the fishing hole.
Alaska News
- Billions in military spending expected to boost Anchorage economy, strain housing supply
- 4 takeaways from Alaska's primary election
- ‘How do you buy time?’ Scientists look to slow an Alaska glacier’s march to the sea
- Night sweats and rage: Alaskans navigate gaps in menopause care
- Alaska Rep. Nick Begich leads 3 challengers in U.S. House primary
- U.S. Senate race will have two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola
- Campaign finance ballot measure passing by wide margin
- Kreiss-Tomkins, Begich, Wilson and Bronson lead in governor primary results
- Independent Meda DeWitt says Alaska needs a governor who thinks long-term
- Republican governor candidate Bernadette Wilson says she’s frustrated Alaska is ‘stagnant’
NPR National News
- Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires
- The UK will help Ukraine make long-range missiles by sharing classified tech information
- US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
- Six months on, U.S. Navy families who evacuated Bahrain remain in limbo
- Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran
- Washington, D.C.'s first IndyCar race packed the National Mall
- In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
- Sean Grayson, former deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, dies in prison, lawyer says
- High-intensity sprints can trigger molecular changes in the bloodstream