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According to the study, the number of tufted puffins counted on the archipelago's breeding colonies have dropped by 88% since 1975.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Invasive Species Awareness Week in Kodiak, Coast Guard Base Kodiak is getting a new child development center, funding cuts and high fuel costs hamper salmon weirs and surveys, an interview with one of 15 U.S. House of Rep. candidates Matt Schultz, and the Sun'aq Tribe is moving its preschool to the old North Star building.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a new short film documentary about Filipino culture and life in Alaska called Bridging Our Stories with the filmmaker, Rafael Bitanga. Bitanga is from the Philippines and went to school in Kodiak.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(KUCB)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra reports on salmon parasite allergies, Alix Soliman of KTOO adds that an ocean monitoring system has been spared the ax, The Alaska Beacon tells of a starfish lawsuit, and walking the beach looking for dead birds with Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB.
Alaska News
- Judge puts 2nd Dan Sullivan back on ballot in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- Dozens of Alaska bills meet their fate at Gov. Dunleavy’s desk
- Ahead of Pride, an Alaska couple reflects on five decades in and out of the closet
- Here’s what to know about road construction in Southcentral Alaska this summer
- UAA journalism professor Elizabeth Arnold, former NPR reporter, dies at 66
- State could differentiate 2 Dan Sullivans on the ballot but doesn't have to, its attorney says
- Dunleavy vetoes bill naming ISER and marine park after Vic Fischer
- Trump lashes out at Murkowski and other Republicans at fiery luncheon
- Gov. Dunleavy vetoes $89.5M from Alaska budget but leaves school funding intact
- Bill to protect youth in psychiatric hospitals dies after Dunleavy veto
NPR National News
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- How coach Mauricio Pochettino made believers out of the U.S. World Cup team
- As Supreme Court expands Trump's immigration power, experts warn of steeper U.S. population decline
- Inside a secretive Ukrainian team launching deep drone strikes at Russia
- Venezuelans in Colombia scramble to send aid as earthquakes death toll increases
- This mindset shift can help you get better at using up your leftovers
- What would George Washington say? It's a busy year for people who portray him
- There's a beef about beef at the World Cup, as Argentina fans pour into Texas