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In the Kodiak Island Borough School District, nearly one in five current teachers have a visa. Now, it’s recruitment season for next school year, and the district’s top administrator says international teachers are not being recruited.
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The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the changes in administration across schools in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, the new superintendent's contract details have been released, our partners at Alaska Public Media report on the Alaska Senate passing its version of the state supplemental budget, Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak's civics education bill for high schoolers could pass into law this session, and an update on the 2026 Iditarod sled dog race as mushers have completed their 24-hour layovers.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, Andy Smith with the Anchorage FBI office discusses the most recent internet crime report and how Alaskans can protect themselves from scammers.To report a internet scam or crime, go online to https://www.ic3.gov/.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Alaska Department of Fish and Game)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW's Hope McKinney reports on a trio of allegedly intentional boat sinkings, the Aleutians East Borough has filed a complaint against a Board of Fisheries member, story from Theo Greenly of KUCB, a crabber has died after falling overboard, as reported by KUCB's Maggie Nelson, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is restricting sport fishing for king salmon and rockfish. Rockfish identification guide: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/SpeciesID/rockfish_id.pdf
Alaska News
- Iditarod’s new champ, same as the old champ: Jessie Holmes notches rare repeat win
- Murkowski is sole Republican to vote to block the SAVE Act
- Senate bill seeks ‘transparency and accountability’ for Alaska LNG project
- Iditarod's defending champ poised to repeat as team races out of White Mountain
- Iditarod dog, Charley, dies outside Elim
- Iditarod mushes onto sea ice and final stretches with defending champ Holmes still in front
- Defending Iditarod champ Holmes holds lead as race reaches coast at Unalakleet
- Supplemental budget bill stalls as Alaska House mulls war-fueled oil price forecast
- After contentious debate, Legislature again extends Halong disaster declaration
- Alaska could see outsized impact from SAVE Act voting bill
NPR National News
- Venezuela beats U.S. 3-2, wins first World Baseball Classic title
- EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix oil pipeline at the center of Ukraine-Hungary feud
- Daniel Biss wins Democratic primary for closely-watched Illinois House seat
- Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over 'illegal gambling'
- Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake
- Iran expert says Trump's 'war of choice' has morphed into a 'war of necessity'
- USS Ford has seen war, fire and plumbing woes as it nears a record long deployment
- Khamenei's killing renews questions about U.S. assassinating foreign leaders
- Adam Gopnik salutes the immigrant experience that shaped American music
- She's won 24 Paralympic medals. But Oksana Masters wants to talk about times she lost