Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won the first U.S. medal of the Paris Olympics: a silver in the 3-meter synchronized springboard. It's the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since 2012.
Midday Report
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On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: A rockslide shut down travel in the Yukon on Tuesday afternoon, stranding cruise ship passengers. The investment manager at the center of an email leak controversy at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is resigning from her seat on the board. And U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian and two Chinese aircraft Wednesday that were flying through international airspace off Alaska.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode, host Jared Griffin speaks with the cast of "After the Rain King", this year's Summer Youth Theatre production with the Kodiak Arts Council. Cast members joining Jared at KMXT studios were: Emery Cadwell, Delaney Glenn, Sophia Heitman-Williams, Alivia Johnson, and Ivan Wellner, with assistant director Kylie Eaton.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on a report from the federal General Accountability Office that is critical of both fisheries observer programs and bycatch monitoring, Colleen Love for KTNA on record low king salmon returns in Susitna Valley rivers, and another post from Evan Erickson about the final report from the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force.
Other podcasts
Alaska News
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- CDC amends new rules for dogs entering U.S.
- U.S. automakers had a punishing week — with a silver lining for shoppers
- Bill mandating end to use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams becomes law in Alaska
NPR National News
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- Island Byways for July 26, 2024
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