On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: a research team based out of Nome plans to map the seafloor, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan says Chinese nationals posing as tourists drove through Fort Wainwright’s main gate and onto the post before being stopped by security personnel, and Unalaska celebrates Pride.
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Pride Month is celebrated across the country and internationally each June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, which are considered a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ community’s fight for equality. In Kodiak, both the city and borough have issued proclamations observing June as Pride Month. KMXT’s news director Kirsten Dobroth spoke with Hazel Delos Santos and …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Another Alaska based wildfire crew is headed to Canada. Progress is being made in Fairbanks on what will be Alaska’s first off road vehicle park. And nearly 70 passengers were evacuated from a small cruise ship in Glacier Bay National Park when it caught fire Monday morning. The Wilderness Discoverer sailing in …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Although smoking rates have gone down in the state, many teenagers are vaping instead. Grubby Junior has been captured in Homer, and he probably has siblings. And Senator Sullivan voted against the debt ceiling bill, calling for more military spending. Sen. Sullivan speaking about military spending in September.
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Mike Dunleavy hosted a three-day conference focused on Alaska’s energy future. Further details were have been released about the 2017 killing of Eric Garcia, a prominent Ketchikan surgeon. And Unalaska’s local tribe is working to stop the spread of a concerning strain of avian flu. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs House …
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Two Kodiak museums will be collaborating to catalog over a thousand artifacts never before seen by the public. The Kodiak History Museum and the Alutiiq Museum announced the joint project to work the biggest unprocessed collection the history museum has. All 1,100 pieces being processed were found around the archipelago between 1957 and 1962 by archaeologist Dr. Donald Clark. Altogether, …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A former advisor to Governor Mike Dunleavy who resigned Tuesday amid an Alaska Public Media investigation says he won’t apologize in a new video posted to social media. And a new drug use and HIV harm reduction center opened its doors last month in the Mat-Su Borough.
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Ezra Dan reports on artisanal Southeast scallop diving, Nat Herz, of the Northern Journal on the looming troll closure (without a stay in sight), and Shelby Herbert of KFSK on the Petersburg fish rapper.
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Kodiak’s annual Crab Festival turned 65 this year. The event kicks off just before Memorial Day Weekend with a ceremonial pardoning of the crab. A traditional Russian Orthodox Blessing of the Fleet closes out the event. And in between, there’s four days of food trucks, survival suit races and one big Grand Parade. And this year’s parade was a soaker, …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Dunleavy’s new pro-family policy adviser resigned on Tuesday after discovery of his extreme views. One person is dead, and another four are missing and presumed lost after their charter fishing vessel sank in rough seas near Sitka on Sunday. And delicious Native dishes will be available at the state fair. Jeremy …
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