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00:30:46

Midday Report: August 01, 2025

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2025/08/01

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The impending glacial outburst flood in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley is raising tensions. Legislators are planning to arrive soon in Juneau for the special session. Educators and education advocates are hopeful that legislators will vote Saturday to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto. Photo: On August 6, 2024, an outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier caused major flooding in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin. Multiple homes and

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00:34:40

Midday Report: July 31, 2025

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2025/07/31

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:More than 700 participants, including leaders from the circumpolar North, are gathering this week at Arctic Encounter. Alaska's Senators have different ways to vet federal judges. And cell phones are now banned in Anchorage School District classrooms.Photo: Participants at Arctic Encounter

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00:31:12

Midday Report: July 30, 2025

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2025/07/30

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced his policy priorities for the Alaska State Legislature when they reconvene for a special session. Senator Murkowski continues to buck the party with regard to controversial nominations. And Unalaska was mistakenly evacuated after the recent earthquake in Russia.

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00:30:31

Midday Report: July 28, 2025

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2025/07/29

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Trump administration wants to eliminate the Denali Commission. Wildfires have calmed down around Fairbanks thanks to cooler, wetter weather that moved in over the last few weeks. And an audit of the state's foster care system gives it a failing grade. Photo: Smoke from the Bear Creek Fire seen from the Parks Highway on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Courtesy of Sierra Early

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00:29:44

Midday Report: July 29, 2025

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2025/07/29

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The federal government will be releasing billions of dollars in education funding that it withheld at the end of June. A man was mauled by a bear near the South Fork of Eagle River Saturday morning. And The Alaska Department of Natural Resources on Monday reaffirmed its denial an underwater gold mine near Nome.Photo: A rock formation is seen at the edge of Safety Sound east of Nome. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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00:15:08

KMXT Weekly Wrap July 25, 2025

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2025/07/28

This week we hear about the expanding infrastructure to monitor vessels traveling in Alaska's Arctic waters, the Kodiak Police Department has nowhere to store more impounded vehicles, pet boarding facilities and pet hotels can now operate in more zoning districts within the Borough, Starlink had a global outage for a couple hours Thursday that affected Kodiak residents, and an Alaska Airlines plane was grounded after running over deer on the Kodiak runway.

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00:30:44

Midday Report: July 25, 2025

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2025/07/25

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Lawmakers are planning to gather in Juneau in just over a week for a special legislative session called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. After a fatal shooting at a downtown bar, Anchorage police say they’re adding more officers to the area. And for over 50 years, one Nome business has operated the old fashioned way.Photo: The proprietors of Builders Industrial Supply of Nome.

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00:34:45

Midday Report: July 24, 2025

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2025/07/24

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Golden Valley Electric Association is racing to use federal funds before they dry up. Rural Alaska communities will get money to fix tank farms, thanks to the Denali Commission. And the state does not know what effect the Big Beautiful Bill will have on Medicaid in Alaska.Photo: A tank farm in Elim.

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00:29:48

Midday Report: July 23, 2025

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2025/07/23

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska’s former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola is suing the owners of the aircraft that her late husband was piloting at the time of his death. A coalition of schools and advocacy groups is suing the Trump administration over its decision to withhold some $6.8 billion in federal education funds. And the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is appealing a federal decision that could cost the state $80 million.Photo: Eugene "Buzzy"

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00:16:31

KMXT Weekly Wrap July 18, 2025

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2025/07/21

This week we hear a recap of the tsunami warning and later all clear in Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula, Congress voted to cut public media funding, the state government has struggled to keep up with Alaskans applying for government benefits, and inside Kodiak's sole operational kelp hatchery.Support KMXT by becoming a member - click here.KMXT.org #kmxt #kodiak

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00:18:40

KMXT Weekly Wrap July 11, 2025

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2025/07/14

This week we hear about the vacant position for the director of engineering and facilities at the Kodiak Island Borough, the City of Kodiak approved an agreement with a new city manager, the federal government has frozen more than a million in grants that would fund KIBSD programs, NOAA has multiple research vessels conducting surveys this month, ADF&G raises catch limits for sockeye in Kodiak area rivers and some of the Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in

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00:34:35

Midday Report July 10, 2025

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2025/07/10

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A fire burned through the public safety building and city jail in the Western Alaska coastal community of Chevak. Samoans and other Pacific Islanders gather in an Anchorage park all summer long to play their distinct form of cricket. And a pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park. Photo: Teammates run past each other on a concrete pitch to score a point after one hit the ball

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00:30:49

Midday Report July 09, 2025

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2025/07/09

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Smokey conditions persist in the interior as numerous fires continue to burn. A pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park. And Alaska lawmakers plan to compel the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes. Photo: Smoke from the Bear Creek Fire seen from the Parks Highway. Courtesy of Sierra Early

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00:30:26

Midday Report July 08, 2025

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2025/07/08

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Representative Begich has no reservations about his vote for the budget bill. Skagway has a trapeze. And not everyone is thrillled about the new musher in the Iditarod.Photo: Katia Aryeh works with local trapeze student Anika Thole, age 10. (Melinda Munson/KHNS)

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00:31:06

Midday Report July 07, 2025

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2025/07/07

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The U.S. Department of Education is withholding nearly $7 billion in education funding for programs that range from migrant education to English language instruction and gifted education. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now asking roughly half of the Alaska state House not to show up for the first five days of the special session he called. And reactions to Sen. Murkowski's Big Beautiful Vote.Photo: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Barrasso

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00:16:12

KMXT Weekly Wrap July 4, 2025

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2025/07/07

This week we hear about more than half a million dollars in federal grant money slated for Kodiak College is frozen, the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology team has pieced together a historical timeline for Shuyak Island, the City approved its FY26 budget, the borough is on the hook for a quarter million dollars for school bond debt, and another dead whale washed up on Surfer's Beach.

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00:36:17

Midday Report July 03, 2025

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2025/07/03

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling lawmakers back to Juneau for a special session next month. A wildlife facility outside Haines that’s popular with tourists has come under scrutiny over concerns related to animal care and public safety. And U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s pitching the Alaska LNG Project to the U.S. Department of Defense for potential investment.Photo: The entrance to the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center, pictured above on June 27, 2025

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00:31:43

Midday Report July 02, 2025

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2025/07/03

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Non-teaching staff across the University of Alaska system are working to form a union. An atmospheric research facility near the Interior community of Gakona has been a magnet for conspiracy theories for decades. And the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird super-highway.

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00:28:39

Talk of the Rock July 1, 2025: Renaissance Faire

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2025/07/02

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses this weekend's Renaissance Faire with organizers.

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00:14:57

KMXT Weekly Wrap June 27, 2025

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2025/06/30

This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear about how Gov. Dunleavy's line item vetoes to education funding will impact Kodiak's school district, the city council has selected a new city manager as negotiations continue, a recap of the inaugural Kodiak Mountain Series and a report from our colleagues at Alaska Public Media about the latest on how portions of the "big, beautiful bill" will impact Alaskans.

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