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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Researchers from an organization that is looking for extraterrestrial life are studying the language of humpback whales. Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse. And a federal court sided with halibut conservationists in a case over new rules limiting halibut bycatch...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Department of the Interior has set the stage for a controversial land trade that would allow a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is going to be in the spotlight a lot next year. And Skagway is looking to other communities to see if a land trust might help ease the housing crisis. Photo:...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Republican Nick Begich III is maintaining his lead over Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola. Homer Police arrested a man Monday night as the suspect in three shootings at two local health nonprofits. And Veteran's Day in Petersburg. Photo: The Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic’s administrative and education building on Nov. 12, 2024. (Jamie Diep...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The percentage of Alaska high schoolers texting or emailing while driving has jumped over the past few years. Someone made a $10 million mistake buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines. And one Southeast Alaska precinct seemed to overwhelmingly choose a peculiar candidate for the U.S. House earlier this week.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Members of Alaska Legislature's bipartisan coalitions are announcing their leadership and organizing their caucuses. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised its color code for Spurr to yellow, or "advisory" status. And the Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year. Photo: Crater Peak Spurr Volcano. Ph...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season, and some trends are emerging. Bipartisan majorities will control both the Alaska House and Senate following the election. And regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska have been clarified. Photo: Artist Christy Ruby sits for a picture with her colored sea otter in her studio on...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Preliminary election results are in. An Anchorage solid waste service is distributing usable hazardous waste like paint for free. And more Alaskans are abusing multiple types of drugs. Photo: Solid Waste Services has a program at its central transfer station that allows residents to pick up used hazardous materials. .

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Polls don't always open in Northwest Alaska. Soldotna residents walk for democracy. And the Coast Guard has wrapped up an international patrol looking for illegal fishing in the North Pacific.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Delta Junction schools briefly locked down Friday afternoon in response to a threat of gun violence that was later determined to be unfounded. Alaska isn’t a swing state in the Presidential election. But the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress. And Alaska’s election results will take some time to come in following Election D...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Kenai grand jury indicted two Alaska State Troopers on felony assault charges in connection to a violent arrest of the wrong man. Providence Alaska is introducing a new system in which telenurses work alongside bedside nurses. And the City of Seward is receiving nearly $46 million in federal funding to add shore power to its cruise ship port. Phot...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Canadian government will fund a road leading to Galore Creek Mine, very close to the Stikine River headwaters. A Dillingham family has spent the last several years collecting wooden pallets for an annual pallet maze, which could be the world's largest. And Political groups are spending money supporting opposition candidates. Photo: The entrance...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:About a foot of snow fell in Southcentral Alaska’s first major snowstorm. The Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska has received 22 boxesfilled with archaeological artifacts from the Islands of Four Mountains. And an all-female crew drove a train full of tourists to the Yukon recently.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's way of voting is on the ballot next week. The U.S. Navy has apologized for bombarding the Lingít village of Angoon 142 years ago. And the Alaska Marine Highway has put out its plan for the next 20 years. Photo: Rear Adm. Mark Sucato offers a gift to Joe Zuboff in Angoon on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Biden has apologized for federal Native American boarding schools. And education funding is a major issue in races for seats in the Alaska Legislature. Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Gila Crossing Community School in Gila River Indian Community, Arizona, U.S., October 25, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: After three months on the job, the Haines’ borough clerk was let go at the Oct. 22 Haines Borough Assembly meeting. Ketchikan will remain federally designated as an urban community, at least for now. And recovery efforts continue in Kotzebue, after a storm and severe flooding Tuesday night. Photo: Flooding near Kotzebue’s lagoon on Oct. 22, 2024. (C...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Northwest Arctic community of Kotzebue is starting recovery efforts after a coastal storm caused widespread flooding. Ketchikan has introduced a free program that emphasizes preventative care. And pumpkins and planes took to the skies last Saturday for an unusual fall-time celebration. Photo: A pumpkin falls from a plane in Kenai. (Hunter Morris...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A coastal storm that first hit Northwest Alaska on Sunday is causing significant flooding and high winds around Kotzebue, and a slush-mageddon in Fairbanks. Plus Mary Peltola and Nick Begich held their final debate before election day. Photo: Kotzebue is experiencing coastal flooding today. Credit: NW Arctic Borough Emergency Manager Dickie Moto.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Federation of Natives wants the state and federal governments to overhaul how subsistence is managed in Alaska. Thirty people have died as a result of homicide in Anchorage so far this year. And grant funding from NOAA will help rural Alaskans adapt to climate change. Photo: Sand-filled Super Sacks are piled along the eroding coastal bluf...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Water levels on Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake and River are returning to normal following a moderate glacial outburst flood. Senators Sullivan and Murkowski addressed the Alaska Federation of Native Convention last week. And Ketchikan estimates it spent about eight million dollars last year to accommodate cruise ship passengers. Photo: Sen. Lisa Murkowsk...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Subsistence has taken center stage at the Alaska Federation of Natives Conference. The Soldotna Seed Library allows folks to check out seeds adapted to Alaska's climate. And Wrangellites gathered on a beach earlier this month to watch a rescued and rehabilitated seal get released back into her natural habitat.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The City of Nenana is considering re-doing its municipal election. Analysts have pointed to Alaska's three electoral college votes as possibly being a factor in the presidential election. And do charter schools discriminate against low-income students and students with disabilities?

The state of Alaska has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit by eight young Alaskans arguing that a North Slope natural gas pipeline would violate the state constitution. Sitka’s Indigenous Peoples Day celebration was a feast for the senses, and a rich lesson in what it means to be a contemporary Lingít person. And Skagway’s historic Red Onion Saloon is changing hands. Photo: The historic Red Onion...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Anchorage couple has been arrested after a shooting in Mountain View Friday evening that left a man dead. And Wrangell’s been busy over the past few months preparing to send a 74-foot Sitka spruce to Washington D.C., as this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree. Photo: The Forest Service announced in July that the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree would come...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Qayak builder Lou Logan is building a qayak based on designs that may go back thousands of years. And a play showing in Anchorage looks at the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people through one family's eyes.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Candidates running for Alaska’s U.S. House seat debated in Anchorage, with stark differences on abortion rights, presidential elections, and personal style. This year’s second glacial outburst flood could be on the way in Juneau. And Palmer's new manager will get a payout after resigning 53 days into the job. Photo: U.S. House Republican challenger...