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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state’s mainline ferry Columbia is delayed in Ketchikan due to a port main engine failure. Definitive results for the midterm elections might be days or weeks away. And the state of Alaska has given a contractor the green light to begin preparing for the construction of a controversial ferry terminal between Haines and Juneau. Photo: The AMH...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: While many people saw trick-or-treaters knock on their doors this weekend, some in Southeast Alaska were visited by the FBI. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit Sunday that sought to delay or block election results if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. And federal officials announce a "surge" in their inv...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we air a special three part series that is a collaboration between KMXT and Type Investigations and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. This series covers how and why federal funds are being poured into the Kodiak Island spaceport, how local residents feel about that, and how this expansion could impact the future of the spaceport and the communi...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether efforts by Democrats to recruit a same-name challenger to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan violated state law. U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied involvement in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan in Juneau last night. And former Anchorage mayor and Republican candidate fo...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The New York Times on Wednesday published a story substantiating what Republicans and the campaign of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan have alleged for months. One week before Election Day, the Alaska Beacon reports turnout in Alaska’s general election was already nearing 10%. And next week, for the third time in six years, Alaskans will once again weigh...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KTOO's Alix Soliman reports on proposed changes for the Endangered Species Act, and Desiree Hagen on a confidential chum salmon season in Kotzebue Sound. Photo: Kotzebue Sound chum in a commercial fishing net. (Seth Kantner)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state is asking a federal judge to immediately dismiss a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that aims to block certification of the election results in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a surprise endorsement Tuesday in the Alaska governor’s race: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-T...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Planning for next year’s Alaska Federation of Natives convention is now underway. The Peltola campaign asks a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit that aims to block results if she wins. And the volunteer pilots who make the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race possible. Photo: Iditarod Air Force Director of Operations, Danny Seybert, poses for a photo at...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Three of Alaska’s candidates for governor pitched their visions for addressing Indigenous issues during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Friday. Delta Junction has a new community newspaper called The Buffalo Times. And a full-time job isn’t enough to cover the basics for many Alaskans, forcing them to make difficult choices about thi...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, a recap of a Kodiak Chinook salmon hatchery program's inaugural season, a write-in candidate with four votes was elected to the City Council, an in-depth look at the federal funds coming to the Kodiak Island spaceport, and KEA turns on diesel generators 24/7 for at least a week.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Polls are set to open in the village of Kipnuk on Tuesday for the first time since the remnants of Typhoon Halong ravaged Western Alaska villages last fall. And last year Juneau’s top earner was a police officer who made over $272,000 in gross earnings, according to city data. Photo: As ex-Typhoon Halong washed ashore in October 2025, Chief Paul...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Federation of Natives Convention is this week. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration invited Alaskans at this week's Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage to share ideas for preventing drug trafficking and deaths in the state. And Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination and the importance of cultur...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Bill Hill campaign is picking up the pace for U.S. House, but will it be enough? Democratic Alaska gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins pitched himself as a bipartisan-minded changemaker on Alaska Public Media’s “Talk of Alaska” on Tuesday. And the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority spent a day taking...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gubernattorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins made a stop in Sitka over Alaska Day weekend. Two major gatherings of Alaska Native people are taking place in Anchorage’s Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center this week. And Adak is set to receive $115 million to help get the island ready for potential military use. Photo: Abandoned buildin...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Most of the newly elected Kodiak Assembly Members were sworn in on Thursday. The US Justice Department has sued California over its voter rolls, but left Alaska alone. And a possible moratorium on hatchery salmon eggs. Photo: On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Most of the newly elected Kodiak Assembly Members were sworn in on T...

On this week's episode of host Katherine Irving, only three of the four new Borough Assembly members were sworn in at a meeting yesterday, a Kodiak corrections officer is convicted of sexual assault, the Tustumena replacement project clears another hurdle, the Kodiak Bears head to the 9-man high school football state championships, and the Commissioner of ADF&G considers a hatchery cap in...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s top two candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged and frequently interrupted each other during Debate for the State Thursday night. Southeast cruise ships could be vulnerable to giant tsunamis. And a committee directed with making recommendations for improvements at the state run boarding school in Sitka has delivered its findings to the Al...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KTOO intern Ella Kelly reports on the risk of toxic algal blooms to oyster farmers, plus Art Schultz with marine electrical tips. Photo: Algal bloom. (NOAA)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the unofficial results for the municipal election are in, the Kodiak short trail and other road improvement projects are on a DOT draft plan, Kodiak trawlers defend their business as reported by Alaska Public Media, KUCB reports that emperor geese are faring well in Kodiak, and the head of NASA visits Kodiak.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s four candidates for governor offered their visions for how to bolster the state’s economy, plan for natural disasters and support the state’s schools during Debate for the State. The top-polling Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying bills. And a birding group in Sitka will spend Sunday m...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla next Tuesday to promote U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection. Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election. And public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ba...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: With a month left before Election Day, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has a big lead in fundraising. Blueberry season has finished up across Alaska. And researchers are trying to understand what has driven the decline of emperor geese. Photo: Emperor goose. (Lisa Hupp/USFWS)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss. A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to the Juneau Police Department. And mining executives made the c...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress. Vice President J.D. Vance will hold a campaign event today in Fairbanks to boost Republican candidates in this year’s general election. The Alaska Earthquake Center just launched an interactive map to help people in 66 coastal co...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the owner of Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic is indicted for alleged tax evasion, the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews medevac a container ship captain more than 1,000 miles away near Adak, the United Fishermen of Alaska has hired a new leader, an update on KIBSD's efforts to pay for their 26 international teachers' green cards, an...