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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews flew over a thousand miles to medevac a 58-year-old man from a container ship near the edge of the Aleutian Islands earlier this week. The U.S. Navy will commission its latest destroyer, the U.S.S. Ted Stevens, this Saturday in Whittier. And Korea has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Ala...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A national organization has put $650,000 into an Alaska political group, saying it aims to boost the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the long-planned Alaska LNG project. And he 2026 Permanent Fund dividend, w...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Over the weekend, hundreds gathered in the small Seward Peninsula village of Teller for two nights of singing, drumming and celebration. Three of the four candidates for governor appealed to Southeast Alaskans for support at a forum in Ketchikan. And a Juneau nonprofit tackles teen suicide. Photo: lakus performs during the second night of the 20...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, cast members from "What the Constitution Means to Me" discuss the essence of this readers theatre show and why it's applicable to all people. More details can be found online on the FairWind Players Facebook page. Tickettailor.com/fairwindplayers

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Anchorage Police Department launched a program last week that aims to connect people to drug treatment instead of arresting them. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a 45-day public comment period for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. And the State of Alaska is proposing changes to how nearly $40 million in feder...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Petersburg’s Borough Assembly last Monday considered pursuing a temporary moratorium related to data centers. The state has been seeing news stories generated by AI, developed by the humans behind Alaska News dot com. And a new report on possible environmental impacts of the Donlin Mine is out. Photo: The Donlin Gold project in Alaska. (Image co...

On this week's recap with host Katherine Irving, Kodiak law enforcement respond to a bear near Main Elementary, early voting for local elections kicks off, the Coast Guard awards a $315m contract for construction of a new fuel pier, Alaska Public Media reports that luxury yacht operators sound the alarm on foreign vessels, and researchers discover that El Niño events can have positive effects...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, the Alaska Beacon reports on changes to advance reservations for public cabins, the Kodiak commercial salmon seiner Emily Rose gets some help from Good Samaritan vessels, Coast Guard Base Kodiak hosted a 9/11 25th anniversary ceremony, a recap of the gubernatorial fisheries debate in Kodiak, state Sen. Gary Stevens is retiring from the Legislature,...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Fire Marshal’s Office says Whittier’s new cruise ship dock damaged by fire Monday is a "total loss.” A cruise ship hit an endangered fin whale Thursday morning while the eleven-hundred-foot vessel was en route from Hoonah to Sitka. And one Ketchikan business owner wants the region to also be known for its oysters. Photo: Alaskan...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskans’ right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December. A bill that aims to reduce the pollock fleet’s bycatch of salmon, halibut and other species passed the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yest...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services. The Alaska Supreme Court is set to rule in a civil case that could reshape how state courts evaluate law enforcement officers’ use of force. And suicide death rates for older Alaskans...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Emergency responders battled a fire Monday at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. Anchorage police on Sunday night shot and wounded a man in Midtown who they say assaulted an elderly man and stole his truck. Dogs from across the state made their way to Sitka over Labor Day Weekend. Photo: Multiple agencies respond...

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Senate and Congressional candidates will participate in the 2026 Alaska Fisheries Debate in Kodiak this weekend, Borough Assembly candidates discussed their positions at a candidate forum, the Sun'aq Tribe's leader was ousted last week, black bears invaded Juneau's dump this summer, scientists research chum salmon bycatch in Dutch...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The price of North Slope crude oil topped $100 per barrel on Wednesday. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and his leading challenger, Mary Peltola, vied to outdo each other as champions of Alaska fishermen at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce fishery debate Saturday. And five seabirds collected near Nome between 2024 and 2025 have tested positive for a highly...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Researchers have shed new light on why powerful storms hit some communities harder than others across Western Alaska. More young people in Alaska died of suicide in 2025 than in any other year in the past decade. And Hilcorp employees say an oily sheen appeared in western Cook Inlet on Wednesday [9/9] while they were investigating a separate she...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Mukluk Fire has burned over 50 homes plus over a hundred outbuildings and more than 7,000 acres. Joel Jackson, longtime Haida and Lingiìt advocate and president of the Organized Village of Kake, died in August. And sharing environmental data through music. Photo: Firefighters burn piles of wood near Tok on Aug. 29. (J. Hale/Alaska Complex In...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group with national Republican ties alleges U.S. Senate challenger Dan J. Sullivan coordinated with the 907 Initiative, resulting in excessive campaign contributions. The Skagway ferry terminal is on track to reopen on Thursday, nearly a month after state ferry service to the popular tourist destination stopped abruptly in mid-August. The Alas...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Republican Treg Taylor is back in Alaska’s race for governor. Alaska’s criminal appeals court has thrown out an indictment of a Whittier woman born in American Samoa who state prosecutors accused of felony voter misconduct. And electric motorcycles under scrutiny in Juneau. Photo: Muddy mountain bikers gather at the grand opening of the Thunder...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Congressional candidate Bill Hill still believes he has a path to victory. Alaska’s chief investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board retired this week. And Juneau residents honored Dolly Parton's with a commemorative march last Friday. Photo: Bill Hill, an independent, will square off against Nick Begich in the General Electio...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Trump says he’ll make a campaign swing through Alaska, to help U.S. Sen Dan Sullivan. A Seattle startup is betting nuclear power could change how ships move through the Arctic. And could a catastrophic glacial collapse happen in Alaska? Photo: President Trump lauded one Alaska candidate named Dan Sullivan and disparaged the other while...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Black Gold Transport ore-hauling truck wrecked Friday night after it hit a bison on the Alaska Highway. A breakdown of the Alaska primary results. And Juneau ponders flood taxes. Photo: A Black Gold Transport ore-hauling truck wrecked Friday night after it hit a bison on the Alaska Highway about 20 miles southeast of Delta Junction. (Delta Jun...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom says she won’t certify former state Attorney General Treg Taylor’s nomination for governor after a watchdog agency found the Republican candidate failed to comply with financial disclosure requirements. The Alaska Defense Forum met in Fairbanks last week. And Golden Valley Electric Association will purchase a 60-m...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Friday’s election results have triggered a chain of political maneuvers in the governor’s race, starting with Tom Begich’s decision to step down. Petersburg’s post office has seen very long lines and wait times in recent weeks. And a former Juneau principal pleaded no contest to an assault charge and was sentenced to 60 days in prison. Photo: De...

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Old Harbor hosts its first commercial cruise ship, and KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with Alaska Senate District C candidates Carrie Harris, Heath Smith, and Louise Stutes.

In this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, a suspect was arrested in connection to a string of break-ins this week, a woman suffers non-lethal injuries after a bear attack, what to do about bears in the Kodiak Island Borough landfill, nine candidates file for open seats on the Borough Assembly, and Ouzinkie is installing a new solar array.