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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Eight people died Thursday after the charter plane they were flying in crashed on a remote cape in Southwest Alaska. Alaska authors say there's still hope for this year's Arctic Report Card, after the federal government pulls funding. And bumblebee scientists were in Unalaska this summer, addressing the lack of data about the island’s be...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Public Media politics reporters Liz Ruskin and Eric Stone joined Alaska News Nightly host Casey Grove to break down the election results. Voters in Nunapitchuk had only three hours to cast primary ballots in person on Tuesday. And more than 150 firefighters are slowly making progress on the destructive Mukluk Fire in the eastern Interior...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska will have two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the November ballot for U.S. Senate, as well as Democrat Mary Peltola. Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results  in the race for governor. And several Alaska Native groups say the constitutional rights of rural voters are in jeopardy. Photo: Gubernatoria...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Residents of the eastern Interior community of Tok are being ordered to evacuate their homes after a wildfire broke out yesterday morning. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will go through a bidding process like the TV show “Shark Tank,” to select a partner to end Juneau’s glacial outburst floods. And the Alaska Marine Highway System announced th...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A landslide on Tuesday evening [8/11] blocked off the only route between Skagway and Whitehorse, Yukon. Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone interviews Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson. And a Sitka bar is a gallery for an award winning artist. Photo: Stephen Lawrie points to his portrait of bartender Rita Ledbetter. (KCAW/Salemo)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, Kodiak College announces its next director, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stops in Kodiak, KMXT staff sit down with House District 5 candidate Kathy Simpler and gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, shellfish around Kodiak test positive for toxins responsible for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly fails to pass a...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone celebrated Thursday afternoon as the Mendenhall River crested at a level well below initial predictions. Pop-up political groups have spent more than $2 million to support fringe candidates and political unknowns in Alaska's U.S Senate race, some who’ve never lived in the state. Plus Kather...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Construction of the long-awaited and controversial road connecting King Cove to Cold Bay through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is almost underway. As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst flood water, hundreds of people spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. Plus Alaska Public Media's Eric...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives during a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives during a joint session of the Alaska...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Immigration attorneys put out a warning about the Arctic Thunder air show at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage this past weekend, where there was a separate check-in line for non-citizens. Independent U.S. House Candidate Bill Hill sat down with KFSK’s Taylor Heckart to talk about his policies and priorities. And an inflated sports fa...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill that would allow federal fishery managers to start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions. And an answer to Juneau’s plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. Photo: Suicide Basin, pictured...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, an interview with House District 5 candidate Sheldon Prout, a new model could predict ocean acidity for crab fishery management, the former North Star building is home to the Sun’aq Tribe’s Alutiingcut Child Care Center   and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes down a proposed cannabis sales tax.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: If you ask ten Filipino families how to make adobo, chances are you'll hear ten different recipes. The Alaska Division of Elections is sending follow-up letters to most of the 3,000 voters it struck from the active-voter list this summer. And an interview with Jonathon Kreiss-Tomkins, candidate for Governor. Photo: KTOO’s Tasha Elizarde inte...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sen. Lisa Murkowski deflects when asked how she'll vote on President Trump's pick for attorney general. The Trump Administration is again threatening cuts to the federal Essential Air Service program, which provides funding for flights to and from rural Alaska. And firefighters are battling a wildland fire that broke out north of Haines...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A two-year-old humpback whale was found entangled in a gillnet near Petersburg last week. The City of Kotzebue secured a $12.5 million grant to repair and upgrade its sewer system. And as of Friday [7/31], nearly 10,000 Alaskans had requested absentee ballots from the state Division of Elections for the Aug. 18 statewide primary. Photo: Entangle...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Northwest Arctic community of Ambler has been without drinking water or sewer for over five months. The Anchorage library branch in the Mountain View neighborhood is temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer crashed into it over the weekend. And Anchorage police say gunfire and a call for help early Saturday morning led to a deadly crash be...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Residents of the Seward Peninsula village of Brevig Mission spoke out in overwhelming opposition Tuesday to the proposed Graphite One mine. The University of Alaska and its newest staff union have begun negotiations on its first contract. And A controversial gold mine proposed within the Tongass National Forest in Juneau was authorized to go thr...

On this weeks' episode with host Katherine Irving, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska will see more government launches, Alaska Public Media reports on Alaskans who had their voter status deactivated, Saltery Creek sees restrictions on its sockeye run, Kodiak College receives funding for the third year of its CAMP program, KFSK reports that the summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season e...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Transportation Safety Board says a Bering Air plane was overweight and experienced “severe icing conditions” before it crashed onto sea ice last year, killing everyone on board. Alaskans will consider a a ballot initiative to limit the influence of big-money donors on Alaska’s state and local elections. And Senatorial candidate Dan...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately restore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans. A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales. And drive-through coffee in Nome! Photo: A cruise ship travel...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A widespread weather reporting outage affected Alaska Monday causing dozens of stations that pilots and forecasters use to go offline. Southcentral Alaska residents will likely see costlier home heating bills for the next few winters. And various environmental groups are trying to stop construction on a controversial road that would pass through...

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the growing wildlife tourism interest in Kodiak, the road to Pillar Mountain reopens, a Coast Guard Base Kodiak change of command ceremony for the Frederick Mann, KUCB reports on the Coast Guard monitoring two Chinese research vessels in the U.S. EEZ, and the state Board of Fisheries' decision making process is the focus of a legi...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A handful of state legislators returned to Juneau yesterday to begin a third special session on tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project. An emergency dig in Quinhagak seeks to save the past before it washes away. And safety protocols will be in place prior to an air show in Fairbanks expected to draw ten thousand spectators. Photo: In 2024 the Nun...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project to expand natural gas storage. Peer support is key in an Anchorage substance abuse program. And a Southeast food truck is serving up gourmet waffles. Photo: Prussack inside the Wander Waffle truck on Sing Lee Alley on Jul 12, 20...

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the deadline is coming up to register to vote in the Alaska state primaries, ADF&G launches a new bycatch portal, new KIBSD superintendent Daniel Brigman attends his first regular Board of Education meeting, four whales wash up dead on the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska Public Media reports on ways to avoid getting cyclosporiasis, and the Boro...