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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaskans who sued the state over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing. Ice jams from breakup on the Kuskokwim River are causing high water to inundate many lower river communities. And a bill to regulate community solar projects is moving quickly through the Alaska Legislature and a...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A recent report describes transboundary Canadian gold mines as Ponzi schemes. NANA Regional Corporation announced on Wednesday that it plans to withdraw from the Ambler Road Project. And the state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks. Bjorn Dihle stands in fr...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coast Guard’s plan to build three heavy icebreakers is years behind schedule and the price has ballooned. The Alaska Legislature shot down one of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s nominees to the state Board of Education and Early Development on Tuesday. And Kinross’s partner in the Manh Choh Mine has agreements to acquire some new Alaska gold prospects.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A killer whale has been approaching boaters in Juneau. Lawmakers in the House and Senate are racing to craft a bill that would allow homeschool programs to continue. And red sweaters filled the streets of Nome Sunday as nearly 100 people marched to bring awareness to indigenous injustice. Photo: An orca travels near Admiralty Cove on Saturday, March...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A weeks-long interruption affected incoming calls for an unknown number of GCI mobile customers across Alaska. One People Canoe Society instructors taught Wrangell residents how to make traditional Tlingit paddles. And one Alaska city prepares for a potential measles outbreak. Photo: Doug Chilton instructs Wrangell residents on how to make a paddle...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal investigators say the cargo plane that crashed and burned near Fairbanks late last month lost a burning engine in the moments before impact. In a Ketchikan School Board meeting that focused on a massive budget shortfall, the Board also voted to keep a book in the high school library. And Anchorage mayoral candidates Dave Bronson and Suzanne...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Efforts to increase availability of the overdose reversing drug Narcan are being met with skepticism from some in law enforcement. The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state’s operating budget Wednesday. And the state House Judiciary Committee proposed a constitutional amendment that would keep correspondence school funding in place.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State Senators are pitching a new package of crime bills dealing with a wide range of issues, from drugs to child abuse to grand jury proceedings. The number of refugees settling in Alaska has sharply increased in recent years. And the annual spring bowhead whale hunt is in full swing along Alaska’s Arctic coast. Photo: Bowhead whales. Creator: Cynt...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Iditarod’s Burled Arch that marks the finish line of the annual Sled Dog Race collapsed Saturday evening. State lawmakers are still debating a return to a pension-style defined-benefit retirement system for public-sector workers. And the U.S. Coast Guard retired a fleet of helicopters based out of Kodiak in a ceremony last Tuesday. Photo: MH-65...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A ban on social media accounts for children under 14 has passed the Alaska House. The National Native Boarding School Healing Coalition has sent a team to Alaska. And the Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would put more guardrails on the property assessment process in the state. Photo: The Wrangell Institute school and...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Petersburg residents joined a statewide demonstration in support of school funding. The Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a proposal that would ban children under 14 from creating social media accounts. And following a harsh winter the village of Shishmaref is emerging from a fuel crisis. Photo: Shishmaref, Alaska.  

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State Representatives are also considering a bill that would require adult websites to verify users are 18 or older. Congresswoman Mary Peltola has joined Alaska's U.S senators on a legal brief in support of the proposed Donlin Creek Mine. And the Alaska House of Representatives is weighing in on a court decision that threatens key elements of t...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Authorities say no survivors have been found after a large cargo plane carrying two people crashed and burned yesterday near Fairbanks. Juneau tackes short term rental regulation. And a new campus slated for Juneau will be dedicated to immersing children in Alaska Native culture and languages. Photo: Smoke rises from the site of Tuesday morning'...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: US Congressional candidate Nick Begich says he would drop out rather than split the Republican vote again. The Alaska Senate passed a bill Monday to tighten residency requirements on hunting and fishing licenses. And the Biden administration has announced policy changes that aim to protect the Arctic environment and hinder mining and drilling. Photo...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  Kodiak will see its first cruise ship of the 2024 season on Saturday. Alaska's Senators blast decisions expected from the Biden administration to block resource development in the Arctic. And the Alaskan Independence Party has held its first statewide convention in Fairbanks since 2008. Photo: The Westerdam in Kodiak.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: There is a flood watch in effect in Kodiak. The Alaska Senate rolled out its first crack at the state’s operating budget on Wednesday. And a set of 20,000-year-old fossilized human footprints has had a big impact on archaeologists in Alaska. Photo: Human footprints at study site in White Sands National Park. National Park Service

On today’s Midday Report with host Jared Griffin: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has upheld its denial of a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine, upstream from Bristol Bay. A national environmental nonprofit named the Kobuk River among America s most endangered rivers. And a fish passage restoration project will soon benefit the Kenai Peninsula salmon population. Photo: The word Kobuk means “Big...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola is far ahead of her Republican challengers in campaign fundraising. As spring sweeps into Alaska, weather and water scientists turn their attention to predicting when the ice of rivers around the state will break apart. And the next total solar eclipse in North America will happen in 2033, and the path of totality w...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Peter Pan Seafood announced Friday it was ceasing operations. The former Soldotna teacher and union president charged with 61 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor appeared in court Friday for a hearing about evidence in the case. And an Alaska conservation group has released a new series of reports criticizing Alaska’s state-owned investment ba...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has the highest proportion of independent voters in the country. Alaska’s Division of Forestry released its plan for selling timber in Southeast Alaska for the next five years. The Alaska House of Representatives passed its $6 billion operating budget yesterday.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A partisan brawl is about to erupt in Congress over the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Alaska's Senators are at odds. The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a 20-million-dollar National Science Foundation grant to research climate change effects on marine species in the Gulf of Alaska and the communit...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Bianca Cross has been named the city's next police chief, which will make her the first woman to lead the state's largest police force. A fire broke out at one of Ketchikan’s fire stations last night [Weds 4/9], with multiple emergency vehicles presumed destroyed and heavy structural damage to the building. And a bill in the state House aims...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A young humpback whale was rescued in Unalaska last Friday after being entangled in suspected fishing gear for at least four days. Demolition of Fairbanks tallest building is scheduled to get underway this spring. And  Silver Bay Seafoods is poised to take over Peter Pan Seafoods’ processing operations this year, according to a joint press release o...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowksi has applauded more than $50 million in federal funding headed for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta area. The railbelt needs to find a replacement for Cook Inlet natural gas. One study suggests the cheapest option is to ramp up renewable energy. And Anchorage officials are trying to create some clear structure and guidance for peo...

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: State lawmakers got some perspective on a COVID-related, education funding dispute between Alaska and the federal government on Wednesday. A federal grant program that aims to keep Alaskans safe from tsunamis is slated for elimination. And the Bureau of Land Management is holding a series of public meetings next week on the Alaska Long Trail. Photo:...