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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Smokey conditions persist in the interior as numerous fires continue to burn. A pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park. And Alaska lawmakers plan to compel the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes. Photo: Smoke from the Bear Creek Fire seen from th...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Representative Begich has no reservations about his vote for the budget bill. Skagway has a trapeze. And not everyone is thrillled about the new musher in the Iditarod. Photo: Katia Aryeh works with local trapeze student Anika Thole, age 10. (Melinda Munson/KHNS)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Department of Education is withholding nearly $7 billion in education funding for programs that range from migrant education to English language instruction and gifted education. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now asking roughly half of the Alaska state House not to show up for the first five days of the special session he called. And reactions...

This week we hear about more than half a million dollars in federal grant money slated for Kodiak College is frozen, the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology team has pieced together a historical timeline for Shuyak Island, the City approved its FY26 budget, the borough is on the hook for a quarter million dollars for school bond debt, and another dead whale washed up on Surfer's Beach.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling lawmakers back to Juneau for a special session next month. A wildlife facility outside Haines that’s popular with tourists has come under scrutiny over concerns related to animal care and public safety. And U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s pitching the Alaska LNG Project to the U.S. Department of Defense for potenti...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Non-teaching staff across the University of Alaska system are working to form a union. An atmospheric research facility near the Interior community of Gakona has been a magnet for conspiracy theories for decades. And the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird super-highway.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses this weekend's Renaissance Faire with organizers.

This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear about how Gov. Dunleavy's line item vetoes to education funding will impact Kodiak's school district, the city council has selected a new city manager as negotiations continue, a recap of the inaugural Kodiak Mountain Series and a report from our colleagues at Alaska Public Media about the latest on how portions of the "big, beautiful bill&quot...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski spoke out Wednesday against President Trump’s plan to claw back $9.4 billion Congress appropriated for public broadcasting and global health programs. The Bear Creek Fire near Healy is one of the largest and most destructive fires in the state this summer. And military helicopters have been spotted buzzing communities ac...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cold and rainy weather has slowed wildfires raging in Interior Alaska since late last week. Advocates say proposed changes to the SNAP food assistance program under the the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would create food insecurity in Alaska. And businesses are in the dark about new regulations, shortly before they become law. Photo: The Himalaya Fir...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coalition for Education Equity is preparing to sue the state over what it says is inadequate funding for public schools in Alaska. Around 50 people marched to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer this week to protest proposed federal cuts to Medicaid. And wildfires continue to spread across the interior. Photo: Marchers proceed with signs and A...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Questions are being asked about dozens of immigration detainees in an Anchorage jail. More than 900 cyclists are set to participate this weekend in an annual cross-border race that starts in Canada and ends in Haines. And Senator Lisa Murkowski has a book out. A solo rider crests the summit during a previous Kluane Chilkat International Bike Rel...

This week we hear about Alaska students being part of a mass panic at the National Speech and Debate Association's tournament, Harbormaster Dave Johnson's charges were dismissed by the state, a Kodiak dog has parvovirus, the Griffin Memorial Hospital could be used for museum storage, state land is for sale on Kupreanof Strait for the first time, and Kodiak was part of the "No Kings Da...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage city officials began clearing the two largest homeless encampments on Tuesday. A section of the Republican megabill pending in the U.S. Senate would require the government to sell some of the public land in Alaska and 10 other states, to build housing. And Skagway is a small town but it celebrates Pride month in a big way. Photo: Brian...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A section of the Republican megabill pending in the U.S. Senate would require the government to sell some of the public land in Alaska and 10 other states, to build housing. Transportation officials say $600M in federal funding is at risk due to unmet state grant match requirements. And a new federal report says the group overseeing the 800-mile...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: This year’s fire season roared to life last week with Red Flag warnings in effect around the state. An eagle made an unexpected visit to a Petersburg home earlier this month. And Pilgrim Hot Springs is growing! Photo: Smoke rising from the Riley Fire in Denali National Park & Preserve, June 30, 2024. Paul Ollig, NPS

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Smoke from blazes in Canada poured over the Canadian border into eastern Alaska this weekend. Researchers say for the first time, they’ve linked seal deaths in the Bering Sea to the same toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. And the National Weather Service issued its first-ever heat advisory for Alaska last week. Photo: Smoke from wi...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska state lawmakers introduced a bill on the last day of the legislative session that would ban mining projects in the Bristol Bay watershed – including the controversial Pebble Mine. The national theme was “No Kings” for protests held nationwide Saturday and some of the Alaska protesters added a seafood exception. And why is Juneau the state...

This week we hear about a dead gray whale washed up near Surfer Beach, the Kodiak Island Borough will lower its mill rate, young fishermen went through a new training program, a Kodiak fisherman went to D.C. to testify in front of lawmakers about illegal fishing, and Chiniak has a new resort.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s public schools likely won’t get all the money lawmakers approved in a bipartisan vote last month. As President Donald Trump orders the U.S. military into Los Angeles hundreds of Alaskans are preparing to join pro-democracy rallies planned for Saturday. And the U.S. House has passed President Trump’s rescission request, taking back $9.4...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of state lawmakers is set to meet this summer and fall to continue working on ways to improve Alaska’s public schools. Alaskan advocates are descending on Washington DC. And the Air Force has announced plans to develop a microreactor on Eielson Air Force Base. Photo: F-35 Lightning II and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets at Eielson Air...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s U.S. Senators are split over President Trump’s decision to send Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests there. Officials with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced a wide-ranging agreement Tuesday. And a Korean F-16 fighter plane crashed on takeoff from Eielson Air For...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska Railroad locomotive leaked about 900 gallons of diesel fuel after it derailed in an area north of Talkeetna. Investigators are still looking into what caused a fatal helicopter crash on the North Slope last week. And the Alaska Department of Corrections has taken in 40 people detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Custom...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Nome residents gathered to protest proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Graphite mining in Alaska could be one step closer. And the Alaska Board of Education unanimously approved new reading standards for Alaska Native languages. Photo: Nome residents John Bioff, Bob Lewis and Hannah Anderson protesting at Anvil City Square. (Wal...

This week we hear about the Coast Guard cutter Earl Cunningham arrives in Kodiak, a Kodiak crabber illegally transported Tanners, Harbormaster Dave Johnson is arrested for assault, North Star elementary school teachers look ahead to next year as they clean out their building, the City Council denies Brechan Construction's proposal to buy land on Near Island, and two finalists for the city manager...