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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The largest timber companies in Southeast Alaska are suing the federal government to get access to more old-growth timber. Senator Murkowski is ambivalent about the "Big Beautiful Bill." And the state school board elicited a firestorm of public comment on a proposal to limit how municipalities can contribute to their school districts....

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that caught fire near Adak yesterday. Two people died in a helicopter crash on the North Slope near Deadhorse on Wednesday. And three officials from the Trump administration visited the beginning of the Trans-Alaska oil Pipeline on Monday. Photo: The distressed freighter Morning Midas. Smoke is still...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The State Board of Education is considering a regulation change that would further limit how much money local governments can give to school districts. The Juneau Assembly is mulling over a plan to implement a ranked choice voting system for local elections beginning next year. And the City of Hoonah’s chief of police submitted his resignation o...

A discussion about the future of childcare in Kodiak.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An energy company plans to build an ammonia plant in Adak. The Trump administration plans to lift environmental protections on roughly half of the National Petroleum Reserve. And new app mapping wildfire risk in Bristol Bay is just in time for what officials warn could be a dangerous fire season. Photo: Adak. (Aleut Corporation)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A trio of high level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, looking for ways to "unleash Alaska’s resource potential." Volunteers say they recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. And a skater explores Alaska.

This week we hear about the Alutiiq Museum reopened , Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center has a few openings , there's a new fishermen crew training course , half of Kodiak's rural school seniors were in Ouzinkie , the Kodiak Island Borough upped how much it funds education , and we look at bills Kodiak's state legislators worked on .

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is emphasizing her support for Alaska’s Ukrainian refugees. In the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is working, but funding is in question. And Immigration officials detained an Anchorage man originally from Peru last week, according to his wife. Photo: U....

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Scientists and hunters have been counting bowhead whales passing by Utqiagvik for the past two months. Senator Lisa Murkowski is concerned about implications for Alaskans of cuts to SNAP benefits and medicaid. State lawmakers have passed bills designed to help pull the struggling Alaska seafood industry out of its tailspin. Photo: Bowhead whale....

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Plans by the Native Village of Kotzebue to sell wind power to its local electric cooperative are on hold after the federal government slashed its grants. A Dillingham resident is trying to supply fresh greens to the region. And about 70 Southeast Alaska high school students traveled to Wrangell last month to attend Art Fest. Photo: Southeast stu...

This week we have a special edition of the show. KMXT presents: Mabuhay sa Alaska, a five part feature series exploring Alaska schools recruiting teachers from the Philippines. We look at what recruiting is like, meet teachers looking to come here, learn how some already in Kodiak are navigating their new lives, learn some history about Filipino immigration, and question if hiring teachers from th...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Conservation groups and a Tribal government have sued to overturn a permit to develop a site important to endangered whales. An unvaccinated Anchorage youth tested positive for measles May 21, according to the Anchorage Health Department. And Drue Pearce, a former president of the Alaska Senate, has taken a new job in the U.S. Interior Departmen...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Trump administration is attempting to alter long standing regulations that seek to protect endangered species habitat. Senator Gary Stevens is retiring. And The US House has passed a spending bill, barely. Photo: Gary Stevens speaks on the Senate floor. (Wikipedia)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A novel new internet system could have the potential to revolutionize internet access in rural Alaska. The Legislative session is over. And Delta Junction's Ukrainian immigrants hope for a legal means to remain in the United States. Photo: A row of white, bulbous receivers at Pacific Dataport's Nome Gateway near the Port of Nome. (Ben To...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska lawmakers have finished this year’s business at the state capitol in Juneau. Alaska lawmakers overrode Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a high-profile education bill Tuesday morning. And the Juneau Assembly passed an ordinance on Monday mandating that the Police release body camera footage within 30 days of a shooting.

This week we hear about harmful algal blooms around Kodiak, the City Council picked its next clerk, halibut populations are at some of the lowest levels in a century, the Alaska Legislature is winding down its 2025 session, Ouzinkie is declared tsunami ready, and Kodiak Middle School's Kaci Martin, Jasper Ignacio, Neal Skonberg, Ryker Christiansen, and Cole Martin give us a preview of CrabFest...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska officials who help resettle immigrants say they re facing a lot of uncertainty amid the Trump administration s crackdown on legal and illegal immigration. A third Republican candidate has joined the 2026 campaign for Alaska governor. And contractors are nearing completion of a fourth missile field at Fort Greely that will increase the num...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has a shortage of residential programs for people experiencing mental health crises. The Trump administration has started cancelling grants to tribal libraries across And Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s ordering a freeze on most state hiring, out-of-state travel and new regulations as oil prices tumble. Photo: The Klukwan Library has reduced...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Sterling woman recently placed first in a duathlon in Hawaii. The next season of the PBS KIDS show “Molly of Denali” will be the last for the foreseeable future. And an exhibit on Native boarding schools will officially open at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy is once again threatening to veto a compromise bill legislators hammered out to boost funding for the state’s public schools. The Indigenous language of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands is at risk of aging out. And Alaskans sound off about President Trumps first 100 days. Photo: Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Senate approved its version of the state budget yesterday. Libraries in Alaska may no longer be able to request books from out of state, or mail books and other media to Alaskans who don’t live near a library. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that it will defund a program that catalogs sea ice data.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Monday was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The Alaska House is scheduled to vote today on a change to corporate income taxes that could raise millions of dollars for the state. Anchorage officials are moving forward with a plan to free up space at the landfill by burning trash, and harnessing that power into electricity fo...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Former Fairbanks Republican state Sen. Click Bishop filed a letter of intent to run for governor. Republicans in the U.S. House are trying to clear hurdles for Alaska oil drilling and mining with a bill that’s written to thwart environmental lawsuits. And a successful program in Anchorage to get homeless people into into housing lacks the housing it...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to fix. Alaska has been leading the nation in employment growth since late 2022, mainly due to federal funding. And a proposal that would create and fund tribally run public schools inched closer to reality on Thursday. Photo: AMHS Ferry Matanuska. (Alaska Marine Highway System)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Petersburg’s police chief is suing his employer, the borough. Funding for child advocacy centers is in doubt. And low oil prices could hinder plans to ramp up production. Photo: This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. (ConocoP...