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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A years long hazardous waste disposal project is turning a corner at the Bethel Air Force Station. Four people are dead after a plane they were traveling in from Bethel crashed short of the runway in St. Mary’s. And Bartlett High School in Anchorage was on high alert after a threatening post circulated on social media. Photo: The village of St....

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received $15 million in funding from the U.S. E.P.A. that they will use to expand composting. Tribes and Indigenous groups from across the country met in Anchorage this week for a national conference on climate. And a remote site in western Alaska may become the country's first new graphite mine...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Over $3 million dollars is headed to the Native Village of Kotzebue for a new solar farm. Landslide prone communities in Alaska are reassessing their level of risk. And the travel landscape changes once again for Aleutian communities. Photo: Travel options are more limited in the Aleutians now that regional airline Ravn Alaska has suspended serv...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. House candidates Nick Begich and Mary Peltola differ on abortion and reproductive health issues. Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school is in its own building for the first time. And a gathering in Homer last Saturday honored those who died from opioid overdose. Photo: Candidate Nick Begich and U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola listen to the modera...

On today's Midday report with host Terry Haines: A regional native organization is trying to raise awareness about dementia across the Aleutian Chain. The two officers who shot and killed a Juneau during a standoff earlier this summer will not face criminal charges. And the two Alaska State Troopers charged with assault after arresting the wrong person in Kenai pleaded not guilty in Kenai Dist...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new study has identified high levels of mercury stored in permafrost along the Yukon River. Alaska librarians are cautiously optimistic that a state agency will restore a big cut in funding. And there could me a mental health upside to Sitka's extended internet outage. Photo: A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstr...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Democratic Party wants the Division of Elections to bar Eric Hafner from the ballot. Relatives of Cassandra Boskofsky want answers about how her disappearance was handled. And a bill addressing missing and murdered indigenous persons has been signed into law. Photo: Eric Hafner’s campaign announcement. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have required car rental apps to collect state taxes. Anchorage’s hydropower czar says there are solutions that could satisfy all parties competing for the water that collects in Eklutna Lake. And libraries around the state are scrambling after learning a key state grant was being slashed. Photo: A...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates for a proposition set to appear on Juneau’s local ballot want one day a week during the summer cruise season when there are no ships in port. A truck drove into the Turnagain Arm. And researchers are working on an algorithm to predict earthquakes. Photo: A semi truck in the waters of Turnagain Arm, after Anchorage police say it left th...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A landslide in Kenai Fiords Park caused a 55 foot tsunami last month. Search and rescue personnel had a long holiday weekend that included three plane crashes in Alaska. And Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development released statewide assessment data on Friday that shows most students are not proficient in core subjects. Photo: agle...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An updated version of the Bunny Boot is about to hit the market. A recent report documents extensive community health risks from plastics in the Arctic region. And Fairbanks North Star Borough residents are highly energy burdened, according to a recent study. Photo: Bunny Boots. (Alaska Gear Company)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A working group in Petersburg hopes information from newly-installed weather stations can eventually be used to build a landslide warning system. A project to map permafrost thaw and erosion could help communities adapt. And the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska held its 27th annual culture camp for a week at the end of July. Photo: The Qawalangin Tr...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A scientist explains why landslides are so unpredictable. Starlink has revolutionized communication in rural Alaska. And the Tribal Association in Bethel has sued to stop the Donlin Mine. Photo: Justin Andrew and Gregory Larson work examining and classifying core samples at the Donlin Mine on Aug. 11, 2022. The hill outside the building holds th...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teams of scientists, engineers and meteorologists continue their work assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday's fatal landslide. United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has finalized a decision to maintain protections for “D-1” lands. And Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival was marshaled in by a horde of viking...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene after a landslide ripped through a residential neighborhood. Weather observations at Denali have been taken for one hundred years. And Unalaska is now officially Tsunami ready. Photo: The scene of the landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska. Credit...Travis Watkins/Alaska Department of Transportation and Publi...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A trial is set to begin today in a fight over whether the parent companies of two Alaska grocery chains can merge. Emergency crews are responding to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan yesterday. And the siblings of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau last month say they’re st...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The union that represents Alaska’s public safety employees is criticizing comments made by the Department of Public Safety commissioner about two Soldotna-based troopers. Senator Murkowski cut the ribbon on a new cabin in the Tongass. And the license plate bill to end all license plate bills. Photo: Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissione...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Parents in Nikiski want their kids to be able to ride ATVs to school. Kobuk is flooded. And Experts in psychedelics and psychedelic medicine are convening in Anchorage this week. Photo: Presenters will discuss Indigenous Arctic ceremonial traditions using Amanita Muscaria at the Anchorage conference. These mushrooms are poisonous without proper...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s Congressional delegation is calling for action to pause transboundary mining in Canada upstream of Southeast Alaska rivers. Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola has a wide lead in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary for U.S. House, followed by Republican challenger Nick Begich III. And Nikiski will be the site of the state’s largest solar far...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It is Primary Election Day today. A series of large storms have left some Western Alaska communities grappling with flooding and erosion. And Wood Bison are being introduced to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge west of Fairbanks. Photo: Severe flooding is seen in the coastal community of Kwigillingok on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Cou...

On this week's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Some of the hottest temperatures of the summer were recorded yesterday in the Eastern Interior. More than 100 Anchorage community members gathered on Friday for a vigil to remember a teenager who was shot and killed by Anchorage police. And Anchorage has a cash flow problem. Photo: Attendees hold hands during a moment of silence at the vigil...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Anchorage Mayor wants answers, action and accountability following a police killing of a teenage girl. Two Alaska State Troopers are being charged with using unreasonable force while arresting the wrong person. And an Alaska wildfire fighting team is working in the Lower 48. Photo: The Alaska Engine Strike Team supporting Oregon Department o...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Three members of the US House Natural Resources Committee are visiting Alaska this week, led by Senator Sullivan. Growing Alaska's number one crop, cannabis, is becoming less profitable. And the throwing stick, or atlatl, was showcased in a recent presentation. Photo: Indoor cultivation facility in Alaska.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two dead whales were discovered in Southeast Alaska this July, and at least one probably died after being struck by a vessel. The sun remains at the peak of an eleven-year activity cycle and a recent spike in sunspots is lighting up aurora activity. And nearly 400 people turned out for a 5K run and walk to raise awareness about Alaska’s missing...

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two city officials in the lower Yukon River community of Pilot Station have been charged with felony election interference. Ten disabled Alaskans are suing the state in a class-action lawsuit, alleging financial abuse and neglect. And KBBI’s Jamie Diep spoke with Kristen Faulkner about how growing up in Homer shaped her fast paced journey to the...