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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska federal prosecutors say a federal judge who resigned in disgrace this month had undisclosed conflicts of interest. This year's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics high kick champion has his eyes set on the record. And Petersburg log rollers compete to stay dry, and win the championship. Photo: Skipper Erickson (center) out-rolls a competitor in...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Entomologists say the Tongass is emerging from the latest insect outbreaks with "a bad haircut," but it's all part of a natural process. A processing barge in Bristol Bay is repaired and buying fish. And a college student from Bethel and Emmonak has been crowned Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics. Photo: A western black-headed budworm h...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The long-range weather forecast is calling for a heat wave across mainland Alaska. The Anchorage Police Department published a draft of a new body camera policy on Friday. And a classic plane from the 1940s is flying around the interior documenting the effects of rapidly thawing permafrost. Photo: Protestors in the audience of the Anchorage Assembly...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau man has died after he was shot multiple times by police on Front Street in downtown Juneau yesterday. A sightseeing plane lost power and was forced to land near a glacier in Denali National Park Friday. And the judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage on Friday gave him a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Nat...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s political leaders have sent messages of support to former President Donald Trump, after an assassination attempt. Governor Dunleavy has signed a bill that increases penalties for the distribution of deadly drugs. And gnat larvae in seen in Fairbanks this week look like a moving snake. Photo: A Camp Denali staff member spotted this column of...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A study released this month shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska — again. A salmon management group on the Kuskokwim River is calling on the federal government to address the impacts of bottom-trawling in the region. And working drones over Cook Inlet will carry water samples. Photo:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea last weekend. Two world records were set during the first two days of this year’s World Eskimo Indian Olympics happening this week in Fairbanks. And a man shot and critically injured by Anchorage police on Monday morning had fired a shotgun at officers. Photo: Volunteers...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two women have recently died in separate whitewater rafting accidents in Alaska. Highland games celebrations have been going on around the state, including Homer. And Alaska's Senators react to the resignation of a federal judge they recommended. Photo: Jason Simmons throws a stone during the Katchemak Bay Highland Games. Jamie Diep, KBBI

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a man in Kasilof who allegedly charged them carrying a harpoon. Joshua Kindred, who resigned as a U.S. District Court judge for Alaska last week, allegedly had an “inappropriately sexualized relationship” with one of his law clerks. And a rcheologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cool, rainy weather over the long holiday weekend aided firefighters working to contain wildfires around the state. A judge has ruled that one part of a citizen lawsuit aimed at stopping the Manh Choh Mine ore haul, can proceed. And hundreds of runners raced from the streets of Seward up Mount Marathon and back on July fourth. Photo: Some areas of t...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Juneau Icefield, between the Coast Mountains and British Columbia, is melting faster than we thought. The 52-foot seiner, the Jaci Grace, sank on Sunday in Southeast Alaska. Aniak’s tribal government is suing state and federal agencies for taking human remains from an airport site and not returning them – and not allowing the tribe to excavate t...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's two Senators have different reactions to the Supreme Court's decision on Presidential immunity. Denali Park remains closed while fires are burning nearby. And a U.S. federal grant will help repair parts of the Alcan Highway inside Canada.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A federal judge in Anchorage ruled that tribes in Alaska may create “Indian Country” in the state. 24 mushers signed up on the opening day of registration for the Iditarod. And Suzanne La France has been sworn in as the first elected woman mayor of Anchorage. Photo: Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance shakes hands with the crowd at her inauguration in...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Denali National Park has largely shut down operations because of a wildfire. The Biden Administration finalized a decision blocking the controversial Ambler Road project Friday. And 28 million acres of wilderness lands scattered across Alaska will likely remain off-limits to development.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Over 140 active wildfires are burning up acreage and sending smoke across the Eastern Interior. Alaska’s heavy reliance on wild foods has prompted the U.S. Interior Department to take an unusual step. And Anchorage's outgoing budget director says there are problems with the city's accounting practices. Photo: An aerial view of the Globe Fire...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau artist’s family is donating hundreds of photos of King Island to residents who were removed from the remote Bering Sea island. A fast-moving wildfire near the Elliot Highway prompted a Level 3 “Go” evacuation notice last night. And at least nine buildings have been destroyed by a structure fire in Stebbins.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Fires are burning around the state. An author is doing her Alaska book tour by bicycle. And Bristol Bay set netters train for safety. Photo: An aerial view of the McDonald Fire burning through black spruce near Salcha on Thursday, June 20, 2024. The blaze has since grown to more than 54,000 acres. (From Tasha Shields/BLM AFS)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state has released its draft winter ferry schedule, which residents might find familiar. Supporters of Alaska’s ranked choice voting and nonpartisan primaries were in court trying to disqualify a ballot measure that would repeal the election reforms. And there MIGHT be a rat on St. Paul Island. Photo: Norway rat. (UAF)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Wisconsin museum has sent a Chilkat robe it’s had for the last 80 years to Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s added an amendment to an annual Defense bill that would override the rejection of the Ambler Road. And wildfire activity ramped over the weekend, due to hot dry conditions and numerous lightning strikes...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska. Supporters of Robert Kennedy Jr. have enough signatures to get him on the ballot. And herring in Northwest Alaska is still a bit of a mystery.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More hot, dry weather and scattered thunderstorms are forecast for this weekend around the Interior. Warming temperatures mean more mud on Alaska's trails. And Anchorage police say a standoff Wednesday night in Muldoon ended with an armed woman dead. Photo: Lightning strikes rake the interior.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Department of Justice says the Alaska Division of Elections is discriminating against voters with disabilities. Lydia Jacoby won’t compete in this year’s Olympics. And a dangerous Alexandrium bloom has been detected near Ketchikan. Photo: Butter clams. PSP is a hazard associated with eating personal use and subsistence-harvested clams and m...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska. Three Japanese climbers got some Alaska style help after their gear was recently stolen. And a group called Alaska Jobs Coalition has launched an ad campaign to support Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola. Photo: Invasive Green Crab. Photo: Linda Shaw, NOAA Fisheries

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Anchorage renter of recreational vehicles abruptly shut down on Friday, as the state sues it over deceptive business practices. Hilcorp Alaska was again the only bidder in the state of Alaska’s oil and gas lease sale for Cook Inlet. And visitors to the Mendenhall Glacier will learn more about Indigenous connections through cultural ambassadors. P...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s U.S. senators split their votes yesterday over a bill to protect in vitro fertilization. Homeschool families around the state are facing a cloudy future after a court ruling in April. And a mountain lion was recently discovered on Wrangell Island.