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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola ranks second-highest in staff turnover for the U.S. House of Representatives. One of Gov. Mike Dunleavy's 12 executive orders would bring big changes to a board tasked with overseeing Alaska’s ferry system. And federal grants are now available to help reduce rural energy costs. Photo: The M/V Kennicott leaving W...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kodiak Police Department says reports of a firearm at Kodiak High School this morning were found to be not credible. Though he won’t be born for another 300 years — and he’s a fictitious character — William Riker just might be the most famous person born in Valdez. And Northern Right Whales are set to get expanded critical habitat. Photo: North...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Sarah Vance of Homer apologized on the house floor on Monday for comments she made about assault rates and violence against Indigenous women. Midwives in Alaska are speaking out against a plan from Governor Mike Dunleavy to dissolve the board that governs their profession. And members of the state House and Senate are working out the details of...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill to support coastal communities. Roofing businesses in Anchorage have been slammed with snow removal work. And a moose has been hanging out at the East Anchorage Costco. Photo: Moose in Costco parking lot.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two longtime King Cove residents died from injuries sustained in a suspicious fire in Anchorage at the start of the month. The city of Anchorage has reached a legal settlement with the organization that sued it over the lengthy amount of time it took to outfit police officers with body cameras. And Alaska lawmakers are searching for solutions to a l...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of only four Republicans to vote for a national security bill that was rejected yesterday. Former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, accused of misconduct during the 2018 primary and general elections, will face trial starting July 22. And a fire broke out at Sand Point’s Peter Pan Seafood facility yesterday morning. Photo: Both the...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A former firefighter who sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough last year settled out of court with the borough. A legislator from Big Lake has a vision of an Alaska Port Authority. And the Anchorage School Board presented a budget that would cut nearly 100 full-time positions. Photo: The seven-member Anchorage School Board is the governing body for the A...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates call for more education funding locally, and state wide. Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom's US House campaign is funded mostly by outside PACs. And Governor Dunleavy wants to eliminate the state board that oversees the nation's biggest state park. Photo: Lake Kulik, in the Wood Tikchik State Park.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is a motherlode of characters, and Lulu Small is one of them. Tribes have submitted evidence to the Canadian government that they hope will give them a voice in transboundary mining discussions. And a condo developer in Juneau borrowed money from the city’s affordable housing fund, but is not offering affordable housing. Photo: LuLu Small per...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  The Alaska Senate passed a bill yesterday to create a new pension plan for state and local government employees. Alaska’s largest utility voiced support for a bill that would step up the use of renewable energy. And a Petersburg-based Lingit actor is featured in the HBO crime drama, True Detective. Photo: Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, R-Anc...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines The Governor's State of the State praises mining and charter schools. Protesters in Juneau call for increased education funding. And a revamped public employee retirement plan will be getting a hard look by the Senate next week. Photo: Protestors hold a banner calling for an increase in the base student allocation, a key part of the state’s educa...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A controversial deal to develop residential lots in Girdwood is back. The State House is holding hearings on a bill that Governor Mike Dunleavy claims could generate billions of dollars in revenue for the state. And rural Alaska communities will need more than $4 billion over the next 50 years to address the impacts of climate change on local infras...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Congresswoman Mary Peltola was in Alaska to kick off her reelection campaign. Lawmakers are considering a measure that would tighten residency requirements for Alaska hunting and fishing licenses. And mushers pushed through 30-below temperatures to finish the 45th running of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. Photo: Pete Kaiser celebrates his eighth K...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  The war in Ukraine has resulted in the loss of Russian input to an international Arctic monitoring project. The leadership of the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. is advocating for the creation of a new 3% city sales tax. And the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is calling on Congress to streamline federal response to climate change. Phot...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A wave of cold weather across Alaska has brought subzero temperatures and higher demand for homeless shelters. The Alaska House of Representatives’ Republican-led majority caucus unveiled and quickly advanced a package of education reforms last week. And The Feast of Theophany is one of three major Orthodox Christian celebrations, along with Christm...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 35th annual Anchorage Folk Festival got underway this past weekend.  A domestic violence organization in Anchorage is training people in the beauty industry to recognize signs of domestic abuse and offer support. And an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum spotlighting the history of Filipino Americans in Alaska was defaced last week. Photo: Folk Fes...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Denali Highway is being regularly groomed for winter recreation. Research work on the Mt. Edgecumbe crater has shed some light on what may be happening below the mountain. And the homeless shelter in Kotzebue has closed as temperatures plunge.. Photo: Mt. Edgecumbe. Photo Alaska Volcano Observatory.

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Alaska Legislature on Thursday failed to override a veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy that erased $87 million in education funding. The University of Alaska has begun the process of fulfilling its long stalled federal land grant. And this weekend  Sitka will host the first ever Alaska state pinball championship. Photo: Ettin Briar competing in a pinball...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks say a prehistoric mammoth spent her life near human hunting camps. Following an emotional 6-day trial, a Ketchikan Superior Court closed the book on a 30-year cold case that had haunted the city. And North Slope oil production is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade.   Photo: Image by Juli...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dillingham police say the man accused of firing a shotgun at the local hospital on Sunday had also allegedly set fire to his girlfriend’s bedroom that same morning. Avalanche activity was high in Juneau yesterday after more than 30 inches of snow fell over the weekend. And debates over education funding dominated as lawmakers gathered in Juneau Tues...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass claimed a second win in the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race in Glennallen yesterday. There was a pipeline leak on the North Slope over the weekend. And Petersburg’s Borough Assembly will look at signing letters of support for fisheries across the state, in the face of years of hardship. Photo: Point Thomson is on state land 60 miles east o...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in November proposed one of the largest changes to lead pipe regulations in three decades. Seafood processor Peter Pan announced that it will not operate its King Cove facility until spring. And Alaska’s sole U.S. Representative Mary Peltola says FEMA needs more resources. Photo: Skiffs sit on shore in the So...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The tundra village of Nunapitchuk sits on top of a high concentration of permafrost, and it’s melting. The Anchorage Assembly decided Tuesday night that the name of Alaska’s late Congressman should be attached to the city’s port after all . And melting permafrost is bringing decay and fungus to the North. Photo: An example of an Arctic fungi, the Ar...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Attorneys delivered oral arguments yesterday in a perjury case for a retired Homer judge. An Anchorage home invasion last night led to a shootout that left a father and child wounded. And Chugach Electric says there’s been an excessive number of power outages this winter in the communities of Cooper Landing and Moose Pass. Residents want linemen bas...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sixteen-year-old Emily Robinson won the Knik 200 Sled Dog Race yesterday. A tame moose that escaped from a wildlife center during moose season has returned. And a federal judge has ruled that a civil rights case against the City of Fairbanks can proceed to trial. Photo: A bull moose.