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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week is here. Anchorage has joined a legal effort to allow it to clear homeless camps. And the Homer harbor expansion project is slowed for lack of funding.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Shareholders for Alaska Native Corporation NANA overwhelmingly voted in favor of creating a Permanent Fund last week. Unalaska-based internet provider OptimERA is offering faster internet speeds to customers by using Starlink. And Hospital Board candidates in Petersburg weighed in on everything from the new hospital project to… the "New World O...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A statewide program makes home ownership possible through "sweat equity." The Anchorage Assembly heard testimony Friday from people it subpoenaed to discuss an election challenge filed earlier this year. And a project to re-establish wood bison in Alaska has suffered another setback.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A woman in Nome is using social media as a tool to teach the Inupiaq language. Students across the state logged on for the annual Teaching through Tech conference. And American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas that were hauled up by groundfish trawlers in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Fat Bear Week kicks off this week with its junior bear competition. And a group of U.S. Forest Service personnel traveled to Kake late last month to help put on the annual Children’s Fishing Derby.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Senator Lisa Murkowski is not optimistic Congress can avoid a shutdown. Physician Assistants, or PAs, are not happy about how the state medical board is rewriting their regulations. And Golden Valley Electric Association and Westinghouse are teaming up on a power storage project near Healy.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Garage and estate sale season is still in full swing. Fatal crashes have been notably high on Kenai Peninsula highways this fall. And a lack of affordable housing continues to plague Alaska.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Affected communities look back on Typhoon Merbok after one year. The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the federal government over a new marine highway in Alaska. And a large part of the Denali Park Road is closed this week so scientists can collar bears.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An event billed as the only Indigenous music festival in the country begins today in Juneau. The City of Nome is planning to build a demonstration home using a robot that prints concrete . And two bears climbed into a Krispy Kreme delivery van in Anchorage and ate the doughnuts. Photo: Two bears getting into a doughnut truck in Anchorage. (Shelly De...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: At least a dozen school districts across Alaska received bomb threats by email Tuesday. Repairs are complete to a severed fiber optic cable affecting internet and cellular services to much of Northern and Western Alaska. And the opioid overdose treatment Narcan became available over the counter in pharmacies throughout Alaska last week.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of sailors from Estonia anchored near Kotzebue last week, after traveling the Northwest Passage. Proxy hunting helps the elderly or disabled enjoy the moose harvest in Alaska. And the Kenai Watershed Forum is looking for unknown salmon streams.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: People packed into Bethel's High School gym Saturday to mourn the passing of Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola. This year infants will have access to a new immunization against RSV.  And a group of Sitkans is calling for a cap on the number of cruise passengers next year. Photo: Sitka’s Lincoln Street on June 21, 2023, when three cruise ships brought about...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two new species may have been discovered in the Aleutians by a federal research vessel. Repair crews are struggling to fix an undersea fiber optic cable that serves most of Northwest Alaska. And recovery efforts for a small plane that crashed in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park last month have been called off. 

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola is remembered. A Mat-Su board will consider banning school library books. And Sitka is getting a community garden...eventually.  

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The husband of Alaska’s U.S. Representative has been killed in a plane crash on the YK Delta. The Anchorage Assembly has voted to put more than $6 million dollars toward shelter for the city’s homeless. And the catastrophic fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have inspired Bethel’s veterans to pitch in.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Joe Biden led a memorial at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage yesterday. Western and Northern Alaska internet users can expect more delays in getting service restored. And Bering Straits Native Corporation is making a 2 million dollar investment in Graphite One.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has seen a big jump in refugees over the past two years, and all of them must learn how to access healthcare. King Cove has a new ambulance, and health care workers are celebrating. And rural Alaskans are suffering from opioid abuse, too.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A storied Petersburg climber advised the pros on how to summit the Devil's Thumb. The Mat-Su School Board has voted to silence its student representative. And Alaska's new Education Commissioner has defended the Alaska School Board's decision to ban trans athletes from girls sports.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Bristol Bay could see fewer sockeye return next year. A new recycling group says they collected and recycled over 145,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries from 45 Alaska communities last year. And Alaskans audition for American Idol.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, there has been a significant increase in the shipments of Russian oil through the Bering Strait.  Congresswoman Mary Peltola emphasized her support for Arctic drilling in a telephone town hall meeting last week. And The Environmental Protection Agency has announced $2.5 million in grants to three Alas...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A gusty wind storm caused damage across the central Kenai Peninsula, leaving over 9000 residents without power. ConocoPhillips says an ongoing federal court case is likely to make or break Alaska’s largest planned oil development in decades. And the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has filed a wrongful death lawsuit  against the Department o...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Berry picking success varies across the state. The Alaska Board of Education voted unanimously yesterday to approve a ban on trans athletes participating in girls high school sports. And the state's biggest ever solar farm is about to come online.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A man was sentenced to two years in federal prison this week for selling art made in the Philippines as authentic Alaska Native art.  Governor Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS.  And thousands of Alaskans are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits this year–many because of paperwork issues.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The head of the EPA says he supports the decision to block the proposed Pebble Mine , while the state has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that action. High prices in Alaska make the state a preferred location for drug trafficking. And the big pumpkin king is champion again at the state fair. Photo: Dale Marshall, right, maneuvers his pumpkin tow...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Family and friends of a Marshall woman who was found dead in the Yukon River are asking why it took so long to find her. A world-renowned Yup’ik cultural museum in Quinhagak is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month. And Alaska remains near the top of the list of expensive places to live in the country as a whole.