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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Chinook winds gusting up to 75 miles an hour Saturday blew trees onto power lines and knocked out electricity for up to 10 hours in the Central Interior. President Biden will be visiting Alaska on September 11th. And Zucchini Fest, an afternoon of races and a parade centered around the popular squash, was held in Homer on Saturday. 

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska business experts say the ongoing child care crisis is hurting the state’s employers and the economy. Residents are asking the Alaska Department of Transportation to reconsider its use of salt brine on Kenai Peninsula roads. And buyers in Japan and South Korea have cooled on the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Administrator Isabella Guzmán of the Small Business Administration was in Nome. A fire broke out early Wednesday morning aboard an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry traveling through the Wrangell Narrows. And the Dillingham City School District wants to start growing its own greens.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The US Attorney General is meeting with Tribal leaders in Alaska. A new report says visitors to Alaska’s national parks and preserves spent more than a billion dollars in nearby communities last year. And The aviation company RyanAir celebrated its 70th birthday last week.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new round of federal grants will help two tribes and two museums in the state bring some culturally important items home. Petersburg's Kyle Knight reached the summit of the Devils Thumb after a lifetime of watching the mountain.  And the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health traveled throughout Alaska last week.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the ferry system during a stop in Juneau. Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman says that the Legislature will not allow the earnings reserve of the Alaska Permanent Fund to run dry. And Bristol Bay welcomed two Alaskan medical students this summer.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg traveled to Haines on Wednesday. A bus is roaming rural Alaska supporting people with brain injuries. And in Petersburg, a survey indicates that more than 300 houses may need to be built or renovated in the next decade. Photo:U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens to ferry captain Gabriel...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough took legal action against a resident and his canal this summer. Scientists are trying to guess how much glacial flooding Juneau can expect in the future. And hibernation scientists are gathering in Fairbanks. Photo: Suicide Basin, the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods, sits about two miles above the te...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Record-breaking rain this weekend in Sitka triggered their landslide warning system. Alaska is home to a large Hawaiian community, many of whom have links to Maui. And Alaska could see more renewable energy use in the future.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Authorities have released the names of the two victims who are presumed to have died after their airplane crashed Wednesday in  Denali National Park.  A man from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor. And the Anchorage School District has installed security vestibules in some of their element...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A glacial outburst flood eroded the banks of the Mendenhall River on Saturday evening, undermining some homes and sending at least one into the river. Hot, dry, windy weekend weather expanded wildfires around the Interior leading to hazardous air quality. And surfers in the Turnagain Arm catch the longest wave in the United States.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Unalaska’s  drinking water shows traces of PFAS. Black seaweed in Southeast is becoming less tasty and harder to find. And scientists use sediments to predict future storms. Photo:Black seaweed  

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The rapid advance of a wildfire prompted an evacuation notice last night for a neighborhood north of Fairbanks. Alaska’s Congressional delegation wants to make the "Landless” communities of Southeast landless no more. And two swimmers have successfully crossed the Frederick Sound. Andrew Simmons in Frederick Sound. Photo: Orin Pierson

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Warm and dry conditions increased wildfire activity around the Interior yesterday. Satellite data provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping state and federal agencies fight wildfires. And the Senate has passed its version of the defense bill, with money for Alaska projects.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ore trucks running on highways between Kinross’s Manh Choch Mine and its mill are projected to cause millions of dollars per year in pavement damage. A neighborhood near Kalifornsky Beach Road has been flooding, much to the dismay of residents.  And police have killed an aggressive bear in Anchorage, the 16th so far this year.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Firefighters worked to knock down a new wildfire southeast of Fairbanks over the weekend. Tote Maritime Alaska recently converted their two cargo ships to run on liquefied natural gas, or LNG. And Alaska’s ferry board is drafting a 20-year plan.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An ongoing effort to sell Seward’s city-run utility to a larger utility company is getting another chance on the ballot. Alaska educators are looking ahead to a future with AI. And the benefits of whale poop..

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state board of education heard nearly three hours of public testimony over a regulation to limit high school girls sports in Alaska to athletes assigned female at birth. Anchorage officials took two big steps forward Tuesday toward rebuilding the Port of Alaska. And a seiner capsizes in Whale Pass.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Operators of a store near Denali National Park are alleged to have sold alpaca wool clothing, jewelry, and other handcrafts falsely identified as Alaska Native made. Anchorage Mayor Bronson has a plan to fly the homeless out of Anchorage. And lightning strike fires have firefighters scrambling.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Smoke from wildfires burning across Canada is reaching Southcentral and Interior Alaska this week. Thousands of lightning strikes around the eastern Interior sparked new wildfires Monday. And tourists are using Juneau’s city bus after commercial tour bus trips sold out mid-way through the season.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An insect infestation responsible for defoliating thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest is abating. More than one hundred Bristol Bay fishing crews protested this year’s sockeye price in the Naknek River entrance on Thursday. And young burn survivors from Indiana are spending over a week in Ketchikan.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A community garden proposal is making its way toward Sitka's assembly for approval. Almost half of Alaska's Head Start early learning programs are in danger of losing millions of dollars in federal funding. And Alaska's predator control programs do not work, according to research by two retired state Fish and Game biologists and a Univer...

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The number of volunteer firefighters in Alaska has nearly halved since 2014. A federal judge has dismissed the state of Alaska’s lawsuit against the federal government over contamination on Alaska Native corporation lands. And Alaska Attorney General Taylor signed a letter  supporting states’ rights to access medical information about abortion and g...

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: For the first time on record there will be no fall hunt for Nelchina caribou. An emergency service area in Cooper Landing is off, and a new effort for a regional service area is underway. And Bristol Bay fishermen are outraged at the low price of 50 cents per pound announced recently.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cell phones across a huge swath of Alaska beeped out a tsunami warning Saturday night, including places that were not in danger. Three villages in the Lower Kuskokwim formed their own School District embracing traditional native knowledge. And Shishaldin has erupted, experts say more activity is expected.