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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass won the  Yukon Quest 550 sled dog race in Fairbanks last night. School districts  around the state are grappling with holes in their budgets for the  coming school year. And the tanner crab fishery begins this weekend in  Southeast Alaska.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass is on track  to win the Yukon Quest Alaska 550 later today. Mary Peltola’s  announcement last week that she hired a Republican to be her state  director has ruffled some feathers. And one Anchorage man inspires  others to help the un-housed. Picture: Cassandra Segevan poses for a photo after getting juice and hot oatme...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Matt Hall won the Yukon  Quest 300 yesterday. Meanwhile, Brent Sass continues to lead the Quest  550. And some Kenai city council members say it’s a good time to loosen restrictions on owning chickens inside city limits.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It was a fast and furious finale for Team Alaska at the Arctic Winter Games. A  bus station in Ninilchik, has the potential to become a small Native  reservation — but the state of Alaska is pushing back. And a Toksok Bay  couple is an internet sensation.

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: A Senate Committee  has proposed adding $1000 to the Base Student Allocation. Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills. And Fairbanks’ only natural gas supplier signed a 20-year contract with Hilcorp to begin sourcing gas from the North Slope.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Bureau of Land  Management is inclined to allow the development of  the Willow project,  to drill for oil on federal land in the Arctic. Sitka chef Renee Trafton  is a finalist for a James Beard Award. And the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education has upheld the firing of a Soldotna physical education teacher. Photo: Renee Traft...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 2023 Arctic Winter Games got underway in Wood  Buffalo, Alberta Canada on Sunday night. A trial is set for late summer  in the criminal case involving the deaths of two teenagers in a crash on Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo nearly four years ago. And environmental  protesters against the Willow Project seem few and far between.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Fairbanks Native Association and Tanana Chiefs  Conference hosted a gathering to raise awareness about cases of missing  and murdered Alaska Native people. A sentencing hearing for admitted  arsonist Jamison Gallion concluded Wednesday in Fairbanks. And Bethel  musher Pete Kaiser has won the Kuskokwim 300.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A nationwide outbreak of avian influenza is having impacts far beyond the grocery store. The  Sitka Assembly will donate $25,000 to support a fight against a legal  decision that could shut down SE king salmon trolling. And state  officials say they have no authority to investigate a behavioral health  facility where two people w...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Southeast Alaska is looking ahead to the next drought. Governor Dunleavy outlines his agenda in the State of the State address. And Anchorage mayor Bronson keeps quiet.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teachers, school administrators and parents rallied outside the capitol building last night to call for increased education funding. The Board of Game has voted down a proposal to require hunters in Southeast to complete an education course. And  a petition to get rid of the state’s ranked choice voting system and non-partisan primary has been...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Cook Inlet natural gas producer is fighting the state and Kenai Peninsula Borough over property taxes.  A small, vacant lot in downtown Juneau is at the center of a dispute  between the state of Alaska and the U.S. Department of the Interior. And  its been a relatively warm winter in the Y-K Delta. Photo: Cook Inlet Platform. Source...

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Earthjustice is representing tribes in opposition of the Donlin Gold mine. Homer’s  Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep  55 books in the children’s section of the public library. And the Alaska  Marine Highway System’s decision to pull the Matanuska out of service  has left some travelers stuc...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An  Alaska Railroad freight train derailed after it ran into avalanche  debris on the tracks south of Girdwood. The City of Homer and Homer  Drawdown are working together to increase people-powered transportation  and trail access around town. Photo: An Alaska Railroad freight train is surrounded by snow after driving  into...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska schools are preparing to meet the new state educational requirements of the READS Act next fall.  Senate President Gary Stevens talks about his legislative priorities. And the state is offering help to livestock farmers who are struggling to buy feed. Photo: Alaska Meat Company cattle on Sitkinak Island.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage Assembly  leaders say they want Mayor Dave Bronson to publicly respond to scathing  allegations made against him. Senator Bert Stedman says the state needs  to balance its long-term fiscal health against its ability to pay large  Permanent Fund dividends. And a pilot training program is underway to  combat the Cert...

n today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Soldotna doctor known  as the “Candyman” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge that he  overprescribed addictive narcotics. The US Environmental Protection  Agency could reject portions of a state plan to reduce Fairbanks North  Pole area wintertime fine particulate pollution. And Independent  Representative Bryce Edgmon...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two F-22 fighter  jets from JBER stopped off unexpectedly in Whitehorse on the way home  from Europe. The National Park Service has awarded a contract to build a  bridge over a slumping section of the road into Denali National Park.  And a pro skier is working to get more Alaska Native youth on the  slopes.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska legislators have so far pre-filed 68 bills and resolutions ahead of the January 17 session start date. Klawock police chief Terry Stonecipher died unexpectedly Monday morning.  And scientists say glaciers are melting faster than they thought. Photo: Sean Gallup

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has a fully  fledged member of the U.S. House again. Ketchikan’s borough and school  district take cautious steps forward in resolving their dispute over  health care payments. And a Homer entrepreneur is making lumber from  plastic.  Photo: Sean McDermott/KBBI

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A dog walking duo in  Skagway has gained internet fame. Last year’s fire season is the largest  on record for Bristol Bay. And Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola says  it might be time to start thinking about a bipartisan solution to the  House Speaker impasse.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Last  month was the wettest December on record in Anchorage. A nationwide egg  shortage has hit Alaska especially hard.  And Rhonda McBride looks back  on Mary Peltola’s fight to be the first Alaska Native to serve in  Congress.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s job market will continue on a path of recovery this year, but  slower than other states. Mary Peltola waits to be sworn in while  Republicans struggle to elect a leader. And Anchorage is still hauling  snow, and has a long way to go. Rep. Mary Peltola was the only member of Congress wearing a kuspuk on  the first day of...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Work is underway on what will be Alaska’s tallest building. After months of back and forth over a high-profile oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, just one company placed bids. Officials have arrested a Seward man after he allegedly drove his car, carrying three children, into the Seward boat harbor. A rendering of the new air traffic control towe...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Reexamination of a  cold case in Bethel has resulted in an arrest. Inflation is hitting  everyday Alaskans at the grocery store. And a new hazard map in Juneau  shows much of downtown in moderate to severe danger of landslides or  avalanches.