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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The  village corporation in Yakutat has been ordered by the state to change  the way it runs shareholder elections. St. Paul in the Pribilofs is  issuing a unique disaster/emergency declaration in light of snow crab  and red king closures. And Mike Motti, a veteran of Sitka’s Mountain  Rescue team, has died during a solo hik...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A landslide near  Petersburg on Halloween night was a close call for some nearby  residents. The director of the recently released movie “Till” studied  film at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. And trappers from Prince of Wales Island want more harvest opportunity in the upcoming wolf season.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  A game changing broadband project in Bethel and other communities in  the Y-K Delta has a new name. Anchorage Unangax̂ Dancers debuted a song  at AFN that welcomes ancestors. And this election features a concerted  effort to encourage Alaska Natives to participate.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska farmers and  ranchers make tough choices as costs rise and yields fall. An Alaska  wanderer has been declared missing. And Gubernatorial candidates Gara  and Walker have released a joint ad urging voters to rank one another  second.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A look at the Marine Mammal Protection Act on it’s 50th anniversary, with a view from St Paul Island. Middle school students in  Ketchikan have spent more than a month learning songs in languages from  all around the world. And kindergarten and first-grade students in  Anchor Point are learning how to play the violin at school. Studen...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s US Senate candidates have clarified their positions on abortion rights. House candidates took on salmon bycatch in Wednesday’s debate. And Angoon  residents have built their first traditional dugout canoe since the  nineteenth century.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Southeast Alaska’s summer season for Dungeness crab was worth about $10 million less than last year. Gov. Dunleavy continues to support Republican Charlie Pierce in the  governor’s race following a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against  Pierce, but Pierce’s running mate has dropped out. And the Alaska  National Guard rescued six str...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Arctic Research Commission is meeting in Fairbanks today. A former Kenai Peninsula Borough employee is suing gubernatorial  candidate Charlie Pierce, saying she faced constant sexual harassment  from the former borough mayor. And:  Is Ketchikan a rural community?

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Candidates for US House  and Senate faced of at the Alaska Federation of Native Conference.  Metlakatla and Ketchikan have taken a step toward joining power grids.   And the NTSB reports leaking floats may have been a factor in both fatal  plane crashes that occurred in the past month. Photo: AFN attendees wave their Mary Pe...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Climate change policy  is a controversial subject at the Alaska Federation of Native  Convention. The Mat-Su School Board has adopted a bathroom policy for  transgender students. And some supporters of a Constitutional Convention  want to change how Alaska chooses judges.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: All four candidates for  Alaska Governor squared off in a recent debate. A Kenai man is turning  waste plastic into lumber. And the ACLU has joined supporters of  changing parole rules for offenders sentenced to long jail terms as  juveniles.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Juneau’s homeless  campground is closing for the winter, and campers wonder where to go  next. Tribes are beginning the first steps toward developing K-12  curriculums separate from school districts. And Ketchikan celebrates  Phillipino-American History Month with a festival.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The “Tustumena  Replacement Vessel” will be engineered to be a diesel/electric hybrid.  Former State Senate President Ben Stevens has died while hiking near  Seward. And there has been a break in one of four two-year-old missing  persons cases in Fairbanks.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kodiak City Council  race has been decided. Boats blaze and sink in a Ketchikan harbor. And  energy providers on the Kenai Peninsula strategize as future gas  supplies become more unsure.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A logging operation  owned by the Yakutat village corporation will be dissolved after  shareholder complaints. Two thousand gallons of fuel has spilled at the  new Vitus Terminal in Bethel. And the Commander of the Coast Guard  Cutter Kimball recalls an encounter with Chinese and Russian vessels. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Thomas D’A...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Few answers are  available for relatives are asking questions about the 15 inmates who  have died in custody this year in Alaska. Alaskans are thinking harder  than usual about a Constitutional Convention. And bear awards in  Southeast Alaska are about more than who is fattest.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The University of  Alaska and its faculty trade complaints as their negotiations continue.   The amount of Ukrainian refugees coming to Alaska seems to have peaked.  And it’s Fat Bear Week!

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Another storm is headed  for Alaska’s Northwest coast. And a state plan for electric vehicle  charging stations has federal approval-paving the way for federal  dollars.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Today is a day of  remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. Anchorage citizens protest the  lack of police body cams, a year and a half after voters approved them.  And the Bureau of Land Management has awarded one million dollars to  clean up old placer mining sites in the Interior.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: KEA is getting a  million dollar grant for use of the Terror Lake plant. Alutiiq language  programs aim to keep the language and culture alive. And a Kenai space education center is hosting workshops on earthly sustainability.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Bears have been roaming  the streets in Kodiak. An ancient fish weir going back 10,000 years is  discovered in Alaska. And Hooper Bay takes stock after the big storm.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Chevak begins to set  things straight after the storm. The Anchorage School District is facing  a 68 million dollar budget shortfall. And the dam for Wrangell’s  drinking water reservoir is deemed one of Alaska’s worst.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough continue to weigh in on the school board’s bathroom policy for transgender students. And Juneau voters will decide whether real estate sale prices should be available to the tax assessor.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Drinking water  continues to be an issue in storm damaged western Alaska communities.  Mary Peltola would like to see the Magnuson Stevens Act reauthorized  soon. And public health officials are urging the public to get boosted.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A looming landslide  in Prince William Sound could mean a sudden tsunami in Whittier. Whether  to hold a Constitutional Convention will be on the ballot in November.  And supporters of Ketchikan’s Public Library demonstrated against its  defunding.