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In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that John Crowther is his nominee to be Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Republicans in the Alaska House have a new leader. And a program celebrating Alaska’s storytelling tradition will debut this afternoon on social media, YouTube and the PBS website.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The use of artificial intelligence for translation, and its implications for tribal data sovereignty. As ConocoPhillips reduces its global workforce, its North Slope employees are considering unionizing. And Aleutian Airways will provide federally subsidized air service to three Western Alaska communities. Photo: ConocoPhillips’ Alpine facility...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Environmental advocates say Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has walked away from an agreement with British Columbia that sought to give Alaskans a say in the development of mines upstream of Southeast. Alaska State Troopers are investigating whether a missing Valdez woman might have been staying at the Caribou Hotel in Glennallen when it bur...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: No major damage was reported after a magnitude-6 earthquake rattled Alaskans across Southcentral on Thursday morning. Food Bank of Alaska officials say this holiday season is proving especially tough for people struggling to afford groceries. And for the first time, Juneau’s famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake. Photo: The c...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A dispute involving the City of Fairbanks, its firefighters union and the local technical college is complicating a program for training paramedics. Writer and playwright Vera Starbard recently clinched her fourth Emmy nomination for the PBS show, Molly of Denali. And Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services pushed back Tuesday on the findings of...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is looking into two incidents shots fired at two ore-hauling trucks late last week near Fairbanks. Alaska’s state government is increasingly failing to keep up with requirements in state and federal law according to the state’s nonpartisan auditor. And it’s the time of year when winter weather traps pollution i...

This week, with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the most recent shellfish toxin results in Kodiak, the interim chancellor of the University of Alaska visits the local college, Nick Mangini was appointed to the city council, the borough lands committee pushes more land to the borough assembly for sale and the North Star Elementary school building will be used at least in part for daycare.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The idea of building a road to connect the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers is getting a fresh look. The Trump administration has a new offshore drilling proposal to offer nearly all of the oceans off Alaska to potential leasing. And the Anchorage Museum has brought together artists, writers and photographers to start a conversation on how to navigate...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A lawsuit from Alaska’s only Native reservation will proceed over the objections of other Southeast tribes. Alaska State Troopers have redoubled their efforts to locate a North Pole man charged with murder. And drone technology helped speed the process for approving the state’s federal disaster declaration after ex-Typhoon Halong. Photo by Mike...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Southeast Alaska tribes and environmental groups delivered nearly 30,000 messages to British Columbia lawmakers about transboundary mining. The U.S Department of Education is cutting a grant that funds about half of the faculty and staff at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end last week. Researchers and community members gathered in Yakutat to discuss local geohazards, like landslide-induced tsunamis. And Alaska legislators with the state Joint Armed Services Committee are raising concerns that a federal directive to prepare the Alaska National Guard to de...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Hundreds of evacuees from Western Alaska are staying in Anchorage hotels after last month’s storms destroyed their homes. A controversial mineral exploration project near Haines is changing hands again – just one year after the last shakeup. And totem poles at the Ketchikan Totem Heritage Center are getting a facelift. Photo: Evacuees Ally Shang...

In this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, Old Harbor has water again, Kodiak's Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards dinner, the State of Alaska is looking into an agriculture cooperative and recently published its preliminary salmon numbers statewide, and the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank was raided by state troopers.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Recovery in the isolated Western Alaska communities slammed by typhoon Halong will be a long process. University of Alaska President Pat Pitney will retire this spring. And three tribal governments and several environmental groups have sued the Trump administration to try to block a deal to build a road from King Cove to Cold Bay. Photo: Univers...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Glennallen’s only hotel burned to the ground Wednesday. Biologists are interested in sounds whales make above water. And Anchorage residents have reported seeing – and hearing – wolves on area trails. Photo: Fire destroyed the Caribou Hotel in downtown Glennallen Wednesday. ( Cross Road Medical Center)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State Senator Matt Claman has entered the race for Governor. A group of state lawmakers has been tasked with studying how Alaska pays for public education. And the state of Alaska is limiting payments to SNAP recipients this week in response to federal guidance. Photo: Matt Claman. (Wikipedia)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Fairbanksans are stepping up to make sure their neighbors don’t go hungry. Elders and youth from around Alaska learned how to process a seal. And the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved increasing tuition across the board by 4% next year. The Fairbanks Food Bank. (The Fairbanks Food Bank)

This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the City of Kodiak again seeking an interim manager, the state has launched a project to replace Sargent Creek and Russian River bridges, Dr. Nick Loomis has been appointed as the interim administrator at PKIMC, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission held its 121st meeting in Kodiak this week, flights at Anchorage International Airport are being cut, KMX...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Skagway’s summer drag season finished with its last event in September. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is among 40 airports across the country forced to slash air traffic by 10% starting today. And World Central Kitchen is bringing familiar foods to victims of typhoon Halong. Mustached participants at Skagway's September drag bi...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Rasmuson Foundation has named Kodiak-born carver Jerry Laktonen as its 2025 Distinguished Artist. Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste. And Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin checked in with a few furloughed workers in Anchorage. Photo: Jerry Laktonen and a bird mask he made. (Rasmuson Foundation)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A controversial higher education compact from the Trump administration has sparked a petition from several University of Alaska unions. Months before a storm devastated parts of Western Alaska, a federal agency canceled a grant that would have helped protect one of the communities from flooding. And some residents of Juneau's Telephone Hill...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: People who rely on food assistance from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, could have their electronic benefits cards refilled as soon as this week, thanks to the state. The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that Alaska’s revised plan to improve air quality in the Fairbanks and North Pole is good to go. And communi...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State officials say there are no longer evacuees from Western Alaska staying at mass shelters in Anchorage. The nearly 70,000 Alaskans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, are still waiting for their November benefits to hit their accounts. And Mary Peltola, is about even in a head-to-he...

In this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, near record winds in Kodiak, Caroline Roberts will remain on the borough assembly, Kodiak schools have fewer students, there will be no Tanner crab fishery for Kodiak, Highmark Marine Fabrication is taking more control over the City of Kodiak's shipyard, United Fishermen of Alaska held a meeting on the island — a first in over 20 years, and the...

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Western Alaska disaster relief effort has moved to its next phase. The government shutdown is delaying funding for a federal heating assistance program, according to the Alaska Department of Health. And land acknowledgment signs and statements honoring Dena'ina and Ahtna people will no longer be used in Mat-Su district schools. Photo: A...