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In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest yesterday. A Wasilla couple has been charged in connection with the death of a child that was in their care. And the Juneau Police Department is taking action to reform its policies after an officer was filmed slamming a man to the ground dur...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is so far spared from closures coming to a third of these climate science centers across the country. Another glacial outburst flood is underway on the Taku River south of Juneau today. And the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $16.7 million dollar grant to begin construction of the fir...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game may allow Jet Skis, in Kachemak Bay. A Homer Republican state representative is declaring victory after pressuring the local newspaper to revise a story about a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk. And Alaska State Troopers shot and killed a man near Anchor Point on Thursda...

In this week's episode, we hear about early voting opening in Kodiak, a borough assembly member resigned, hydroponics in Ouzinkie, and the White House increased the price of H1B teachers — the one many schools use to hire teachers from abroad.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dispatched U.S. aircraft Thursday to intercept four Russian military planes off Alaska. The Northwest Arctic community of Selawik hasn’t had consistent drinking water for over three weeks. And people from around the world are voting for their favorite to be the chubby champion of Fat Bear We...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Alaska LNG Project netted two more agreements earlier this month during an energy conference in Italy. The only year-round medical clinic in the small Interior community of Healy announced last week (9/17) that it will soon close its doors. And St. Paul has lost its major air carrier. Photo: The Interior Community Health Center clinic in Fair...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: University of Alaska Southeast staff and nursing students gathered at the Ketchikan campus to celebrate the new nursing lab. One family in Juneau is trying to raise a million dollars for a lifesaving treatment for their child. And researchers have been recording the mysterious “thrumming” sounds of humpback whales. Photo: A single-patient room in...

In today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: Democrats and independents in the Alaska state Legislature are urging Congress to preserve federal funding for science and research. A project to map out the Pacific Northwest’s critical mineral potential Was frozen and put under review in February. And the U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a new two-way shipping route along the northern Alaska coast...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1,000. Payments to more than 600,000 Alaskans are set to begin Oct. 2. The U.S. Senate rejected two partisan spending bills on Friday, bringing the country closer to a partial government shutdown on October 1st. And Senator Sullivan and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez DeRemer were in Fairbanks Frid...

In today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: Lawyers are trading arguments in a case challenging the state’s failure to process applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on time. Heat pumps are growing in popularity across the country, including in parts of Alaska. And a group in Unalakleet is bringing traditional dance back to life — after more than a century without i...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: State officials are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man found unresponsive on Sunday in his locked Anchorage jail cell. Sen. Lisa Murkowski broke from other Republicans on the firing last month of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control. And former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor Wedne...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: An unusually warm August and early September near Sitka has attracted an unusual fish to the area - tuna. A U.S. House hearing Tuesday on energy in Alaska was largely a tale of two Alaskas. And six years ago, a man tossed a message in a bottle on a patch of sea ice near Utqiagvik. This spring, it was finally found – thousands of miles away. Photo...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Alaskans can expect a La Niña climate pattern this winter. Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is asking the Alaska Public Offices Commission to exempt him from disclosing who is renting his apartments. And Unangax̂ dance is having something of a renaissance in the Aleutians. Photo: Unangax̂ dancers. (Lucy Bagley, KUCB

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will cut millions in federal grants for its Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions program. Scientists studying killer whales in Alaska are uncovering long-term impacts of a warmer ocean. And Native advocacy organizations say plans to reorganize U.S. Department of Agriculture...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: A man shot by Sand Point police last week was arraigned in Anchorage Thursday. Juneau has a cat problem. And the founder of the influential conservative blog Must Read Alaska says she resigned this week. Photo: Duke Ogata. (Alaska's News Source)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: U.S. Antimony Corporation says it's begun to recover antimony from old deposits at a historic mine near Ester Dome. Efforts to make part of the Kenai Spur Highway safer kicked off Tuesday. And the union that represents support staff at the Juneau School District is suing the district over its afterschool child care program. Photo: State and l...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Northwest Arctic saw record breaking rainfall in August, which led to flooding, erosion and high water throughout the region. It’s getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live, whether that means buying a house or renting. And one man has been getting generations of people in Ketchikan to sing sea shanties for over 30 years. Photo: S...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: One question hangs over Alaska’s 2026 governor’s race: what will Peltola do? In rural Alaska, there are a growing number of cases that involve young teens who are sexually exploited online. And Alaska students’ test scores improved modestly last school year. Photo: Mary Peltola

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: A Kenai superior court judge declined to dismiss the state’s case against a former Alaska State Trooper facing a felony assault charge. It’s been about two weeks since the post office in Nikiski closed abruptly. And layer by layer, a new home in Nome is taking shape. Once complete, it’ll become the first occupied 3D printed house in Alaska. Photo...

This week we hear about an oil spill near the Kitoi Bay Hatchery, a small earthquake near Kodiak, elevated levels of harmful algal blooms, Alaska Aerospace is looking to expand its presence along the Aleutian Chain, and Kodiak's landfill is filling up.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: An Alaska Native group seeking the names of Indigenous people murdered in the state ran into a roadblock this summer when the Alaska Department of Public Safety rejected their request. Two Sitka community gardens have received grant funding to support their development. And students’ in Napakiak have a brand new school.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Ships could pose a risk to seabirds migrating through Alaska’s waters. The U.S. House voted along party lines yesterday to repeal a land use plan covering 13 million acres in Alaska. And researchers continue to investigate a massive landslide and tsunami that hit a fjord last month. Photo: A bird storm strikes the R/V Tiĝlax̂ near Kasatochi Islan...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Contractors broke ground in Sitka last week on the final piece of a two-decade project seeking more affordable housing. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Stephen J. Cox to be Alaska’s next attorney general. And Federal data shows that a subset of cruise ships violate pollution standards in Alaska hundreds of times every year. Photo: Contractors pour t...

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Juneau School District Board of Education is fast tracking a move to restore universal free breakfast for K-12 students. An Alaska-based environmental organization is restoring the landscape by constructing man-made beaver dams. And a haunting crime story and an Alaska Native legend are at the center of a new documentary that will premiere on...

This week we hear about the latest rocket launch from the Kodiak Island spaceport, a "plus-up" underway at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, more than 50 dead shearwaters found near Kodiak beaches, brown bears are wreaking havoc at the landfill, the Alutiiq Museum's annual meeting, and KIBSD school district staff prepare for the new school year.