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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: School bus service in  the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District resumed Monday after a  month long bus strike ended. Brown bear baiting will not be allowed in  the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, after all. And the latest Iditarod  update! Photo: A brown bear cub looks for fish in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s  K...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new bill introduced  in the state Senate last week aims to revamp the public retirement  system. The Iditarod trail sled dog race got underway this weekend. And an international meeting on arctic policy will host 13 countries for three days in Anchorage.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Native leaders  stood with the state’s congressional delegation rallying for the Willow  project at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. The Army Corps of Engineers has  cleared another milestone in the Unalaska Bay dredging project. And the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is gearing up for a three-year  investigation into poten...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Senator Dan  Sullivan says we should investigate the possibility COVID came from a  lab in China. The Fur Rondy snow sculpture competition wrapped up on  Sunday. And Alaska’s melting glaciers are causing glacier tourism to  melt away, too.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Secretary of  Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough visited Alaska last week. The U.S. Army  is proposing to replace Fort Wainwright’s coal-fired heat and power  plant with natural-gas fired boilers installed around the post. And the  former head of Anchorage’s equal opportunity office is suing Mayor Dave  Bronson and his ad...

On today’s Midday Report with host Mike Wall: The Iron Dog snowmachine  race got underway this morning in Big Lake. The Anchorage School  District says it intends to completely end its practice of locking away  students with behavioral issues. And  the Mat-Su school bus strike seems  no closer to resolution.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Sitka Assembly will give $25,000 to support the Alaska Trollers Association’s legal defense fund. A Haines High School graduate spent four hours hiding from an active shooter on the Michigan State campus. And a new facility in Anchorage is designed to address the immediate needs of  the homeless, and connect them to housing and other servic...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: American scientists found 200,000 Pacific walrus on one Russian beach, they think. A Ketchikan podcaster is breaking down all things Filipino culture. And Alaska’s U.S. senators warn about shenanigans in the Willow project process.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: White House officials said Monday that they still had not come to any conclusions about what U.S. fighter  jets have shot out of the skies over the past 3 days. After a  months-long wait, thousands of Alaskans have received their food stamps,  but thousands more are still waiting. And snowfall in Anchorage  continues to break rec...

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A student-run cafe in Igiugig offers refreshments to both community members and travelers flying across the vast expanse of Bristol Bay. Toyo stoves have been failing in cold weather. And the State Workers’ Union rallied for better staffing and benefits, and to support for Department of Public Assistance staff as they battle a backlog of food stamp...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Kodiak’s  tanner crab fleet goes fishing, story by KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth, KCAW’s  Robert Woolsey reports on the lawsuit that would halt king salmon  trolling, and Izzy Ross of KDLG tells of the governor’s vow to fight the  Pebble veto.

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...