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Midday Report – July 11, 2024
July 12, 2024 20:49 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A study released this month shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska — again. A salmon management group on the Kuskokwim River is calling on the federal government to address the impacts of bottom-trawling in the region. And working drones over Cook Inlet will carry water samples. Photo:
Midday Report – July 12, 2024
July 12, 2024 20:49 - 30 minutes - 21 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea last weekend. Two world records were set during the first two days of this year’s World Eskimo Indian Olympics happening this week in Fairbanks. And a man shot and critically injured by Anchorage police on Monday morning had fired a shotgun at officers. Photo: Volunteers set up the Big Dipper a day before WEIO opening ceremonies. Robyne /KUAC
Midday Report – July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024 21:59 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two women have recently died in separate whitewater rafting accidents in Alaska. Highland games celebrations have been going on around the state, including Homer. And Alaska's Senators react to the resignation of a federal judge they recommended. Photo: Jason Simmons throws a stone during the Katchemak Bay Highland Games. Jamie Diep, KBBI
Midday Report – July 09, 2024
July 09, 2024 20:53 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a man in Kasilof who allegedly charged them carrying a harpoon. Joshua Kindred, who resigned as a U.S. District Court judge for Alaska last week, allegedly had an “inappropriately sexualized relationship” with one of his law clerks. And archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they’ve found go back 14000 years. Photo: Members of a University of Alaska crew exca...
Midday Report – July 08, 2024
July 08, 2024 20:44 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cool, rainy weather over the long holiday weekend aided firefighters working to contain wildfires around the state. A judge has ruled that one part of a citizen lawsuit aimed at stopping the Manh Choh Mine ore haul, can proceed. And hundreds of runners raced from the streets of Seward up Mount Marathon and back on July fourth. Photo: Some areas of the Riley Fire have experienced partial burn patterns, leaving some fuels intact but burning thr...
Midday Report – July 05, 2024
July 05, 2024 21:03 - 30 minutes - 10.5 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Juneau Icefield, between the Coast Mountains and British Columbia, is melting faster than we thought. The 52-foot seiner, the Jaci Grace, sank on Sunday in Southeast Alaska. Aniak’s tribal government is suing state and federal agencies for taking human remains from an airport site and not returning them – and not allowing the tribe to excavate the site.
Midday Report – July 03, 2024
July 03, 2024 20:51 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's two Senators have different reactions to the Supreme Court's decision on Presidential immunity. Denali Park remains closed while fires are burning nearby. And a U.S. federal grant will help repair parts of the Alcan Highway inside Canada.
Midday Report – July 02, 2024
July 02, 2024 20:41 - 30 minutes - 21 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A federal judge in Anchorage ruled that tribes in Alaska may create “Indian Country” in the state. 24 mushers signed up on the opening day of registration for the Iditarod. And Suzanne La France has been sworn in as the first elected woman mayor of Anchorage. Photo: Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance shakes hands with the crowd at her inauguration in Town Square Park on Monday, July 1, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
Midday Report – July 01, 2024
July 01, 2024 20:54 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Denali National Park has largely shut down operations because of a wildfire. The Biden Administration finalized a decision blocking the controversial Ambler Road project Friday. And 28 million acres of wilderness lands scattered across Alaska will likely remain off-limits to development.
Midday Report – June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024 21:07 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Over 140 active wildfires are burning up acreage and sending smoke across the Eastern Interior. Alaska’s heavy reliance on wild foods has prompted the U.S. Interior Department to take an unusual step. And Anchorage's outgoing budget director says there are problems with the city's accounting practices. Photo: An aerial view of the Globe Fire on the afternoon of Thursday, June 27, 2024. (From Alaska Fire Service)
Midday Report – June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024 21:20 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau artist’s family is donating hundreds of photos of King Island to residents who were removed from the remote Bering Sea island. A fast-moving wildfire near the Elliot Highway prompted a Level 3 “Go” evacuation notice last night. And at least nine buildings have been destroyed by a structure fire in Stebbins.
Midday Report – June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024 20:50 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Fires are burning around the state. An author is doing her Alaska book tour by bicycle. And Bristol Bay set netters train for safety. Photo: An aerial view of the McDonald Fire burning through black spruce near Salcha on Thursday, June 20, 2024. The blaze has since grown to more than 54,000 acres. (From Tasha Shields/BLM AFS)
Midday Report – June 25, 2024
June 25, 2024 20:49 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state has released its draft winter ferry schedule, which residents might find familiar. Supporters of Alaska’s ranked choice voting and nonpartisan primaries were in court trying to disqualify a ballot measure that would repeal the election reforms. And there MIGHT be a rat on St. Paul Island. Photo: Norway rat. (UAF)
Midday Report – June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024 20:47 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Wisconsin museum has sent a Chilkat robe it’s had for the last 80 years to Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s added an amendment to an annual Defense bill that would override the rejection of the Ambler Road. And wildfire activity ramped over the weekend, due to hot dry conditions and numerous lightning strikes. Photo: Sainteen Anna Brown Ehlers wears a 150-year-old Chilkat robe that was recently returne...
Midday Report – June 20, 2024
June 21, 2024 20:48 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska. Supporters of Robert Kennedy Jr. have enough signatures to get him on the ballot. And herring in Northwest Alaska is still a bit of a mystery.
Midday Report – June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024 20:45 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More hot, dry weather and scattered thunderstorms are forecast for this weekend around the Interior. Warming temperatures mean more mud on Alaska's trails. And Anchorage police say a standoff Wednesday night in Muldoon ended with an armed woman dead. Photo: Lightning strikes rake the interior.
Midday Report – June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024 20:42 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Department of Justice says the Alaska Division of Elections is discriminating against voters with disabilities. Lydia Jacoby won’t compete in this year’s Olympics. And a dangerous Alexandrium bloom has been detected near Ketchikan. Photo: Butter clams. PSP is a hazard associated with eating personal use and subsistence-harvested clams and mussels.
Midday Report – June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024 20:46 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska. Three Japanese climbers got some Alaska style help after their gear was recently stolen. And a group called Alaska Jobs Coalition has launched an ad campaign to support Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola. Photo: Invasive Green Crab. Photo: Linda Shaw, NOAA Fisheries
Midday Report – June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024 20:47 - 30 minutes - 21 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Anchorage renter of recreational vehicles abruptly shut down on Friday, as the state sues it over deceptive business practices. Hilcorp Alaska was again the only bidder in the state of Alaska’s oil and gas lease sale for Cook Inlet. And visitors to the Mendenhall Glacier will learn more about Indigenous connections through cultural ambassadors. Photo: Mendenhall Glacier.
Midday Report – June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024 20:50 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s U.S. senators split their votes yesterday over a bill to protect in vitro fertilization. Homeschool families around the state are facing a cloudy future after a court ruling in April. And a mountain lion was recently discovered on Wrangell Island.
Midday Report – June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024 20:50 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Judicial Council announced that it is accepting applications from attorneys and judges interested in replacing Chief Justice Peter Maassen. Farmers are welcoming this week’s heavy rainfall around the eastern and central Interior. And the family of a man fatally shot last month by Anchorage police is asking that they be allowed to view the footage of the shooting privately. Photo: Mike Schultz harvests barley at his 6,000-acre farm ...
Midday Report – June 12, 2024
June 12, 2024 21:21 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Silver Bay Seafoods has purchased Trident’s processing plant in False Pass. Kenai’s eroding bluff will be getting a buttressing. And kids learn about business through lemonade. Photo: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (center) cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the Kenai bluff stabilization project on Monday, June 10, 2024 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Midday Report – June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024 20:54 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A project in the Bering Straits backed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will measure sea ice and phytoplankton. Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration in Juneau. And two middle schoolers from White Mountain are headed to the National Civics Bee.
Midday Report – June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024 20:41 - 30 minutes - 21 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's remoteness from the rest of the country means a cyberattack on its infrastructure -- could cause big problems. The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. And the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is piloting a new approach to wildfire management aimed at limiting greenhouse gas releases.
Midday Report – June 07, 2024
June 07, 2024 20:53 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The federal government announced on Thursday that it’s requiring the state to update its water quality standards. A thunderstorm struck Juneau recently. And Researchers have linked warming ocean temperatures to more salmon showing up in the Western Canadian Arctic.
Midday Report – June 06, 2024
June 06, 2024 20:56 - 29 minutes - 20 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: One person has died and another is at a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday. Anchorage police officers have been involved in a spate of shootings. And Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republican senators to vote yesterday to advance a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law. Photo: Anchorage Police chief designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference...
Midday Report – June 05, 2024
June 05, 2024 20:44 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s Little Norway celebrated Norwegian Constitution Day late last month with a week-long festival. A multi part bill passed by the state legislature last month includes a provision extending Alaska’s Senior Benefits Program. And suspicious illegal aliens on the Yukon.
Midday Report – June 04, 2024
June 04, 2024 20:55 - 30 minutes - 24.5 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: We have a clearer picture of this year’s races for the Alaska Legislature after Saturday’s filing deadline. Eight young Alaskans are suing the state to block the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. And a last-minute candidate joined the race for the House District 5, which covers Kodiak, Seward and Cordova. Photo: Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the N...
Midday Report – June 03, 2024
June 03, 2024 20:52 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates are accusing the Alaska Department of Corrections of unconstitutionally limiting access to attorneys at the state’s only all-female prison. The Alaska Department of Transportation reports progress in an area where ancestral graves underlie a popular trail. And some Alaska Republicans are decrying Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts. Photo: From left to right: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Former President Donald Trump, Gov. Mike...
Midday Report – May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024 20:54 - 30 minutes - 7.01 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's Head Start program is set to get a boost, pending the governor's signature. Are herds of mammoths in Alaska's future? And the canoes are on their way to Celebration. Photo: Researchers believe woolly mammoths walked into North America 100,000 years ago. Mauricio Antón via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.5
Midday Report – May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024 21:14 - 28 minutes - 6.52 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An organization in Southeast Alaska has won a half-million dollar grant to reduce the cost of trash disposal. Lawyers in Alaska are hoping to become a more diverse profession, and ideally more accessible. And the Alaska Department of Transportation has temporarily closed a trail across a desecrated burial ground. Photo: Trail closure at the O'Brien Creek Bridge.
Midday Report – May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024 20:41 - 31 minutes - 7.12 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Judicial Council has voted to recommend retention of all 19 judges on the November ballot, but not without dissent. The Donlin Gold project plans to be powered by a gas pipeline stretching hundreds of miles to Cook Inlet. And the Alaska Federation of Natives has rolled-out plans for its October convention, with a program dedicated to the younger generation. Photo: Proposed natural gas pipeline to be used by Donlin Gold facility.
Midday Report – May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024 21:07 - 32 minutes - 9.22 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dozens of people had to scramble to find a way home from Haines this weekend when two sailings of the LeConte were canceled. Sixteen people from Wrangell and Petersburg are about to paddle north to Juneau for the bi-annual Celebration festival. And a bill to help ease Alaska’s teacher shortage is on the governor’s desk awaiting his signature. Photo: Paddlers practice on April 15, 2024 near Reliance Float Dock in Wrangell for the upcoming Jour...
Midday Report – May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024 21:35 - 16 minutes - 4.71 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of young Alaskans is suing the state of Alaska in an attempt to block construction of the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline. A Kotzebue police sergeant has resigned after making racist comments on social media. And Alaskans investing in renewable energy for their homes could tap into a “green bank”, eventually. Photo: Mike Cox resigned from the Kotzebue police department after making racist comments.
Midday Report – May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024 21:05 - 33 minutes - 7.69 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard from citizens who want to change the way ballots are counted in local elections. The state’s powerful tides have enormous potential to generate power, but that energy is inaccessible. And across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta families are celebrating young hunter gatherers with Throwing Parties. Photo: Researchers steady a bottom lander, deployed in a tidal study at the East Foreland this summer.
Midday Report – May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024 20:53 - 31 minutes - 7.32 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cyclist from Homer came out on top at the U.S Professional Road Race Championship last Sunday. Suzanne LaFrance has declared victory in Anchorage’s mayoral race. And Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman talks about the state operating budget.
Midday Report – May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024 20:49 - 30 minutes - 7.09 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The mining company Graphite One may be able to tap into new funding to speed up their plans. An investigation says the loss of a charter vessel in Sitka Sound one year ago was sudden and catastrophic. And the interconnected electrical grids of Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell need work. Photo: Morgan Robidou poses with the Awakin in October, 2022. According to the Coast Guard report, the Awakin was quickly capsized, leading to the loss of ...
Midday Report – May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024 20:55 - 30 minutes - 6.89 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to be one of the Democrats most likely to vote against her party. A bill awaiting the governor's signature would ban harmful “forever chemicals”. And two brothers and a friend walked the 100 miles from Nome to Shishmaref. Photo: James Horner, Wilson Hoogendorn, and Oliver Hoogendorn pose for a photo in the Bering Air terminal at the Nome Airport. Photo courtesy of Oliver Hoogendorn.
Midday Report – May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024 22:04 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska legislature passed a bill this month to start a psychedelic medicine task force. The Alaska House and Senate passed a high-priority package of crime bills on Wednesday. And advocates for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People say a recently passed bill is a major milestone.
Midday Report – May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024 20:48 - 32 minutes - 7.44 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Suzanne LaFrance is poised to unseat incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and become the city’s first elected female mayor. After 121 days in Juneau, state lawmakers have concluded their work. And National Parks are using social media to boost visitor numbers and amplify their conservation efforts. Photo: Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance speaks at Williwaw Social after results showed her leading incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson on M...
Midday Report – May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024 21:08 - 31 minutes - 7.23 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Budget negotiators in the Alaska Legislature have settled on the amount of this year’s Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check. And Juneau executed two Black men for murder In 1948 and 1950. A legal historian says the trials were riddled with misconduct and errors, and should be remembered. Photo: Headlines from Alaska newspapers in the late 1940s covering the trials of Austin Nelson and Eugene LaMoore. (Library of Congress/KTOO)
Midday Report – May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024 20:51 - 30 minutes - 6.93 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Breakup has wrapped up on the Kuskokwim River, now the cleanup starts. Families around the state are waiting to find out whether they’ll get correspondence school allotments next school year. And injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements. Photo: Home school students Isaac Ward and his sister Primose, with mother Miriam at the UAA Fine Arts Building on Thursday, May 9, 202...
Midday Report – May 13, 2024
May 13, 2024 20:50 - 30 minutes - 12.3 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Weather Service says the end of breakup is in sight for the Kuskokwim. The Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska is running out of ore. And key state lawmakers are throwing cold water on the idea of cutting state royalties on oil and natural gas to spur production in Cook Inlet. Photo: 1989 photo of Red Dog Mine.
Midday Report – May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024 21:20 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaskans who sued the state over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing. Ice jams from breakup on the Kuskokwim River are causing high water to inundate many lower river communities. And a bill to regulate community solar projects is moving quickly through the Alaska Legislature and appears close to becoming law. Photo: Floodwaters rise in Bethel’s Alligator Acres neighborhood ...
Midday Report – May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024 21:05 - 32 minutes - 12.9 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A recent report describes transboundary Canadian gold mines as Ponzi schemes. NANA Regional Corporation announced on Wednesday that it plans to withdraw from the Ambler Road Project. And the state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks. Bjorn Dihle stands in front of acid mine drainage at the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been contaminating t...
Midday Report – May 08, 2024
May 08, 2024 21:17 - 31 minutes - 12.7 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coast Guard’s plan to build three heavy icebreakers is years behind schedule and the price has ballooned. The Alaska Legislature shot down one of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s nominees to the state Board of Education and Early Development on Tuesday. And Kinross’s partner in the Manh Choh Mine has agreements to acquire some new Alaska gold prospects.
Midday Report – May 07, 2024
May 07, 2024 20:54 - 30 minutes - 10.5 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A killer whale has been approaching boaters in Juneau. Lawmakers in the House and Senate are racing to craft a bill that would allow homeschool programs to continue. And red sweaters filled the streets of Nome Sunday as nearly 100 people marched to bring awareness to indigenous injustice. Photo: An orca travels near Admiralty Cove on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
Midday Report – May 06, 2024
May 06, 2024 20:50 - 27 minutes - 9.43 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A weeks-long interruption affected incoming calls for an unknown number of GCI mobile customers across Alaska. One People Canoe Society instructors taught Wrangell residents how to make traditional Tlingit paddles. And one Alaska city prepares for a potential measles outbreak. Photo: Doug Chilton instructs Wrangell residents on how to make a paddle on March 8, 2024 at the Wrangell High School’s woodshop. (Colette Czarnecki/KSTK)
Midday Report – May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024 21:23 - 30 minutes - 42 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal investigators say the cargo plane that crashed and burned near Fairbanks late last month lost a burning engine in the moments before impact. In a Ketchikan School Board meeting that focused on a massive budget shortfall, the Board also voted to keep a book in the high school library. And Anchorage mayoral candidates Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance faced off in a debate last night. Photo: Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson (left) asks a qu...
Midday Report – May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024 21:20 - 35 minutes - 8.09 MBOn today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Efforts to increase availability of the overdose reversing drug Narcan are being met with skepticism from some in law enforcement. The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state’s operating budget Wednesday. And the state House Judiciary Committee proposed a constitutional amendment that would keep correspondence school funding in place.