On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, KUCB reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing offshore seafood processors to discharge their pollution, UAF's new $15 million grant focuses on reducing foreign mineral dependency according to KUAC, Republican Bernadette Wilson calls on her fellow Republican candidates to drop out of the governor's race, Alaska Public Media has that story and a conversation about the new Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, the Alaska Beacon has an update on flu cases and deaths in Alaska this past year, a study on how El Ninos could benefit the Gulf of Alaska, KUCB reports that the City of Unalaska is seeking a state ferry to provide service to Cold Bay, KFSK gives a recap of a bear festival in Petersburg, and Alaska Public Media reminds us it's Fat Bear week!

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, early voting for Kodiak's municipal election has begun, the Alaska Beacon reports that the Coast Guard icebreaker Healy is not going to the Arctic this year, KTOO has more on a draft Artificial Intelligence policy at the University of Alaska, a look inside Anchorage schools with much bigger class sizes from Alaska Public Media, and KUCB reports on new species of sponges NOAA Fisheries discovered in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Alaska Fire Marshal’s Office says Whittier’s new cruise ship dock damaged by fire Monday is a "total loss.” A cruise ship hit an endangered fin whale Thursday morning while the eleven-hundred-foot vessel was en route from Hoonah to Sitka. And one Ketchikan business owner wants the region to also be known for its oysters.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskans’ right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December. A bill that aims to reduce the pollock fleet’s bycatch of salmon, halibut and other species passed the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yesterday. And two people were killed when their plane crashed while they were leaving a moose camp near Aniak.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services. The Alaska Supreme Court is set to rule in a civil case that could reshape how state courts evaluate law enforcement officers’ use of force. And suicide death rates for older Alaskans have been rising, especially for people age 75 and older.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Emergency responders battled a fire Monday at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. Anchorage police on Sunday night shot and wounded a man in Midtown who they say assaulted an elderly man and stole his truck. Dogs from across the state made their way to Sitka over Labor Day Weekend.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The price of North Slope crude oil topped $100 per barrel on Wednesday. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and his leading challenger, Mary Peltola, vied to outdo each other as champions of Alaska fishermen at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce fishery debate Saturday. And five seabirds collected near Nome between 2024 and 2025 have tested positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu known as H5N1.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Researchers have shed new light on why powerful storms hit some communities harder than others across Western Alaska. More young people in Alaska died of suicide in 2025 than in any other year in the past decade. And Hilcorp employees say an oily sheen appeared in western Cook Inlet on Wednesday [9/9] while they were investigating a separate sheen first reported late last month.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Mukluk Fire has burned over 50 homes plus over a hundred outbuildings and more than 7,000 acres. Joel Jackson, longtime Haida and Lingiìt advocate and president of the Organized Village of Kake, died in August. And sharing environmental data through music.