On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Petersburg’s Catholic Church caught fire yesterday afternoon in a blaze that continued for nearly 10 hours. Two Anchorage Assembly members are taking aim at with a proposal to dramatically simplify the city’s residential zoning rules. And Alaska wildfire managers have seen the least-ever acreage burned so far this summer.
Midday Report July 5, 2023
![The roof and steeple of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church was consumed by flames. (Photo by Shelby Herbert/KFSK)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/08ac09c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/830x543+0+0/resize/880x576!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2Ff0%2Fb93394a8421e86dc0b4f2e7f6b8c%2Fsteeple-fire-1536x1004-1-830x543-1.jpg)