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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The eruption of a volcano this week on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has prompted some Alaska flight cancellations. Denali National Park will be radio-collaring grizzly bears this spring. And an advisory board has endorsed placement of a book on relationships and sexuality within the Ketchikan Public Library’s teen …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Alyse Galvin has introduced a new bill to reimpose a state income tax, part of a broader proposal to address persistent state deficits. A labor department program to help immigrants gain employment in Alaska has been restarted, as hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here. And …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with Jackie Lindsey, Science Coordinator for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team at University of Washington, about marine bird monitoring and how the Kodiak community can become citizen scientists. Listen here: If you are interested in becoming part of the seabird survey team …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Three Wasilla overdose deaths in less than 24 hours last week were likely due to counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl. In the small Prince of Wales Island town of Whale Pass a nearly 300-acre timber sale proceeds despite local opposition. And a 22 year old Russian Mission man …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s panhandle may look unchanging, but the area is moving rapidly in a geologic sense. The Division of Forestry is cutting firebreaks in anticipation of fire season. A heavy masticator like this was among the pieces of heavy equipment used by state Forestry and a contractor to …

On today’s midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Conservation groups sue the EPA seeking rules for discharges from cruise ships and other vessels, Sen. Lisa Murkowski stops in Bethel, and fish processors are not buying Togiak herring this season.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report: I make use of Yereth Rosen’s wasted sea star story from the Alaska Beacon…and expand it! Sunflower sea star

On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: Left-of-center candidates are leading in six out of seven Anchorage Assembly races. Anchorage Police officials say the timeline to put body cameras on officers has hit another delay. And a former Houston treasurer stole more than $1 million from the Mat-Su community and a Wasilla company where he …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux reports about Skipper Science for KDLL, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose about herring-on-hemlock in Sitka. Herring-On-Hemlock

On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: The treeline is moving north. A federal judge has ruled that ConocoPhillips can move ahead with the Willow Project. And Representative Peltola shys away from stands on gun safety measures and former President Trump’s guilt. The East Fork Toklat River, where the white spruce are marching northward. Photo …